phishing
Phishing attacks on Facebook intensify
There was a significant increase in the amount of phishing attacks on Facebook, as well as other social networking sites such as Habbo in June, according to the latest spam …
Enhanced phishing methods on the rise
There’s been an increase in targeted and combined email-based threats, a new twist in phishing attacks, and an escalation in social engineering scams through popular …
Santander customers targeted with clever phishing scam
Brazilian customers of Santander, one of the largest banks in the world, have been targeted by a very clever phishing scam that did not involve clicking on malicious links in …
Apple iDisk users targeted by phishers
Users of iDisk – Apple’s paid online file-hosting service bundled up in the MobileMe package – are being targeted by phishers, warns Symantec. Its …
Highlights of recent phishing attacks
GFI Software announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for June 2011. Highlights for the month included continued phishing attacks, notably one affecting …
Gmail to improve phishing email detection
Google has decided to introduce a small but hopefully effective change in the way it presents Gmail user with received emails. Starting from now, every time a user receives an …
Phishing operation organizer sentenced
27-year old Kenneth Joseph Lucas II has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for having organized the phishing operation shut down by the FBI in October 2009. Dubbed Operation …
Thousands of Tumblr accounts compromised
Tumblr users have been targeted with an aggressive phishing campaign in the last week or so and are still being lured into entering their login credentials for access to adult …
ICANN domain expansion could increase phishing
The ICANN board gave final approval to what some are calling “the most dramatic change to the Internet in four decades” allowing the expansion of new Top-Level …
iCloud search ends with fake AV
Following Steve Jobs’ announcement of Apple’s entry into the cloud business, the term “iCloud” has quickly become a trending topic. And cyber scammers …
Protect yourself from Olympic phishing scams
Nobody yet knows for certain whether they have been allocated 2012 Olympic event tickets. Until June 24, when confirmations arrive, there remains the risk that some people …
Free web hosting is a boon to phishers
Sometimes it seems that every legitimate service offered online can be misused by phishers, scammers and cyber criminals in general. Free mail services are abused to send out …