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A group of hackers managed to gain access to TicketWeb’s direct email marketing systems and utilized it to send phishing emails to unsuspecting customers. The ticket distribution company is alerting users to be on the lookout for suspicious emails.
According to The Inquirer, TicketWeb clients began receiving e... |
13 February 2012
10:41 GMT |
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GFI’s VIPRE Report for January 2012 reveals that cybercriminals took advantage of every single hot topic to launch their malicious campaigns, targeting gamers, small businesses and even government organizations. Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 and the Halo video game series represented great opportuni... |
9 February 2012
07:26 GMT |
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After Anonymous hacktivists took down the official Brazilian websites of the Bradesco bank, a series of phishing emails were spotted in inboxes. It’s uncertain if the incidents are related, but users are advised to be on the lookout for any suspicious emails that seem to come from the bank.
Originating from th... |
9 February 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Even though tax refunds should be processed and paid out by now, cybercriminals who probably had a great season continue to launch Australian Taxation Office (ATO) spam campaigns that promise tax refunds to unsuspecting users.
The latest malicious email variant informs recipients that they’re eligible to recei... |
31 January 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Some of the major technology firms, including Google, Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo, joined their forces in creating a powerful email standard that should protect inboxes from spam and phishing messages.
DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, is actually a technical specification created ... |
30 January 2012
08:19 GMT |
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A movie’s popularity makes it an excellent topic that can be utilized by cybercriminals in their malicious campaigns. The fact that the Indian motion picture called Bodyguard was used in a recent phishing attack is a perfect example.
According to Symantec experts, the movie’s soundtrack was so popular th... |
27 January 2012
03:40 GMT |
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It’s not uncommon to come across phishing emails that point to pages perfectly replicating the legitimate site of the company whose name is involved in the scam. Security experts have found a couple of phishing campaigns that rely on Google Docs to make them look more genuine.
One of the malicious emails targ... |
16 January 2012
09:53 GMT |
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The latest phishing emails, designed to target TalkTalk telecoms company customers, alert recipients that they may have recently changed their 3-D Secure Passwords, utilized to pay bills, urging them to update their account information. “In order to verify your account please log into your account and submit a... |
14 January 2012
07:45 GMT |
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Facebook members are advised to be on the lookout these days for a malicious operation that’s designed to take over their accounts by requesting the user to confirm his identity and provide sensitive information.
"Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off Because someone has reported you. Please d... |
13 January 2012
09:28 GMT |
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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warns Internet users that they may receive a malicious email that seems to be sent from a legitimate email address belonging to the organization.
Local governments, state, federal and private sector organizations seem to be the main target of this latest ... |
11 January 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has issued a refund to one of its Xbox Live users after she fell prey to a phishing scam and saw her account used by hackers to purchase thousands of Microsoft Points.
After hackers started stealing accounts from all sorts of Xbox 360 owners and then used them to buy various things, mostly relating to FIFA... |
10 January 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Sophos’ Senior Technology Consultant, Graham Cluley, has discovered a new phishing scam that has the potential to trick Apple fans into signing up for a mobile phone subscription service that charges them £4.50 (around 7 bucks) every week.
According to Cluley, scammers are hoping to catch you off guard w... |
9 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released an advisory to warn Internet users of a new phishing campaign that relies on fake emails coming from legitimate organizations to spread a piece of malware called Gameover.
The malicious emails may come from the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), ... |
9 January 2012
04:35 GMT |
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While investigating the massive data breach they had suffered, Stratfor representatives were made aware of some emails allegedly from the company’s CEO George Friedman, urging recipients to provide personal information.
It seems that the email comes with a malicious attachment that requests sensitive informati... |
9 January 2012
03:55 GMT |
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The website of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) belonging to the Nigerian government was found to host a clever phishing page that targeted the credentials of Halifax bank customers.
This strategy has been seen back in July 2011 when more than 140 phishing sites were discovered to be ho... |
5 January 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Emails that allegedly come from the UK tax organization HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are promising recipients a tax refund if they open an attachment and provide sensitive information. In reality, it’s nothing but a clever phishing scam. Baring the subject “Tax refund notification,” the email, pro... |
30 December 2011
02:30 GMT |
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Yet another phishing scheme has emerged posing as an email from Apple Customer Support that asks for your credentials. Don't fall for it! An email that looks a lot like those from Apple is doing the rounds bearing a message that asks to refresh your billing information. Customers are handed a link that says it... |
28 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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While most Internet users are familiar with the term phishing and its dangerous effects, security researchers are recording a considerable increase in two related malicious schemes, vishing and smishing.
