Phishing
After break hackers exploit Amy’s Winehouse death again
By Gina on October 20, 2011 | Phishing
After the Amy’s Winehouse death there were many scams floating across the Internet that were exploiting music star’s death. However, after some peaceful time hackers abuse this news again. This phishing scam is a message "One of my Unreleased Tracks Feat Amy Winehouse Download Here" which spreads via Twitter. The fake message contains link which hijacks victim to abusive site that contains Trojan. Read more.
Mac Trojan is arrived and disguises as a Flash installer
By Gina on September 27, 2011 | Phishing
Even if many of Mac users think that Mac malware is rare they should be concerned because a new threat is floating around. According security software company Intego, Mac Trojan pretends being an installer for the Adobe Flash Player browser plug-in. Trojan spreads through malicious web pages that associated links forces to download and install Flash Player. If you choose to click on rogue link it will hijack you to malicious Adobe Flash site and not to the legit one. Read more.
Cybercriminals is phishing your Twitter passwords via a DM attack
By Gina on September 6, 2011 | Phishing
Recently, cybercriminals try to target Twitter users via direct messages pretending they are from their friends. This attack comes from the Twitter user in a form of a DM which reads:when did you make this video? its hilarious, cant stop laughing lol The message supposedly comes right from one of your Twitter friends. This sort of message is a very popular to force user to read and click on a link. Read more.
Phishing email has been found which caused RSA breach
By Gina on August 30, 2011 | Phishing
In March, RSA Company said they have been hacked and suffered a breach and data loss following an "extremely sophisticated cyber attack." Recently, an email was found which says “I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it“. Just few words letter with an attachment called 2011 Recruitment plan.xls, and 2011 Recruitment Plan in the subject line may be considered as a cause of breached RSA. Read more.
Attention! Be careful of “Receipt for payment to Skype” phishing scam
By Gina on August 25, 2011 | Phishing
A phishing scam against Paypal users was noticed which attempts to confuse its victims by sending fake email supposedly from Paypal. This rogue email asks users to confirm transaction information.This scam sends you an email titled “Receipt for payment to Skype”. They also ask you to send payment to Skype. You need to ignore this email and delete it from your email box because the link in the email is malicious and fraudulent.Fake URL may seem legitimate but it isn’t so. Read more.
