Spam Reports  

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 27th, 2014
Phishing Alert: Hotmail Customers Have Been Upgraded to Outlook.com

Phishing Alert: Hotmail Customers Have Been Upgraded to Outlook.com

Malwarebytes researchers have analyzed the scammy emails

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 26th, 2014
54% of SMS Phishing Attacks Target the Prepaid Debit Cards of US Users

54% of SMS Phishing Attacks Target the Prepaid Debit Cards of US Users

Cloudmark has analyzed the SMS spam campaigns targeting people in the United States

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 26th, 2014
Facebook Scam: BMW Manager Donates a Brand New X6

Facebook Scam: BMW Manager Donates a Brand New X6

Scammers are trying to harvest likes so that they can increase their page’s value

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 24th, 2014
Phishing Alert: PayPal Is Launching a New Survey Program

Phishing Alert: PayPal Is Launching a New Survey Program

Scammers try to trick people into handing over their financial data

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 20th, 2014
PayPal Phishing Scam: Your Transaction Was Declined

PayPal Phishing Scam: Your Transaction Was Declined

Phishing pages are attached to the fake notifications

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 20th, 2014
Phishing Scam: Regions Bank Alert – Contact Details Changed

Phishing Scam: Regions Bank Alert – Contact Details Changed

Victims are lured to a legitimate-looking phishing page

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 19th, 2014
Facebook Scam: Hungry Bear Tears Woman into Pieces

Facebook Scam: Hungry Bear Tears Woman into Pieces

Scammers are trying to lure Internet users to a survey site

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 14th, 2014
Cybercriminals Abuse Twilio and Ow.ly for SMS Phishing Attack

Cybercriminals Abuse Twilio and Ow.ly for SMS Phishing Attack

The customers of US telecoms companies are targeted by the phishers

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 13th, 2014
Flappy Bird Fans Targeted by Scammers on Twitter

Flappy Bird Fans Targeted by Scammers on Twitter

Spammers try to lure users to fake job offer website

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 12th, 2014
Expert Attempts to Physically Track Down Spammers

Expert Attempts to Physically Track Down Spammers

Symantec's Eric Park has found that spammers operate only during business hours

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 11th, 2014
Facebook Scam: Vin Diesel Dies While Filming Deadly Scene for Fast and Furious 7

Facebook Scam: Vin Diesel Dies While Filming Deadly Scene for Fast and Furious 7

Shady websites, fake surveys, malicious plugins and premium mobile services

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 10th, 2014
RBS Phishing Scam: “Your Latest Statement and Pre-Advice of Interest and Charges”

RBS Phishing Scam: “Your Latest Statement and Pre-Advice of Interest and Charges”

The phishing emails are well designed, so many users might fall victims to the attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 7th, 2014
Guatemalan Scammers Target Users in the US and Latin American Countries

Guatemalan Scammers Target Users in the US and Latin American Countries

The scam accounts for 22% of international spam arriving in the US

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 4th, 2014
FIFA World Cup 2014: Malware, Phishing and 419 Scams

FIFA World Cup 2014: Malware, Phishing and 419 Scams

As the big event draws near, more and more cybercriminal schemes are spotted

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 4th, 2014
The Compromised Email Accounts of German Users Abused for Scams

The Compromised Email Accounts of German Users Abused for Scams

Take a look at how scammers exploit hijacked accounts

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 4th, 2014
Experts Identify 12 Rogue Chrome Extensions Installed by 180,000 Users

Experts Identify 12 Rogue Chrome Extensions Installed by 180,000 Users

The extensions are designed to inject ads into certain websites

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 4th, 2014
Esurance Super Bowl Twitter Contest Attracts Scammers

Esurance Super Bowl Twitter Contest Attracts Scammers

Phishing, donation scams and schemes that help scammers gain Twitter followers

 
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