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Bogus Amazon account compromise notice leads to phishing
A phishing email impersonating Amazon is hitting users’ inboxes, trying to trick them into believing that various computers connected to their Amazon account and …
Festive but fake UPS notification leads to fake AV
Fake UPS delivery notifications hit inboxes with regularity during the entire year, and usually don’t need “special effects” to trick users into downloading …
16 arrested for $25M worth credit card theft, fraud
Sixteen individuals allegedly involved in a credit card information theft ring have been arrested in Romania during a series of raids, the Romanian Directorate for …
Malicious ads lead to fake browser updates
Every now and then, malware peddlers employ the “Your browser is out of date, download the update here” approach to saddling inexperienced users with their …
Piwik.org compromised, offered Trojanized version of analytics software
The official website of popular free web server analytics system Piwik has been compromised and made to serve a Trojanized version of the software that opens a backdoor on the …
Go Daddy says DNS records hijacking was due to phishing
Last week malware peddlers have managed to compromise the DNS records of Go Daddy hosted websites so that they would redirect victims to malicious sites hosting the Cool …
Fake Tesco free Christmas voucher offer leads to phishing
Emails purportedly coming from British retailer Tesco offering free Christmas shopping vouchers have been hitting inboxes around the world, warns Hoax-Slayer. The link that …
Battles over online information control to escalate
The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, escalating battles over the control of online information and continuous …
Fake versions of popular Apple apps sold on Google Play
If you are an Android user but you want to try out some of Apple’s most sought-after apps, you might be surprised to know that Apple has been seemingly offering them for …
Beware of scammy “Free $500 Target voucher” offers
With Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the end-of-year holidays rapidly approaching and people’s minds being turned towards shopping and gift-giving, scammy offers for …
PoC malware for remote hijacking of USB smart readers
Researchers from malware.lu, a Luxembourg-based malware analysis and incident response team, have created proof-of-concept malware that allows attackers to gain access to and …
Over 10,000 identity fraud rings active in the U.S.
There are more than 10,000 identity fraud rings in the U.S. according to a new study released today by ID Analytics’ ID:A Labs. An identity fraud ring is a group of …
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