phishing
Compromised Tumblr accounts sporting fake Starbucks gift cards
It is a well known fact that compromised legitimate websites are often used by cyber crooks to drive traffic towards their scammy sites. The latest example of this practice …
Twitter users targets of social spear phishing
Thousands of businesses and consumers are putting themselves at risk each day by publicly revealing their email addresses on Twitter. Websense monitored Twitter in January and …
Bogus Western Union notice leads to phishing
A fake Western Union notice is hitting inboxes around the world and scaring people into following the offered link to a phishing page. “Failure in updating your profile …
Facebook “Free Mobile Recharge” scam hijacks accounts
A phishing and survey scam rolled into one is currently targeting Facebook users and ends up hijacking their accounts and making it difficult for users to get them back, warns …
Google Docs hosted phishing schemes abound
Google Docs is a helpful office suite and data storage service that allows users to collaborate on documents with ease but, unfortunately, it is also a very useful tool for …
Phishing emails from spoofed US-CERT addresses
US-CERT has issued a public warning about a phishing email campaign using spoofed US-CERT email addresses. “The subject of the phishing email is: ‘Phishing …
Recycled cybercrime tactics adapted to conceal fraud
GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for December 2011, a collection of the most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month. Phishing campaigns once again …
Scammy Facebook Timeline deactivation pages target users
As more and more Facebook users choose to try out the new Timeline view of their profiles, some are disappointed and want to revert back to the old view. Unfortunately for …
Surge in pre-Christmas malware
GFI Software released its report on the most prevalent threat detections for the previous month. Noteworthy threats in November 2011 included a new Facebook worm; the return …
Bogus Apple billing info update request doing rounds
Emails purporting to come from Apple and urging users to update the billing information contained in their Apple accounts are currently hitting inboxes around the world, warns …
Phishers prefer real money to virtual funds
October was rich in sensational events which, as usual, the spammers exploited to the full, says Kaspersky Lab. Mass mailings were registered that referred to the death of …
“PayPal email address change” phishing scheme doing rounds
PayPal users are targeted again as emails supposedly sent by the online payment company urge them to fill out a form with their personal and financial information in order to …