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Beware of fake Candy Crush apps on Google Play

Whenever a mobile game becomes hugely popular, it also becomes a great way for scammers and malware peddlers to lure users into unknowingly installing malicious apps on their …

Who is attacking industrial control systems?

Since the discovery of Stuxnet, industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks have received a fair share of attention from …

Massive casino scam pulled off via CCTV system compromise

A high-rolling player has been thrown out of a casino in Australia after having successful executed a scam that involved compromising of the gambling establishment’s …

“Confidential document on Google Docs” leads to account hijacking

A simple phishing scam aimed at harvesting users’ Google credentials is hitting inboxes around the world, warns Hoax-Slayer. “Please view the document i uploaded …

Fake Pope Twitter account proves malicious potential of breaking news

Mere minutes after it become publicly known that Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to serve as the new Pope, Internet users around the world began …

Published celeb credit reports came from government-mandated website

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and socialite Kris Jenner are four additional victims of …

Hackers steal, leak financial info of U.S. celebrities and politicians

Detailed personal and financial information of a number of U.S. celebrities, politicians and a chief of police has been made public by hackers, TMZ reports. The victims of the …

Bogus alert from Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit carries malware

Malware peddlers are impersonating Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit to convince users to download a malicious attachment and run it on their computers, warns Sophos. The …

Identity theft on the rise this tax season

The threat of identity theft this tax season leaves consumers with more to worry about than whether or not a tax return is in the mail. A thief may use sensitive information, …

Bogus Delta receipt confirmation leads to malware

Once again, Delta Air Lines customers are being targeted with spoofed emails supposedly carrying their eTicket, and are urged to download and open the attached PDF file …

Warning from “Mark Zurckerberg” leads to account hijacking

If you get an email sent by “Mark Zurckerberg”, saying your Facebook account might be permanently suspended because of violations of the social network’s …

Scammers use Google glasses as lure

The great interest that the upcoming release of Google glasses has generated in the public is being actively exploited by cyber scammers, warns Trend Micro. Counting on the …

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