Tag Archives: phishing

With the U.S. currently in tax season, online criminals have, once again, sought to take advantage of this. Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers, spotted a phishing email posing as Intuit Inc., a company that “develops financial and tax …

I saw a thread over on Reddit regarding the “Funniest scam I’ve ever seen”. Unfortunately the main linked screenshot of the scam site is now offline, but someone provided the URL of the website in the comments so I thought …

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (simply known as US-CERT) is the latest bait phishers used to get users to install malware on user systems. US-CERT is a highly esteemed and trusted body of security professionals who tackle cybersecurity issues in …

“No way” indeed. The Naked and Famous were displaying the following Tweet on their feed earlier: Click to Enlarge Visiting hampaw(dot)ru takes the end-user to tivvitter(dot)com/twitter_stalk-trak_app_user, where they are presented with an application install page for something called “StalkTrak”: Click to …

CommTouch, an Internet security service provider, has recently released their Internet Threats Trend Report for 2011. In this report, they have highlighted and analyzed the various threats on Facebook that had plagued users for the past year, such as social …

Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers at the AV Labs, found a new phishing scam in the wild. The scam arrives as an email that directs users to the URL, data-server(dot)host(dot)org/email/protect/chase/. click to enlarge After Chase clients provide their …

With such a widespread increase in malicious, fraudulent, phishing and scamming sites appearing daily, what guarantees does the IT administrator have that one of the employees will not visit a website that has been compromised and infected by malware? Very …

Our researchers at the AV Labs just netted one of the latest phishing attempts that prey on clients of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) or RBC Royal Bank. Below is the screenshot of the email phish being spammed in …

No one in IT really wants to be the Internet Police – granted. In fact, the less we know about our colleagues’ web surfing habits, the happier we will probably be. Sometimes there really is such a thing as ‘too …

Reputation is everything in business. A single blemish, a negative report, or a poor review of a product, could bring a company to its knees, affect sales and send a negative message to investors or consumers. Reputation and trust go …