- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 17th, 2014
Fake “QuickPay Profile Update” Emails Lead to Phishing Site
The cybercriminals are using a typosquatted domain to trick victims
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Most Valentine’s Day-Themed Spam Originates in the US, China and Germany
Avast has published an infographic that sums up spam campaigns
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Fake “Reactivate Your Microsoft Email Account” Emails Lead to Phishing
The emails purport to come from Microsoft and “WWW”
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Valentine’s Day Alert: FBI and Security Companies Warn About Scams
Online dating scams, phishing, spam and malicious e-cards
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Cybercriminals Abuse Twilio and Ow.ly for SMS Phishing Attack
The customers of US telecoms companies are targeted by the phishers
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 13th, 2014
FTC Issues Warning About Malicious Funeral Notices
The agency provides users with advice on how to protect themselves against such attacks
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 13th, 2014
Fake “Track Shipments/FedEx” Emails Used to Distribute Malware
The malware is a Trojan downloader disguised as a Word document
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 12th, 2014
Malware Alert: Incoming Fax Report
Cybercriminals continue to rely on bogus fax notifications to distribute malware
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 12th, 2014
419 Scam: Funds Transfer from Finance House Employee in the Netherlands
A new variant of a scam that's been making the rounds since December 2013
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 12th, 2014
Expert Attempts to Physically Track Down Spammers
Symantec's Eric Park has found that spammers operate only during business hours
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 12th, 2014
Apache Software Foundation Releases SpamAssassin 3.4.0
Support for IPv6 and Bayesian filtering has been added
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 11th, 2014
Users Warned of Valentine’s Day Scams
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 11th, 2014
Facebook Scam: Vin Diesel Dies While Filming Deadly Scene for Fast and Furious 7
Shady websites, fake surveys, malicious plugins and premium mobile services
- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 10th, 2014
Script of the Day: visualCaptcha
Add visual and audio CAPTCHA fields to your online forms
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 10th, 2014
Facebook Scams: Human Body in Crocodile and Baby Alien
Scammers are trying to trick users into installing a shady application
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 10th, 2014
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
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 7th, 2014
Bank of America Customers Targeted in Massive Bredo Malware Distribution Campaign
Cybercriminals want to beat filtering engines with large volume of traffic