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“Uniform traffic ticket” spam leads to malware

A massive spam campaign taking the form of an email notifying the recipients of a bogus traffic ticket has been detected by a number of security companies. The email in …

Craigslist phishers warn about phishing

Scammers are targeting Craigslist users again – this time with a phishing page that tries to trick users into believing it’s legitimate by containing a warning …

500% increase in email-attached malware

The UPS name is once again being used to spread vast amounts of email-attached malware. The last week has seen an extraordinary increase – over 5.5 times the average …

Cybercrime on social networks continues to climb

With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it’s no …

Consumers keep falling into phishing traps

Whether in the form of fraudulent emails, falsified websites or deceptive text messages, cybercriminals are casting a wider phishing net in the hopes of obtaining personal …

US officials incessantly targeted with phishing emails

Remember the phishing attack against government officials and political activists that was disrupted by Google in June? Well, it’s far from over. The goal remains the …

Fake CCleaner offered for a small fee

Anything and everything you download from the Internet could be a piece of malware, disguised as a legitimate document or software. GFI has recently spotted a Russian website …

FBI officials become spam targets

Various government agencies and high ranking government officials have been the target of previous spam attacks. In their attempts to lure victims, criminals continue to …

Twitter users bombarded with invitations to assorted scams

In the last couple of days, Twitter users have been inundated with a variety of scams. They are likely the direct consequence of the recent phishing attempts posing as fake …

“Wrong hotel transaction” spam bombards victims with malware

A particularly malicious spam run consisting of emails ostensibly sent by reception desk managers of various hotels has been targeting Visa users. The emails exhibit subject …

Phishers target Google AdWords users

Trying to trick AdWords users into thinking that one of their income source is threatened, the phishers sent out emails with “Account has stopped running this …

Phishing attacks on Facebook intensify

There was a significant increase in the amount of phishing attacks on Facebook, as well as other social networking sites such as Habbo in June, according to the latest spam …

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