Tag Archives: scams

Security experts have issued a warning about a new spam campaign that targets the unemployed and financially troubled and exploits Twitter to do it. The spam, being sent by the Donbot botnet, hawks “get rich quick” and work at home …

The FBI is warning small and midsize businesses that spear phishing is becoming an ever increasing threat. Over $85 million has been stolen by cybercriminals and only around $45 million has been recovered. The scam starts with a spam campaign …

A new report by IBM is showing a steady decline in email phishing attacks. In 2008, phishing attacks made up 0.5 percent of all spam but so far this year that number has dropped to 0.1 percent. At the same …

I recently began getting a lot of spam from Fanbox.com. The messages had subject lines like “Something For You” and “I Sent a Gift To You”, and the sender was someone I don’t know. The messages claimed that this person …

A massive new spam attack is hitting free web services such as YahooGroups, LiveJournal and GoogleGroups. Over 1 million spams an hour are being sent through these services using fake Hotmail accounts. Security experts say the Hotmail accounts were most …

A new phishing scam is targeting Bank of America customers who use the bank’s “Bank of America Direct Digital Certificate program”. The program offers full service internet based banking to businesses. To access it customers need to install a BOA …

Security experts are warning that the new Swine Flu outbreak is likely to become the latest headline to be exploited by spammers and scammers. Domain names related to the disease are being snapped up at an alarming rate. It looks …

We usually think of spam as unsolicited advertisements peddling things that we don’t want and don’t care about, but spam can take many forms, including attempts to spread false rumors. Some such viral emails may be just hoaxes, while others …

The spammers and scammers are usually pretty speedy to “monetize” (I really hate that word!) a situation. For example, in the PIFTS.exe matter, malicious websites were updated to use PIFTS.exe as a lure before Symantec were able to react publicly …

Delta Airlines has found itself the victim of a new phishing scam. Thousands of emails made to look like a ticket purchase confirmation are hitting inboxes across the web. The emails include an attachment that claims to be a Passenger …