Nigerians Targeted in Email Phishing Scam
In an interesting twist to the usual warning that most have become accustomed to of Westerners being targeted by Nigerian 411 Fraudulent emails, EmailExpert has learned that Nigerians are currently...
View ArticlePump & Dump Spam Increases & Sweden Targeted for Phishing
Symantec Corp. announced the results of the August 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report. This month’s analysis reveals that once more spammers are...
View ArticleSpear-Phishing Attacks on Banks on the Increase
Banks and their commercial clients face the persistent threat of online channel attacks with a significant threat posed by email from undetected crimeware and are being exposed to spear-phishing...
View ArticleCroydon Based Phisher convicted of Million Dollar Fraud
The ‘National Crime Agency’, launched earlier this month in the UK and billed by many as the UK FBI, has scored its first success with a five-year prison sentence for a Croydon based phishing...
View ArticleFinancial Phishing & Diet Spam on the Increase
The third quarter of 2013 saw further use of real-time malware campaigns and a dramatic increase in phishing sites, according to the Q3 Internet Threats Trend Report issued by Commtouch. The...
View ArticleTrend Micro, Kaspersky Lab & Barclays warn of Phishing Fraud
As the holiday season approaches, Trend Micro’s Q3 2013 Security Roundup Report is raising concern about the ongoing proliferation of Apple iOS phishing sites, as well as a sizable uptick in online...
View ArticleMore Brands Targeted – Phishing Activity Trends Report
The APWG reports in its new Phishing Activity Trends Report that a record number of brands were targeted by phishers in the second quarter of 2013. A total of 639 unique brands were targeted by...
View ArticleNeurotic Women Most Likely to Be Phishing Victims
Phishing scams are some of the most effective online swindles, hooking both savvy and naïve computer users. New insights from researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly)...
View Article5 Most Popular Phishing Subject Lines
Security researchers at Websense have researched phishing emails from the first 9 months of 2013 and determined that the top five subject lines in worldwide phishing emails are as follows… 5 Most...
View ArticleNigerian Phishing Scammer Jailed for 3 Years
A 29-year-old Nigerian national was jailed on Friday 13 December 2013, for his part in a sophisticated phishing scam that targeted hundreds of UK students, using their compromised data to steal in...
View ArticleKaspersky Lab & Return Path Team Up to Combat Fraud & Spam
Kaspersky Lab and Return Path announced recently a new, collaborative initiative to combat international fraud including phishing attacks and other abuse targeting consumers and service providers. The...
View ArticleVirtualArmor Become a Part of Malcovery’s ‘RedHanded Alliance’
VirtualArmor becomes seventh member of Malcovery’s ‘RedHanded Alliance’, its growing reseller network focused on email-based threat intelligence to stop and prevent phishing and stop malware. Malcovery...
View ArticleSpammers Love a Valentines Message
Kaspersky Lab recently reveals its Spam analysis for February 2014. It found that many malicious attachments in February’s spam came in emails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in...
View ArticleIRS Phishing Scam Warning
Across the nation, identity thieves are using legitimate information to scam honest taxpayers, and frequently posing as the IRS to do so. The IRS is taking this seriously, and has created the IRS...
View ArticleEmail-based Threat Intelligence: To Catch a Phish
Malcovery, the provider in delivering actionable threat intelligence that can be applied to neutralize email-based malicious threats, recently published a white paper entitled, “Email-based Threat...
View ArticleInternet Threats Report 2014: Paypal Experiences 73% Rise in Phishing
CYREN , a provider of cloud-based security solutions, published its April 2014 Internet Threats Trend Report. Among its findings, The CYREN GlobalView™ Security Lab revealed a 73 percent increase in...
View ArticleKaspersky Lab Detects Travel-Related Fraudulent Messages
In June, Kaspersky Lab registered an increase in fraudulent messages sent to mimic travel booking services and notifications from Electronic Arts, all to gain access to consumer personal account...
View ArticleMalcovery: Top 10 Phished Brands That Your Antivirus is Missing
Malcovery released the latest ‘Top 10 Phished Brands That Your Antivirus is Missing,’ a report that discloses brands that are most exploited by cyber criminals in phishing attacks with malicious spam....
View ArticleKaspersky Lab: Spam in July 2014
Although it’s the height of summer and most businesses are in a natural lull, Kaspersky Lab‘s experts reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam. There was a 7.9...
View Article69% of Business Severely Disrupted by Spam Incident in 2013
GFI Software recently announced the findings of an independent study into spam email in the workplace, which revealed that 69 percent of organizations surveyed have seen their day-to-day business...
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