Fake Diablo beta invites hitting inboxes
Since the third installment of the popular Diablo game franchise has been announced in 2008, fans all over the world have been impatiently waiting for it to become available. …
Fake stores dominant threat due to blackhat SEO
“Searches for buying software online remains 90 percent malicious, redirecting users to fake stores,” concluded Julian Sobrier recently, after having analyzed the …
DigiNotar files for bankruptcy
After having its SSL and EVSSL certificates deemed untrustworthy by the most popular browsers, VASCO announced that DigiNotar, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and was …
Bots troll hacker forums to discover data breaches
When talking about bots, the first thing that comes to mind is often a bad one – i.e. how cyber crooks misuse the technology to bilk Internet users out of information or …
Cybercriminals find new ways to disguise spam
It used to be that malicious attachments came in emails with erotic photos of girls who “want to meet you”, or “scandalous photos” of celebrities. Now, …
Con artists love social networks
Most social networks’ users are hit by online scams almost daily – whether its the ubiquitous survey scam or the “share your cell phone number, get …
Most dangerous celebrities in cyberspace
Heidi Klum has replaced Cameron Diaz as the most dangerous celebrity to search for on the Web, according to McAfee. For the fifth year in a row, McAfee researched popular …
When scammers socialize
A sophisticated, seemingly broadly orchestrated online scam that promises bogus prizes like iPads or gift cards in order to dupe Internet users into giving up their …
Bogus “last words” Facebook app offer leads to malware
Humans have many impulses and fears, and cyber crooks can be counted on exploiting each and every one of them for achieving their purposes. The latest example of this has been …
Facebook birthday scam
Facebook users are being targeted by a rather unusual scam, warns Sophos. This one lures them in with the offer of a free official Facebook T-shirt as a way to celebrate the …
Scammers demand $143 from Windows users, threaten with file deletion
German Windows users are the latest target of some pretty brazen scammers, warns Panda Security. The whole thing starts with a Trojan – likely received via spammy emails …
iPhone 5 “test and keep” spam campaign
As the predictions about the release of iPhone 5 seem all to point to the beginning of October, cyber scammers have decided to add to the frenzy by offering the coveted device …