Tag Archives: scams

Malware developers seem to appreciate a little humor when it comes to naming their schemes. One of the latest email scams to invade inboxes everywhere is no exception, it seems, and the FBI has been quick to let businesses know …

The year’s off to a rousing start, with all sorts of interesting security news this week: Wikipedia led a temporarily successful foray against SOPA and PIPA by joining numerous websites that went dark for a day; the founder of Megaupload …

In Part 2 of our look at what you can expect in the coming year, faint rumblings out of Japan suggest that one prediction from Part 1 of this article has already come true. If the very real prospect of …

In a turn of events appropriate for the most tumultuous year in cybercrime, 2011’s body is barely cold and we’re already smelling something suspicious from its decomposing carcass. Rumors of two worms, one well-known and the other relatively new on …

While the fat man in the red suit has already signed-off on his naughty or nice list, there’s one nasty little child holed up somewhere in Russia who needs to get a large lump of coal in his stocking this …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to take a look back at the year in spam than poke a little fun at the moronic state of the crap that invades our inboxes? In a …

Recently, I had to deal with the fact that my own email account was compromised and sending spam to everyone I had ever written and emailed to (you can read more about it here). Not a fun thing to deal …

Following yesterday’s post, ‘Tis the Season for Holiday Spam by Casper, if you haven’t gotten any holiday themed spam yet, you probably will. While last year spam volumes actually dropped around Christmas time due to the take down of a major botnet …

As retailers around the world ramp up for the holiday shopping season, you can be sure that holiday themed spam and phishing messages will be heading for inboxes everywhere. And while we can update our filters and pay close attention …

With Christmas just around the corner, the FBI can’t be accused of waiting until the last minute to get their Christmas shopping done. This week, the U.S. law enforcement agency – in partnership with several U.S.-based and international agencies – …