Vishing is a variant of phishing, its name coming from a combination between the words voice and phishing, report... |
23 December 2011
08:28 GMT |
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Unsuspecting Internet users may be presented these days with an email that claims they won $1 million (700,000 EUR) in the Microsoft Lottery, but, in reality, there is no such thing as the Microsoft Lottery.
“We wish to congratulate you once again in this note, for being part of our winner selected at the begi... |
22 December 2011
04:45 GMT |
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The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is warning members that their Enterprise Security Group has come across an “aggressive email phishing scam” that alerts recipients of a deposit that was made on their behalf.
The email is designed to look as genuine as possible, containing links and symbo... |
22 December 2011
03:53 GMT |
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With the holidays approaching fast and people desperately searching for the perfect presents to buy for their loved ones and for themselves, crooks began setting up fake eBay sites that promise fabulous deals on some really cool gadgets. Trend Micro researchers found such a website which perfectly replicates a legit... |
21 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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With the holiday season quickly approaching and individuals making a lot of online transactions, cyber fraudsters pull out their old tricks from the closet and begin targeting once again the unsuspecting clients of financial institutions.
Chase and Barclays customers take the spotlight in the latest series of phishi... |
21 December 2011
08:22 GMT |
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Apple’s MobileMe customers are warned that a malicious phishing scam that’s targeting their accounts is seen landing in inboxes, reports The Mac Observer.
The phony email claims a virus has been detected in the recipient’s MobileMe folder and the account has to be upgraded with a new security... |
21 December 2011
04:13 GMT |
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Indian Internet users are promised a free mobile airtime recharge of 100 RS ($2 or 1.4 EUR), but instead of the prize they wound up with a stolen Facebook account.
Symantec experts came across the hoax. This starts with a simple pop-up window that promises the free recharge. Once the OK button is hit, the victim is ... |
20 December 2011
10:16 GMT |
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Emails that bare the subject “World of Warcraft – Account Management,” and threaten users that their accounts will be disabled after they were discovered as trying to sell them, turn out to be part of a phishing scam that targets World of Warcraft (WoW) customers. “It has come to our attentio... |
19 December 2011
07:19 GMT |
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Sony PlayStation customers are being bombarded these days with emails that remind them to check their PSN accounts for wallet balances. While the emails seem legitimate, the way they are made scares users, most of them refusing to click the links they contain fearing a phishing scam. There’s nothing really new... |
19 December 2011
06:29 GMT |
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Australia’s largest telecoms company, Telstra, recently suffered a data breach which may have left its Bigpond customers exposed. Cybercriminals who want to profit from the unfortunate situation have started sending phishing emails to customers, advising them to update their billing information.
As in many sim... |
16 December 2011
05:16 GMT |
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An international cybercriminal operation was terminated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in collaboration with the Bulgarian authorities. The members of the gang are suspected of sending phishing emails that were allegedly coming from financial institutions to individuals from the US with the purpose of ... |
10 December 2011
07:09 GMT |
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December 8 was a good day for the UK Metropolitan Police Service's (MPS) Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) since they managed to apprehend six people suspected of running a massive phishing operation that targeted hundreds of UK students.
The alleged cybercriminals managed to earn more than £1million (... |
10 December 2011
05:27 GMT |
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Symantec’s November Intelligence Report reveals some interesting details on the evolution of cyberattacks and how many of them were successfully mitigated by the security solutions provider.
Worryingly, on average, 94 targeted attacks were blocked each day in November, the most frequently targeted industry bei... |
7 December 2011
08:10 GMT |
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English and German speaking Steam customers are advised to beware of a website that allegedly offers an anniversary upgrade. In reality, the site is carefully designed by phishers to steal the login details of unsuspecting users, reports GFI.
“Valve gives to you one of 1000 available Steam-gold-account upgrad... |
6 December 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Emails that alert recipients their Amazon online accounts are about to be deactivated turn out to be part of a cleverly designed phishing campaign that targets users with the purpose of stealing their credentials.
The message provided by Graham Cluley reads:
Dear customer,
Your online account is about to expire and... |
5 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Sophos’ Graham Cluley is sounding the alarm on a new phishing scam targeting Apple ID holders. The emails, purporting to be from Apple’s support team, can be blocked as spam by the security vendor’s anti-malware products.Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley points your attention to ... |
1 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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A website that tries to replicate a popular social network gaming application, hosted on a free webhosting service, was identified as hiding a malicious phishing campaign that targets the credentials of Chinese users, promising an iPad 2 for those who enroll into a contest.
Symantec experts stumbled upon the website... |
1 December 2011
04:34 GMT |
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An email that pretends to be an account activation message from Radobank was seen spamming inboxes in the past few days.
