The rise of unsolicited and malicious emails
October saw spammers exploiting the themes of upcoming holidays, the names of well-known telecommunication service providers and the conflict in Syria, according to Kaspersky …
Fake AV update notifications deliver malware
Spam emails impersonating a variety of antivirus vendors have been spotted targeting worried users around the globe, urging them to download and run an “important system …
Spam campaign doubles on threats
Some malware peddlers might be moving on from using the Blackhole exploit kit to deliver malicious code, but others are still not ready to give up on it, as proven by a spam …
British bank account data is under threat
Bitdefender warns that 0.5 per cent of all spam sent worldwide is targeting customers of some of the most popular British financial institutions and services, including …
AmEx users targeted with well-crafted phishing scheme
A rather well-executed phishing campaign is targeting American Express users via fake “Fraud Alert: Irregular Card Activity” emails impersonating the AmEx Fraud …
Fake Whatsapp notification delivers malware
WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant-messaging services out there, and its huge user base (over 300 million active users) makes Whatsapp-themed spam a great way to …
Buffer hacked, customer accounts misused to send out spam
Buffer, the popular online service for managing one’s social media presence by scheduling posts on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, has announced on Saturday that they …
Researchers may have solved the click fraud problem
Click fraud is a considerable drain on the finances of both advertiser and ad networks, but a group of researchers believed that they have managed to create a simple solution …
Phishing and malicious attachments on the increase
Spam volume has dropped in August, but with the level of phishing increasing tenfold and malicious attachments being found in 3.4 percent more emails when compared with July, …
Beware of 419 scam emails delivered via CNN’s “Email This” feature
Email spammers often try to take advantage of current news and to impersonate legitimate news sites (usually CNN) in order to bypass spam filters and convince recipients to …
Facebook spamming is a hugely lucrative business
Italian researchers that have previously unearthed the big business behind fake Twitter followers have now calculated that Facebook spammers are raking in as much as $200m …
Spammers adapt and embrace popular themes
According to Kaspersky Lab, the percentage of spam in email traffic in June was up 1.4 percentage points and averaged at 71.1 per cent. Malicious attachments were found in 1.8 …