AOL breach confirmed, bigger than initially thought
Recent spam emails apparently sent from AOL email addresses and hawking diet products are a direct consequence of a breach of the company’s networks and systems, AOL has …
Weight loss spam storm hits Twitter, users beware!
Weight loss spam is once again being massively spewed out from compromised Twitter accounts, but the question on everyone’s mind is how the accounts got commandeered by …
Dangerous spam targets Brits with fake Easter offers
Cybercriminals are hiding dangerous goodies among the Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies that Brits are hoping for this Easter. A large amount of religious scams have also been …
Zeus/rootkit combo delivered via Starbucks-themed emails
Malware peddlers have been spotted impersonating popular coffeehouse chain Starbucks in order to trick users into downloading a rootkit-equipped variant of the Zeus banking …
Messaging apps turn to growth hacking to compete
Mobile apps in North America send 8.5 times more invitations per application in the last six months, in a race to gain new users. As part of a new report, AdaptiveMobile has …
Coinbase denies security breach, defends spamming-friendly features
Popular Bitcoin exchange and online wallet service Coinbase has denied that it had suffered a breach and claims that the list of some 2,000 Coinbase user names and emails …
Tinder users targeted by spamming bots
Spammers are taking advantage of the popularity of the Tinder dating app to promote a game via bots posing as attractive women. For a week now users have been complaining of …
February spam highlights
Kaspersky Lab found that many malicious attachments in February’s spam came in emails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in the run-up to …
Beware of well-executed Google Docs phishing scam
An extremely convincing phishing spam campaign is currently targeting Google Docs and Google Drive users. It all starts with an email that tells potential victims that an …
Malware peddlers are trying out different exploit kits
Websense researchers have been following several recent email spam campaigns targeting users of popular services such as Skype and Evernote, and believe them to be initiated …
Four trillion security transactions reveal security highlights
In 2013, CYREN analyzed more than four trillion security transactions worldwide – averaging 10 to 15 billion transactions per day. There’s been a marked increase …
Email ecosystem discovery and cyberthreat prevention
Agari announced Agari PRO, built upon the company’s cloud-based SAAS data platform which helps companies detect, take action, and prevent the advanced email cyberthreats …