New Android vulnerability allows spoofed texts
Android apps are able to trick smartphone users into thinking that they have received a text from an arbitrary sender. These apps can place whatever content they like within these non-texts. This...
View ArticleFalse iTunes Receipts trick users to Blackhole script
The email looks legitimate at first sight. It is decently written and altogether the design elements are in the proper place. However, the scammers are most likely relying on the fact that recipients...
View ArticlePaypal phishing scams increase for holiday season
Aussie PayPal users are being targeted in what is a now-typical pattern of phishing against the global payment service. The trick is short and to the point: you receive an email “acknowledging” a...
View ArticleLinkedIn spam Emails Spread Cridex Trojan
A new spam campaign is surfacing again “Join my network on LinkedIn” bogus emails that have been making the rounds since 2010. According to researchers from GFI Labs, this particular campaign has been...
View ArticleBogus ‘Citi Account Alert’ spam leading to Black Hole Exploit Kit
Cyber criminals are currently mass mailing hundreds of thousands of emails impersonating Citi, using two different email templates. When clicked, the links in the malevolent emails lead to the...
View ArticlePhishing techniques of this day and age
The days of mass mailings have passed now, marketers now target each single customer. Criminals have have also adapted to the new day and age, phishing scam emails are no longer sent to thousands of...
View ArticleCounterfeit drugs being sold via fake YouTube Notifications
Phishers are seeking to deceive users into clicking on false YouTube links that lead to a counterfeit drug website, according to a blog post yesterday from security firm Webroot. The author alleges...
View ArticleTurkTrust Issues an Unauthorized Certificate For Google Domains
Google on Thursday mentioned late Christmas Eve, they discovered and blocked an unauthorized digital certificate that was produced for the “*.google.com” domain that had been published by an...
View ArticleEuropcar Invoice Spam Contain Malware
The notifications are title similar to “Europcar Invoice 0985435234,” read: “Please find your Invoice attached. This is an automated message, please do not reply to this email. Should you require...
View ArticleNew Phishing attack targets Yahoo! users
Security specialists are cautioning users of British Telecom (BT) Yahoo! as well as the usual Yahoo! Mail for being vigilant of fake notifications wherein they are directed for confirming their account...
View ArticleSurge of spear-phishing attacks targeting Facebook Users
The FBI issued an official warning Tuesday to consumers to beware of spear-phishing attempts aimed at stealing intellectual property, financial credentials and personal data, oftentimes for the...
View ArticleWatering-Hole Campaign targets Tibetan Site
Hackers have compromised a key Tibetan site and loaded it with code that redirects some users to a third-party site that installs an APT-style backdoor. This assault has affected the site of the...
View ArticleSophisticated Google Drive Phishing Scam Grows larger
Security experts at Symantec have found a new phishing system depending on Google Drive that is being utilized by hackers to steal Google Account credentials details. Most phishing prevention...
View ArticleU.S. nuclear agency hacked – Sensitive data accessed
Numerous hackers have accessed the computers of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a firm which has records about the position and condition of all nuclear reactors-including weapons-grade...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase Customers targeted in Spear Phishing Campaign
JPMorgan Chase & Co customers are being targeted in a e-mail “phishing” campaign which is uncommon since it tries to obtain credentials for the bank as well as infect PCs using malware that steals...
View ArticlePhishing threats at a all time high
The Anti-Phishing Working Group has discovered that the amount of detected phishing campaigns in Q1 of 2016 hit a all time high in 12 years. In the group’s Phishing Activity Trends Report, the APWG...
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