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Bank Of America phishing emails doing rounds
Fake warning emails are currently targeting Bank of America customers and asking them to update their account. With “Bank of America Warning : Error Statement” in …
Spam campaign combines phishing, malware and survey scams
An ongoing spam campaign characterized by brief subject lines and containing only a hyperlink rendered in a large font saying “Click here to see the attached …
Bogus “Account limit exceeded” emails targeting Yahoo users
Fake Yahoo email notifications are hitting inboxes and urging users to verify their account because it has “exceeded its limit”, Hoax-Slayer warns. The message is …
HSBC customers under phishing attack
Customers of HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, are currently being targeted with a fake warning of account suspension: The …
Fake account verification email phishes for Google credentials
Once again, Google users are being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the Google Team, confirming a bogus recovery e-mail update: Seeing the threat of a permanent …
Bogus Apple gift card offer leads to phishing
An email purportedly sent by Apple and offering to long term customers the possibility of buying a gift card worth a 100 Australian dollars for the price of 9 has been …
Fake eBay identity confirmation message hitting inboxes
Ebay users are once again targeted with fake notifications asking them to “confirm their identity”. “Dear eBay Community Member, You’re signing in from …
Voice analysis technology prevents phone scams
Nagoya University and Fujitsu developed the first technology to analyze phone conversations to automatically detect situations in which one party might “over …
Phishers trick gamers with adult cam show offer
A rather clever phishing scheme targeting Italian gamers has recently been spotted by Symantec researchers. The scammy page, hosted on a free web hosting site, was made to …
Fake online streaming service phishes and robs users
With high-speed Internet being now a common enough thing in many parts of the world, many users have taken to watching films and videos via online streaming. Unfortunately, …
China escalating Tibetan cold war into cyberspace
AlienVault has discovered a range of spear phishing attacks taking place against a number of Tibetan organizations, apparently from Chinese attackers. The attacks signal a …
Phishers exploit Facebook Timeline hate
Many Facebook users have still not reconciled themselves to the fact that the Timeline profile is here to stay, and this makes them prefect targets for scammers. According to …
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