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Email Threats Highlights: Chase Phish, LinkedIn, American Express Open and Verizon Wireless Spam
In this week’s Email Threats roundup, we are highlighting spam and phishing campaigns that have made a comeback, such as LinkedIn and Chase spam, but take advantage of different social engineering lures this time around. You Know It’s Awkward When…you …
Beware: Malicious BT Spam Landing in Inboxes
A quick tip off to our dear readers: if you’re a client of the BT (British Telecom) Group, be warned that there is a new spam campaign under the guise of a “Notice of Delivery” mail pretending to originate from BT …
Email Threats Highlights: EFTPS, BBB and Federal Reserve Spam
Researchers in the AV Labs have captured and recorded a number of notable email threats last week—generally spam related to malware—that we have discussed in brief below: Fake BBB Complaints Spam Can Unsettle Businesses. This spam lets recipients know that …
LinkedIn Spam: The Repeat
Another slew of spam claiming to originate from LinkedIn has hit the wild Internet in less than 24 hours, according to the real time recording and tracking of email threats by our researchers in the AV Labs. The malicious spam, this time, poses …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
Another week, another roundup of noteworthy email threats for the week. For this release, we’re covering the dates of December 10 to 14. “Mailbox Upgrade” Email is a Phish. If you’re using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, I’m sure you’re familiar …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
Below are our noteworthy email threats for the week of December three to seven: Phishers Target Wells Fargo Clients. Emails from banks claiming that they are unable to verify their client details (“Regarding what? Didn’t say, of course.”) and then …
Fake PayPal Emails: Windows 8 and Vintage Photo Collections
If you want to panic over a mysterious transaction on Ebay to the tune of $564.48 for a “Microsoft Windows 8 Pro Anytime Upgrade”, then this is probably the email you’ve been waiting for. It reads: You have made an …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
How was your weekend, dear Reader? Hope you had a good one! This week’s email threat roundup is a bit longer than usual since we didn’t get to release one during Thanksgiving week. What we have below are noteworthy spam …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
Good Monday morning, dear Reader! Without further ado, here is the roundup of email threats for November 12 to 16. “Congratulations! You and {random name} are now connected!” click to enlarge This is a spam that purports to have originated …
GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
We’re starting off this roundup with a quick recap of what has transpired this week. First off, the US Elections last November 6: As expected, election-related threats have continued to make rounds that day. We won’t be surprised if we …









