scams

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 …

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 …