Search Results for: phishing
Steer clear of Tumblr hosted phish pages
If you’re a Tumblr user, be very wary of Tumblr user pages asking you to “Login to see Adult Content”. It’s a scam, and these pages are stealing your credentials. Click to Enlarge “This page contains adult content. Please revalidate …
Steer clear of The Tumblr IQ Society
Hot on the heels of recent action taken by Tumblr to combat spammers, Tumblr users are currently a little bit annoyed by a curious spamrun called “The Twitter IQ Society”. Spam accounts are popping up all over the place that …
Beware the Malware Banner
Have you already heard about the banner trick? Not yet? This is one of the latest sophisticated additions found in the Zeus malware configuration. This addition has been recently discovered, analyzed and reported by Trusteer. Malware such as Zeus place …
Another day, another Sony breach?
Oh dear. This isn’t the best of times for Sony. So far we’ve had: 1) Various Sony websites going offline under the weight of numerous DDoS attacks. 2) The PlayStation Network breached, with the personal information of anything up to …
To Know or Not to Know: That is the Facebook Question
No matter how fun and interesting (not to mention newsworthy) Facebook is, the said social networking site has indeed become a haven to a motley of threats, from scams, to nasty apps, to phishing pages. Users who spent much of their …
Modern Phishing: The Art of Warfare
XBox Live currently has a warning issued in relation to “phishing attacks” in the Modern Warfare 2 game. However, information is frustratingly thin on the ground leading to much confusion as to what the attack is, how it takes place, …
A Mass(ive) Effect
Nothing says “whoops” like having anything up to 77 million of your userbase seeing their personal information (and possibly credit card data) stashed in a bag and hurled out the window, which is a shame because that’s exactly what’s happened …
Is Spam a form of Marketing/Advertising?
Arguably, spam forms part of the email marketing tool used by marketers for direct advertising. We never asked for or subscribed to most marketing messages that we receive on a daily basis. So how is spam different? Let’s first take …
GFI Software Collaborates with Intel for Cloud Computing among SMEs
The following GFI Software solutions, GFI VIPRE® Antivirus, GFI LANguard™, GFI EventsManager™ and GFI EndPointSecurity™, are now available for resale by VARs and MSPs through the Intel® Hybrid Cloud. SMBs are increasingly aware of the cost savings and efficiencies they …
Fake AV served up by phony NACHA emails
A little while ago, phishing mails claiming to be from NACHA were in circulation – it seems the phishers have had enough of that, deciding to send out malicious files instead. The mail claims an attempted bank transfer has gone …
