No URLs in Recent Phishing Attempts

According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro, phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided with a legitimate e-mail address.A run of the mill phishing attempt involves the user receiving a spam message that directs that user to a phishing site. You will receive a message that goes something like "you need to update your bank account info, please click on the following link", but by doing so you will be directed to a web page that looks very similar t... [read more >>]

Why Loving Sexy Blondes Is Bad…

I knew I was on to something last Friday when I wrote this article. I don't like saying I told you so… but I did! It's official - spammers are exploiting sex appeal, just like I was telling you last week! As for the title, well, it's generally not a bad thing to like sexy blondes, but if you do and cannot restrain yourself when in front of the PC, then you just might get a virus. Spammers have been using the picture of a rather cute blue eyed, pigtailed blonde woman to make gullible users click on links (and getting viruses).As Sophos experts have reported, spammers are taking advantage of the current popularity of social-net... [read more >>]

YouTube Sending Out Spam!

Now, that's pretty bad! A group of researchers has disclosed the fact that YouTube servers have been used to send spam. Of course, this has nothing to do with the company. Spammers have tapped into YouTube and are now having their way with the servers, sending out huge quantities of unwanted messages! Now, we get spam daily, and to be honest, it's quite annoying, regardless of who is sending it. According to the Marshal Trace team (the ones who have discovered this), all the messages come from "service [at] youtube [dot] com". This means that people will pay more attention to spam, open it and perhaps even believe what those crook... [read more >>]