World Cup 2014 fans are not the only ones with their eye on the ball
The World Cup 2014 championship has begun and like most major sports events, employees are browsing websites to check the latest scores, watch streaming live games and chat …
World Cup Brazil 2014: How cybercriminals are looking to score
Starting this week, 32 national teams and thousands of football fans will descend on Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Right now the teams are fine-tuning their strategies …
Twitter follower scams tricked thousands to gain followers
A series of enhanced follower scams have tricked thousands of Twitter users after a group abused the platform’s authentication system, its Trends section and TweetDeck. …
Fake Android soccer gaming apps just show ads
As the soccer world cup in Brazil is coming close, the offering of soccer-related apps on the Google Play store is big, at least 125 different vuvuzela apps are available. …
Large increase in PayPal-related phishing URLs
CYREN published its April 2014 Internet Threats Trend Report. Among its findings, they revealed a 73 percent increase in the number of phishing attacks aimed at PayPal users. …
Google Image Search results redirect to Browlock ransomware
Browlock is the most basic approach to ransomware there is: there is no actual malware that blocks the victims’ computer or encrypts its contents, there is only a Web …
Sophisticated Google Drive phishing campaign persists
Symantec researchers are once again warning about a sophisticated and persistent phishing campaign targeting Google users. The victims are hit with fake emails sporting a …
Google, Facebook combat tech support advertising scams
TrustInAds.org, a new organization founded by AOL, Facebook, Google and Twitter aimed at protecting people from malicious online advertisements, has issued a report that …
Fake mobile AV apps sold on Google Play and Windows Phone Store
Remember when the popular but totally useless security app named Virus Shield appeared for sale on Google Play and netted its creators over $40,000 before being removed from …
Phishing campaigns target diverse webmail users at once
Every now and then, phishers mount campaigns that simultaneously target users of different online services. This time the lures are different: access to a document that is …
“Your Photos Are being Used” phishing scam targeting Facebook users
Another day, another Facebook phishing scam. This one comes in the form of a warning sent by a friend: “OMG YOUR PHOTOS ARE BEING USED ON THIS SITE.” The victim, …
Office workers have little trust in digital world
The majority of UK office workers have trouble deciding who to trust in the digital world, however this isn’t surprising considering 14 percent have already been badly …