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“Free $20 Steam codes” offer leads to online surveys

Users of Steam, Valve Corporation’s popular gaming platform, are the targets of a new survey scam that dangles the opportunity to get $20 Steam codes for free in front …

Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds

Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …

Xtube visitors redirected to exploit kit landing page

Popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit. “Unlike other attacks we have seen in recent times, this one does not …

Macro-based malware continues to gain traction

After having “rediscovered” the usefulness of MS Office macros, malware peddlers have been ramping up email spam runs delivering documents that request users to …

Fake “Incoming Fax Report” emails lead to crypto-ransomware

Once again, fake “Incoming Fax Report” emails carrying malware are being sent out to random users. Given the popularity of online fax-sending services, there are …

Scammers use Whatsapp calling feature as a lure

Survey scammers and adware peddlers continue to advantage of the interest Whatsapp users have in the quietly rolled out Free Voice Calling feature. According to …

Bank of America phishing attack hits customers

Phishers are once again targeting Bank of America customers, warns Malwarebytes’ Chris Boyd. He doesn’t say it, but it’s likely that the potential victims …

State-sponsored hackers target European, Israeli organizations

Rocket Kitten, the APT group of attackers that have been delivering spear-phishing emails with the Ghole malware to Israeli and European institutions late last year, have …

New crypto-ransomware encrypts video games files

A new piece of ransomware that (mis)uses the Cryptolocker “brand” has been analyzed by Bromium researchers, and they discovered that aside from the usual …

CS:GO players targeted with phishing attempt, malware

Typosquatting is an effective means to trick users into believing they have landed on the legitimate site they wanted to visit, so it’s no wonder that it’s often …

Apple Watch scams target Twitter and Facebook users

It didn’t take long for spammers to jump on the Apple Watch bandwagon – they set up a Twitter account named “Apple Giveaways”, and began spamming out …

Beware of fake invites for WhatsApp’s Free Voice Calling feature!

Fake WhatsApp invites are actively luring users to sites where they are urged to fill out surveys and download unknown applications, warns The Hacker News’ Mohit Kumar. …

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