- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 14th, 2014
BigPond Email Users Targeted by Phishing Scam
BigPond is one of the largest Internet and email providers in Australia
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 14th, 2014
News About NYPD Officer Killing Baby While Breastfed Is Not Real
Publisher explains the satirical nature of the news piece
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 14th, 2014
Microsoft Security Essentials Used in Tech Support Scam
Operators are believed to be from an Eastern European country
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 13th, 2014
Crooks Use "Amazon 90% Discount Coupon" Phishing Lure
Email purports to be sent from Amazon support team on birthday occasion
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 12th, 2014
iPad Air Giveaway Lure Used for Phishing Website
The message is enough to reveal the scam, but users still fall for it
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 9th, 2014
10,000 Impacted by Resurging Facebook Color Changing App Scam
Victims are steered to phishing site that steals access token
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 9th, 2014
Rihanna Leaked Adult Tape Comes Third in Top 10 Facebook Scams
Celebrity news is no longer a favorite among Facebook scammers
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 9th, 2014
“Virtual Kidnapping” Scammers Become More Targeted
In South Texas, physicians of any kind are on the list
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 8th, 2014
Researcher Grabs Scammer’s Picture with His Own Camera
Zeus Trojan's protection mechanism bypassed using publicly available hacking tools
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 6th, 2014
US-Based Tech Support Firm Sells Unlicensed Malwarebytes Software
Technicians lie to customers to sell overpriced AV products
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 6th, 2014
Email Scam Uses Legitimate Sender Address
Scammers try to make victims pay up with sob-story of a stranded friend
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 5th, 2014
Genuine Hotel Booking Details Used in Phishing Scam
Scammers ask for invoice payment, CVV code and a copy of the money transfer
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 4th, 2014
Private Video Scam Leads to Surveys and Malware
Crooks get creative and promise access to restricted video
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 1st, 2014
Royal Bank of Canada Bogus Payment Report Delivers Malware
Users are lured to open an attached file that is infected with a virus
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 1st, 2014
Government Warning – Facebook Scam
Scammers use digital image manipulation to create video thumb
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 30th, 2014
Facebook Phishing Scam Asks for More Than Social Network Credentials
Scammers get bolder, request webmail and banking information
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 29th, 2014
Phishing Campaign Aims at Finnish Bank Credentials
Some customers have been warned by the banks about the phishing scheme