phishing
“Twitter is going to start charging” phishing scheme pops up
Twitter users are being actively targeted with DMs falsely announcing Twitter’s decision to start charging its use, warns the pair behind the @TweerSmarter account. …
Fake Tesco free Christmas voucher offer leads to phishing
Emails purportedly coming from British retailer Tesco offering free Christmas shopping vouchers have been hitting inboxes around the world, warns Hoax-Slayer. The link that …
CloudFlare users targeted by phishers
Popular content delivery network and distributed domain name server service CloudFlare has issued a warning to its users about an ongoing phishing scam: Dear cloudflare.com …
12 scams of Christmas
A Harris Interactive study, conducted online among over 2,300 U.S. adults, investigates the online habits and behaviors of Americans, including those who indicate that they …
Free game offer leads to Steam phishing site
Online gamers are often targeted with phishing schemes set up by crooks who are after users’ in-game items and money, and the latest one to be spotted is aimed at Steam …
Bank of America customers under phishing attack
Bank of America customers, beware – the old “account suspended” warning purportedly sent by your bank’s Cardmember Services is hitting inboxes once …
Phishing websites proliferate at record speed
A new phishing survey released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that while the uptime of phishing websites dropped during the first half of 2012, …
Weak crypto allowed spoofing emails from Google, PayPal domains
Zach Harris, a Florida-based mathematician, discovered that Google and many other big Internet companies use weak cryptographic keys for certifying the emails sent from their …
Bogus Twitter DMs lead to iPad scam, surveys and phishing
Yesterday’s unveiling of the iPad Mini has not lead to a decrease in desirability of its bigger version, and the offer of a free device is still a very effective lure …
Phishing attacks increasingly target brands
The number of brands targeted by phishing attacks sustained an all-time high of 428 in April of this year, the second record-breaking quarter for cybercrime brand abuse …
eBay phishers quickly react to branding change
eBay has recently redesigned its logo, and it didn’t take long for some phishers to modify their attempts to match the change: “It probably won’t be long …
NatWest banking scam hits UK online banking clients
Bitdefender detected a new scam where criminals pretending to be from NatWest bank are attempting to steal customers’ credentials by circulating a fake satisfaction …