Tag Archives: phishing

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 …

Years ago, at a company I used to work for, a large group of employees, myself included, were the target of a spam email that had been deliberately sent through the corporate network and encouraged us to click on a …

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 …

Recently I wrote an article highlighting steps to take if you provide public computer access to your customers to ensure their security. The news then broke out that hardware key loggers were found at public libraries in Manchester. Public libraries …

If you see an increase in phishing attacks it’s to be expected due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday. GFI Labs, our dedicated malware research center, warns that consumers are traditionally at high risk for targeted phishing attacks due to …

GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August The top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of August are: 1. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 25.11% 2. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen 4.23% 3. Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra 3.61% 4. INF.Autorun (v) 3.27% 5. Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 2.01% 6. BehavesLike.Win32.Malware …

Employees generally do not mean to harm the organization for which they work; however, sometimes due to a lack of due diligence or even lack of education on security employees might pose a grave security risk to an organization. Below …