Phishing impersonating email service providers spikes
Phishing attacks impersonating email service providers increased 333 percent from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. IID attributes this spike to spammers needing unsullied email addresses …
Survey scammers impersonate Apple via SMS
As the number of smartphone users increases with each passing day, survey scammers have turned some of their attention to targeting users directly via SMS messages containing …
Cyber attackers target US natural gas pipeline companies
Unknown attackers are actively targeting natural gas pipeline sector companies in the US with spear phishing emails, the US Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial …
Online banking fraud insurance scam
In their never ending effort to devise new schemes that defraud online banking accounts, criminals have come up with a scam that is both simple and extremely believable …
Cybercriminals are exploiting users of social networking sites
In April, cybercriminals were seen exploiting users of major social networking sites in order to spread malware and spam surveys, according to GFI Software. “In the same …
Walmart gift card scam targets smartphone users
Online survey scams are most often propagated through social network and sharing websites, but occasionally users are “assaulted” directly through their …
“Free additional storage” phishing emails doing rounds
Symantec researchers warn about a variety of fake emails supposedly coming from popular email and online storage services, offering “storage quota upgrades”. A …
Trojanized Grand Theft Audio for Android spotted
A Trojan masquerading as “Grand Theft Auto 10th Anniversary Edition” for Android has lately been spotted being offered on third-party Russian websites. More …
Phishing email targets Santander clients
Customers of Santander, one of the largest banking groups in the world, are currently being targeted with a phishing email masquerading as a bogus notification of a scheduled …
Phishing and malware meet cheque fraud
Trusteer recently uncovered a scam in an underground forum that shows how data obtained through phishing and malware attacks can be used to make one of the oldest forms of …
Bank Of America phishing emails doing rounds
Fake warning emails are currently targeting Bank of America customers and asking them to update their account. With “Bank of America Warning : Error Statement” in …
DarkComer RAT disguised as Skype encryption software
A while ago, Syrian dissidents claimed that the government uses malware to spy on them. The malware was delivered through compromised email accounts of other opposition …