A new wave of rogue direct messages (DM) are making rounds in Twitter once more. Instead of the message “lol ur famous now”, as we’ve documented before, which coupled the Facebook link leading to a phishing page, the criminals behind …

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 …

QRishing may probably be a new term to our ears, but concerns of this threat have been expressed by individuals some years before. It is a term we can associate with a phishing tactic initiated with Quality Response (QR) codes. A few days …

Customers of the United Services Automobile Association, or USAA, are confronted with a faceless threat and may likely find themselves within enemy territory…if they’re not careful enough. Our researchers in the AV Labs spotted a phishing attack aimed at USAA customers …

Today is that fateful day: Election Day. And we’re not short of seeing shenanigans related to this big event that online criminals and scammers have been taking advantage of for months. What we have below are just some of what …

Phishers are once again prowling the Web for more user information to steal, this time targeting players of the popular gaming platform, Steam. More than a year ago, Valve launched Steam Trading. The objective is to “allows you [the Steam …

Heads up, dear Reader, there’s a new phish in Twitter-town, and you won’t miss it once you visit your direct message (DM) inbox. The message content can be any of the following: A horrible rumor is spreading about you A nasty …

Greetings, dear Reader! It’s Friday and another work week almost done for most of us. To wrap things up and make way for the next, I thought of putting together a brief round-up of notable spam- and phishing-related emails found …

For everyone’s information: Below is a screenshot of a new spam run in the wild, and the sender (whoever he, she, or it is) presents to recipients a very suspicious but very free license for Microsoft Windows that they can download. …

We have been reading reports of malware and phishing attacks by means of suspicious direct messages to get user systems infected or have user information and credentials stolen, a ploy that is fast becoming common in the Twittersphere now more than …