scams

The CVE-2012-4681 Java zero-day vulnerability might have been patched, but because it was added to the popular Blackhole exploit kit and because most users regularly forego …

Malicious spam emails impersonating American Express have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, trying to make recipients open the file in the attachment. The email …

Windows 8 has not yet been released and cyber crooks are already taking advantage of its name. McAfee researchers have recently spotted a new rogue AV solution dubbed …

Malware peddlers occasionally take advantage of the good reputation of big security companies to spread their malicious wares, and in a recently spotted malicious email …

Fake Facebook notifications informing users that a friend has posted a new photo of them on the social network have been spotted hitting inboxes around the world. The emails …

Bogus emails supposedly coming from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), informing users that their “tax transaction” has been cancelled and trying to get them …

The psychology and economics behind the so-called Nigerian advanced fee fraud scams have been recently been explained by Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley in great detail, …

The popularity of the Booking.com, one of the world’s biggest and most used online hotel reservations agency is getting misused in the latest malware distribution …

Websense ThreatSeeker Network intercepted a malware campaign targeting Blackberry customers. These fake emails state that the recipient has successfully created a Blackberry …

Malware peddlers are taking advantage of the fact that the next version of Apple’s popular iPhone is due to be released soon by targeting users with specially crafted …

UK-based Internet users should be on the lookout for spoofed Royal Mail emails, as cyber crooks have decided to impersonate the institution and try to deliver malware to …

Swedish mobile users are being targeted with SMS messages accusing them for copyright infringement and urging them to pay a fine between 90 and 195 euros. “You have …