scams

New Zeus variants and spam campaigns that try to spread them far and wide are almost a daily occurrence, but once in a while some get more attention by security researchers …

A Facebook survey scam currently targeting the social network’s users tries to lure them in by promising to deliver a video of a CBS newsreader that has supposedly …

The so-called “Nigerian scams” have been a staple for online scammers for a while now, most of whom are located in Nigeria – ergo the name. Attempts might …

The main reason people get scammed and/or their computer infected online is because they can’t contain their curiosity, and that is precisely the thing on which the …

The Facebook page for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has been targeted by scammers. Messages were posted on the compromised page, including links to a version of the …

If you have been wondering about the recent proliferation of survey scams on Facebook and thinking to yourself how is it possible that so many people to know how to develop …

It is, after all, the season where we express to our loved ones just how much we care about, appreciate, and truly love them. Since the start of the month Websense Security …

Survey scams are a daily occurrence for many Facebook users, and “See who’s stalking you on Facebook” is an often-used proclamation to lure the users to …

A recent report compiled by OpenDNS showed that 45 percent of all phishing attempts made in 2010 were targeting PayPal customers. It is no wonder then that we witness PayPal …

The online classified advertisement services sector has been increasingly exploited as a phishing attack vector by ecrime gangs, a trend confirmed by the growth of attacks …

Rogueware authors have so far mostly avoided misusing names of legitimate AV software, and I often wondered why. My best guess is that they wanted to minimize the possibility …

The latest scam to hit Facebook users is a slight variation of the survey scams that target them daily. But this time, the lure isn’t bogus “OMG” I …