Fake “QuickPay Profile Update” Emails Lead to Phishing Site

Fake “QuickPay Profile Update” Emails Lead to Phishing Site

The cybercriminals are using a typosquatted domain to trick victims

Most Valentine’s Day-Themed Spam Originates in the US, China and Germany

Most Valentine’s Day-Themed Spam Originates in the US, China and Germany

Avast has published an infographic that sums up spam campaigns

Fake “Reactivate Your Microsoft Email Account” Emails Lead to Phishing

Fake “Reactivate Your Microsoft Email Account” Emails Lead to Phishing

The emails purport to come from Microsoft and “WWW”

Valentine’s Day Alert: FBI and Security Companies Warn About Scams

Valentine’s Day Alert: FBI and Security Companies Warn About Scams

Online dating scams, phishing, spam and malicious e-cards

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

FTC Issues Warning About Malicious Funeral Notices

FTC Issues Warning About Malicious Funeral Notices

The agency provides users with advice on how to protect themselves against such attacks

Fake “Track Shipments/FedEx” Emails Used to Distribute Malware

Fake “Track Shipments/FedEx” Emails Used to Distribute Malware

The malware is a Trojan downloader disguised as a Word document

Malware Alert: Incoming Fax Report

Malware Alert: Incoming Fax Report

Cybercriminals continue to rely on bogus fax notifications to distribute malware

419 Scam: Funds Transfer from Finance House Employee in the Netherlands

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

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

Apache Software Foundation Releases SpamAssassin 3.4.0

Apache Software Foundation Releases SpamAssassin 3.4.0

Support for IPv6 and Bayesian filtering has been added

Users Warned of Valentine’s Day Scams

Users Warned of Valentine’s Day Scams

If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is

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

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 10th, 2014
Script of the Day: visualCaptcha

Script of the Day: visualCaptcha

Add visual and audio CAPTCHA fields to your online forms

Facebook Scams: Human Body in Crocodile and Baby Alien

Facebook Scams: Human Body in Crocodile and Baby Alien

Scammers are trying to trick users into installing a shady application

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

Bank of America Customers Targeted in Massive Bredo Malware Distribution Campaign

Bank of America Customers Targeted in Massive Bredo Malware Distribution Campaign

Cybercriminals want to beat filtering engines with large volume of traffic

 
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