scams

Emails purportedly coming from PayPal’s Bill Me Later service have been hitting inboxes around the world, threatening to file charges against the users if they do not …

Hot on the heels of the malicious spam emails posing as Microsoft notifications about changes to Microsoft Services Agreement comes a Microsoft-themed phishing attempt. …

Attackers confidently exploit legitimate websites with the same methods and that they succeed because victims are not implementing recommended best practices, countermeasures …

Fake PayPal notifications about a bogus refund are hitting inboxes around the world, trying to trick users into following the offered link and supposedly log into their …

There are all kinds of online scammers. Most of them try to trick users into parting with their hard-earned money on their own accord, but there are also those that prefer a …

For scammers, any lure that has the ability to capture the attention of a great number of users is good, and popular sport events on an international level are a prime example …

Apple’s long awaited release of iPhone 5 has provided cyber crooks with a perfect opportunity to scam users. Even before yesterday’s official presentation of the …

In August, GFI threat researchers identified a number of high-profile fake mobile application scams, along with a spike in email scams targeting UK banking and government …

Emma Watson has replaced Heidi Klum as McAfee’s 2012 most dangerous celebrity to search for online. For the sixth year in a row, McAfee researched popular …

It is a well-known fact that some Facebook users simply can’t stand the (relatively) new Timeline interface and have actively sought for ways to revert their accounts to …

Emails purportedly sent by the Google Accounts Team warning about a prevented “suspicious sign- in” have been spotted targeting Google users. “Someone …

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 …