phishing
Anti-phishing tool detects fraudulent sites by analyzing their elements
A Hong Kong City University professor that concentrates his effort on ways for combating phishing has recently made public a piece of software that proactively detects …
Phishers target university students paying fees online
A few days ago, we wrote about a bogus university website stealing photos and content from the website of a legitimate Oregon college in order to collect application fees from …
Scam e-mails can now be forwarded to the police
Action Fraud – the UK’s national fraud reporting centre run by the governmental National Fraud Authority – has recently set up a dedicated e-mail address to …
Phishers exploit New Zealand earthquake
Natural disasters are practically always exploited by scammers, and the earthquake that hit New Zealand and left thousands of its citizens homeless is not an exception, …
Play.com customers at risk from phishing
Play.com, one of the biggest UK online retailers, has its share of scammers that try to lure users searching for a bargain and scam them out of their hard earned money. Play …
Student phishing scheme just tip of the iceberg
Students are back in their university and college seats and some of them may have enjoyed their time away from school without checking their e-mails. With perfect timing, the …
PayPal phishing campaign hits inboxes
PayPal users should be on the lookout for phishing e-mails with “Please confirm your identity” in the subject line supposedly coming from the service: The download …
Phishing scam and malware distribution scheme combined
The Facebook phishing campaign spotted yesterday turned out not to be so unimaginative after all. F-Secure researchers decided to see it through and entered login credentials …
Vulnerability allows phishing messages on RapidShare.com
An improper input validation vulnerability discovered recently by M86’s researchers could be used to create phishing messages targeting RapidShare users. The discovery …
Facebook users targeted by unimaginative phishing campaign
A phishing campaign targeting Facebook users is currently under way and lures users with messages coming from compromised accounts seemingly containing links to various …
Complex Trojans and next generation malware is on the way
While e-mail users may have noticed a significant drop in spam in recent months, cybercriminals are gaining ground with creative new phishing methods and making exploit kits …
Fake Facebook Security page sending out phishing messages
Phishers have rolled out a new tactic to target Facebook users – they are misusing the name of legitimate Facebook Security page and sending out warnings about an …