phishing

Is it a Norton or an AOL phishing scam?

by Joshua Long on May 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

A recent phishing scam targets Norton users... or is that AOL users?

It seems the cybercriminals can't quite decide.

US man confesses to part in $1.3M bank and payroll phishing scam

by Lisa Vaas on May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment

A 31-year-old US man from Atlanta, Georgia, admitted last week that he and his gang stole more than $1.3 million USD by phishing confidential account information from e-commerce sites.

Intruder compromises user database for Star Trek Online and other MMORPGs

by Lisa Vaas on April 30, 2012 | 7 Comments

The studio behind Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Champions Online suffered a user account database breach 16 months ago... and is only warning users about it now.

India becomes the king of the spammers, stealing America's crown

by Graham Cluley on April 23, 2012 | 8 Comments

SophosLabs reports on the top twelve spam relaying countries for January - March 2012.

Apple ratchets up security on App Store and iTunes

by Lisa Vaas on April 16, 2012 | 9 Comments

Apple is prompting some of its iTunes/App Store/iOS customers to set up three new security questions and an alternate email, in an attempt to smother a growing wave of phishing and fraud.

Phishing for passwords of unwary Google users

by Graham Cluley on April 10, 2012 | 6 Comments

Phishing for passwords of unwary Gmail users

A phishing campaign is spammed out, tricking users into handing over their Google login credentials to fraudsters.

IRS releases its top 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams

by Lisa Vaas on February 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Ushering in tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2012.

DMARC: Microsoft, Facebook and Google unite to fight phishing - but will it work?

by Paul Ducklin on February 2, 2012 | 9 Comments

If the newswires are to be believed, the death of spam is imminent. Again!

The saviour this time round is DMARC, which is backed by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, PayPal, LinkedIn, Bank Of America and more. Find out what it's all about.

Has TechCrunch been hacked?

by Graham Cluley on January 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

One of TechCrunch's web servers is serving up pages which definitely don't belong at TechCrunch!

But it may not be the result of malicious hacking..

Google Docs - a full-featured, full-service phishing facility?

by Paul Ducklin on January 16, 2012 | 12 Comments

SophosLabs is warning users not to read too much into docs.google.com URLs.

Two scam campaigns this weekend used Google Docs to attack two very different targets. One had big-four Aussie bank ANZ in its sights; the other was aimed at a large North American school.

Hotmail phishing: Don't send us the wrong password or we'll suspend your account!

by Graham Cluley on January 13, 2012 | 8 Comments

Did you receive a message saying that Hotmail's email servers were congested, and so they were removing all unused accounts?

If so, I hope you responded to the email with a roll of the eyes and a quick stab of the delete button. Because if you didn't, you might have been at risk of having your login credentials stolen.

Stolen Stratfor mailing list used to Rickroll customers... This time

by Chester Wisniewski on January 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

Customers of Stratfor who had their account details published by Anonymous last month started receiving joke spam messages today containing the famous Rickroll video. This message is a pertinent reminder that many of our emails and business relationships were disclosed by cyber criminals last year and to never click links or open attachments in email messages.

HMRC phishing scam promises end of year refund

by Joshua Long on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

It is the season once again for phishers to try and lure in their victims with bogus tax rebates, income tax mistakes and other nonsense. Read on for the latest tax related scam targeting citizens of the United Kingdom.

Ellen DeGeneres fans targeted in bizarre Facebook scam

by Graham Cluley on December 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

Ellen DeGeneres fans targeted in Facebook scam

Facebook fans of American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres have been targeted by a scammer posing as her manager, offering the chance to appear on the top-rated TV show.

How to stay safe when traveling for the holidays

by Lisa Vaas on December 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

Whether you approach the holiday travel season with dread or excitement chances are you will be carrying one or more mobile devices and looking for those last minute travel bargains. Naked Security's Lisa Vaas provides her advice on what to watch out for this year.