Coming from an email address that looks something like service@aupairconnect.com, the scam, for now, only targets Dutch speakers who are urged to activate their accounts, reports Mxlabs.
The mess... |
30 November 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Four major players of the Internet, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and AOL, unite their forces with Agari, a company that hopes to revolutionize email security, with the purpose of developing new ways to keep email inboxes clean.
According to CNET, Agari analyzes 1.5 billion emails each day in the attempt of trying to fin... |
30 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
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A series of spam emails that seems to be coming from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) was seen in inboxes lately and the agency issued an official scam alert to warn consumers not to trust the phony messages.
The fake emails appear to originate from addresses hosted on the bbb.org domain and ask the recipient to adv... |
30 November 2011
02:25 GMT |
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It seems that it has become a fashion among hackers to phish and then publish the account information belonging to Facebook customers that unknowingly fell victim to a malicious campaign. Cruel Intention, a hacker from Nepal, published the usernames, passwords, email addresses and other info belonging to mostly Indi... |
29 November 2011
03:15 GMT |
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Experts from the Security Web-Center discovered a number of 35 websites designed to fully or partially replicate Facebook pages with the purpose of phishing the credentials of unsuspecting members.
Among the 35, a French site is the best. It perfectly copies the log-in page of the genuine social network to make sure... |
28 November 2011
08:25 GMT |
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A hacker known as Cr@zy 3xpl0!t published a list of what he calls a “huge amount of Facebook accounts,” exposing a few hundred Spanish speaking social network customers.
“Huge amount of Facebook Account has been hacked!! The result of massive phishing has lead to this huge Hack. Anyways here are th... |
28 November 2011
02:33 GMT |
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The busiest shopping day of the year is a great opportunity for cybercriminals to launch their malicious campaigns in which they try to lure users into handing over account credentials.MalwareCity reports a series of messages that advertise great eBay deals, all pointing to a page that perfectly replicates the legiti... |
26 November 2011
07:00 GMT |
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Microsoft has issued a new statement defending itself and its Xbox Live online service after UK tabloid The Sun accused it of allowing hackers to steal sensitive data from many of its users through elaborate phishing attempts.While The Sun isn’t exactly the best source of journalism investigation from the UK, t... |
25 November 2011
19:41 GMT |
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PayPal, one of the most popular names utilized by phishers in their malicious campaigns, is once again used to send unsuspecting internauts an email that alerts them of an account email address modification.
“You have added [EMAIL ADDRESS] as a new email address for your Paypal account,” reads the messag... |
25 November 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Muammar Gaddafi, Steve Jobs and the holidays are still the favorite topics used in spam campaigns by cybercriminals who in one way or another are set on making a profit.
Kaspersky's October spam report reveals that in the past month spam email traffic increased with 1.4% compared to September, but on the positi... |
24 November 2011
08:42 GMT |
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Researchers noticed that the Thanksgiving celebration not only brings joy and laughter but also a lot of phishing campaigns that rely on the reputations of financial institutions.
GFI Labs came across two samples at the moment, one replicating SunTrust, and the other, Bank of America, but it shouldn't surprise ... |
24 November 2011
03:36 GMT |
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There is a lot of confusion these days on the matter of some Xbox live accounts that were somehow forcefully taken by cybercriminals. While some feared a massive hacking operation is behind the entire incident, Microsoft claims they all fell victims to phishing.
Xbox forums are flooded with complaints from members w... |
23 November 2011
05:08 GMT |
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Messages that appear to be coming from Facebook may be found in inboxes these days, threatening to delete the recipients' account if they fail to confirm some details within 24 hours.
Like in many other such cases, the message doesn't actually come from Facebook, but from a cybercrook that wants to steal s... |
23 November 2011
03:18 GMT |
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Internet users can expect their inboxes to be spammed with an email that alerts them on a payment of around $100 (70 GBP or 82 EUR) that has been made from their PayPal account to a Skype TopUp account. “You sent a payment of 69.99 GBP to Skype (TopUp@*******.com) Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transa... |
18 November 2011
03:52 GMT |
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The popular Delta airline company issued a warning after many of their customers began receiving phishing emails in which they were alerted on the purchase of tickets they didn't actually solicit.
ZDNet came across one of these fake emails which turn out to be almost perfectly designed to imitate a message that... |
17 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has warned customers using its web properties, including services associated with Windows Live such as Hotmail, of a new phishing attack designed to steal their sensitive data.
The scam involves a social engineering technique in order to trick users into handing over their account information.
The unsol... |
2 November 2011
09:51 GMT |
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