Victims of Tinder safe dating scam can lose a lot of money
Users of Tinder, the massively popular location-based dating app, are being targeted with a clever scam that may make them lose over a $100 per month. The Tinder safe dating …
Locky ransomware variant Zepto hits users via email
A new version of Locky ransomware that has been dubbed “Zepto” due to the .zepto extension added to encrypted files is successfully extorting users around the …
Dridex botnet hacked, delivers dummy file
Someone is toying with the Dridex botmasters. The botnet, or at least one or more of its subnets that are sending out spam email delivering Locky ransomware, has been …
TeslaCrypt: New versions and delivery methods, no decryption tool
TeslaCrypt ransomware was first spotted and analyzed in early 2015, and soon enough researchers created a decryption tool for it. The malware has since reached versions 4.0 …
Beware of emails with JavaScript attachments!
Malware peddlers are always looking for the next trick to get users to infect their computers. According to Microsoft and other sources, the current latest trick is malicious …
How to block malicious macros for good?
Microsoft is finally doing something about the increasing threat of malicious macros: it has added a new feature in Office 2016 that will block macros from loading in certain …
UK, US users hit with credit card-themed spam spreading ransomware
Symantec researchers have spotted an unusual ransomware delivery campaign hitting mostly UK and US users: fake emails apparently coming from Visa are urging recipients to …
Dridex botnet alive and well, now also spreading ransomware
Last October’s disruption of the Dridex botnet by UK and US law enforcement agencies and the arrest of a Moldovan bot master have not lead to the death of the botnet. …
GPS faker software broadcasts spam across thousands of fake profiles
Different from traditional email spam, social spam can reach a large audience by nature of the platform and can appear trustworthy since it is coming from people in your …
Digitally signed spam campaign spotted delivering malware
We’ve all heard about digitally signed malware, but have you ever been targeted with a digitally signed spam email? Someone did, and has shared the signature notice with …
Researchers map out hard-to-kill, multi-layered spam botnet
A dropper component sent to the Akamai researchers led them to the discovery of a spamming botnet that consists of at least 83,000 compromised systems.The botnet is …
Domain name holders hit with personalized, malware-laden suspension notices
A clever new email spam campaign has been spotted targeting domain name holders, trying to trick them into downloading malware on their systems.The emails take the form of a …