scams

Sometimes it seems that every legitimate service offered online can be misused by phishers, scammers and cyber criminals in general. Free mail services are abused to send out …

An Internet scam that targets English-language markets and costs victims on average $875, according to Microsoft. The scam works by criminals posing as computer security …

Virus and malware activity increased during the month of May, sporadically hitting peaks of more than 10 million pieces per day, according to AppRiver. Major news events, once …

BitDefender identified a series of scams targeting music festival goers, sporting event fans and holidaymakers this summer. The top summer-themed spam messages for 2011 relate …

Imperva disclosed the intricate workings of a Search Engine Poisoning (SEP) campaign. The attack was extremely successful and continued to run for at least 15 months without …

Four people have been charged of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and bank fraud in the Manhattan federal …

A magistrate recommendation that is likely to become an official ruling could set a legal precedent welcome to banks all over the US, saying they are are not accountable for …

Following last week’s breach executed by LulzSec, Sony Pictures has finally issued a consumer alert and seems also to have sent it to the addresses of approximately …

A week ago, F-Secure researchers have uncovered a number of spreadsheets with a form functionality that are apparently designed to act as phishing forms. Today, one of these …

An investigation into the methods of distibution of the FakeRean familiy of fake AVs has revealed some interesting facts, says GFI. In order to lure people into downloading …

Highly targeted social engineering attacks have become the new vector of choice for adaptive persistent adversaries as an undetected entry point to enterprise networks, with …

A spam campaign trying to convince users that Google has launched a pharmacy site selling Viagra and Cialis is currently hitting inboxes around the world: Luckily for the …