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Trusteer Warns of Phishing Scams Targeting HMRC
According to the security vendor 'Trusteer,' an e-mail scam is making rounds on the Internet to exploit tax refund from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
‘PushDo’ Botnet Targets Government & Security Websites
Shadow Server, a security watchdog group, has discovered that PushDo (a massive bot network) is attacking innumerable websites by denial-of-service
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
Malware Installation Now a Commercial Practice
Kevin Stevens, Security Analyst at Atlanta-based 'SecureWorks,' said that some websites such as "Earnings4U" were offering people money for
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
Fake E-mail Scam Targets Google Job Applicants
Websense Security Labs 'ThreatSeeker Network' has detected an ongoing scam which is sending malicious e-mails apparently from Google in responses to job
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
Phishers Targeting Physicians to Procure Patients’ Details
Online scammers, in an attempt to entice doctors as well as others into revealing patient data and important personal information, are using new tricks, as
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
Conficker Virus Hits Computer Systems of Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) (Manchester, UK) has been disconnected from a national criminal database because of a recent attack by Conficker
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/9
Court’s Judgment Favors Tagged.com in a Lawsuit against Spammer
Tagged.com, the social-networking website, declared during the last week of January 2010 that following a judgment over a lawsuit it filed against Erik
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
Conficker Attacks Mid Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust in UK
Conficker, the most prominent virus, which recently hit UK's Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, infected near about 120 systems of the Trust's
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
Online Scammers Fox Brits via Fake E-mails
According to OFT, i.e. the Office of Fair Trading, nearly 10% of the Brits - over 4 Million- across U.K report that they have sometime or the other sent
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
CommSec Agreed to Pay $55,000 for Sending Spam
According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), CommSec (the stock trading arm of the Commonwealth Bank) has agreed to take necessary
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
Spam E-mails Deceiving Banif Bank (Malta) Customers
As per the warning issued by the Banif Bank (Malta), general masses are required to be wary of the latest spam campaign targeted at the Bank's online
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
MI5 Report Accuses China of Spying British Businesses
A report written by the Britain's intelligence agency, MI5, which was actually issued more than 12 months back, has claimed that China was burgling and
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/8
Oklahoma Tax Website Hacked, Spreading Malware
According to the researchers at AVG Technologies (an Internet security company), hackers have hijacked Oklahoma official tax website.
More information
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
Africa to Face More Cyber Attacks in 2010
According to security experts at Kaspersky, the East African countries, which are experiencing more Internet activity, are poised for escalated cyber
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
New Phishing E-mail Attack against Adobe PDF Reader Users
Adobe users are currently facing a new e-mail phishing scam that has inflicted Internet and caused a lot of disturbance.
The phishing e-mail targets
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
HSBC Bank Warns Customers about Phishing Scam
The Bank of Bermuda HSBC has issued a warning to its customers against a phishing scam currently circulating online.
According to the detailed reports
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
Hackers Earning Huge Amounts from Stolen Twitter Accounts
There is nothing new about hackers reselling the stolen usernames and passwords, but the researchers at the antivirus firm 'Kaspersky Lab' have recently
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
Corporates Computer Networks Under Cyber Attacks
As per a new international survey report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, computer networks and control systems
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/6
Phishing Attacks Escalate in December
According to RSA Security, there were clearly no indications of phishing attacks abating during December 2009. Cyber criminals broadened their operations,
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Google Image Search Results May Produce FAKEAV
According to the security company 'Webroot,' the perception that fake antivirus software is widely present nowadays, just like any popular malware campaign,
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Phishing E-mail Scam Targets West Virginia Taxpayers
The Treasury Department (or the Internal Revenue Service) has cautioned residents of Charleston, West Virginia (USA), to watch out for phishing e-mail scams
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Facebook ‘Unnamed’ Software Used for FAKEAV Scams
According to a warning released by security specialists, scareware distributors are exploiting rumors surrounding unnamed applications from Facebook and put
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Spammers Exploit American Bankers Association Name to Malicious Scam
On January 26, 2010, Internet security company M86 Security reported that the gang behind Zeus/Pushdo/Cutwail used the name of US' biggest banking
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Delhi Police Busted Online Lottery Scam
According to the Delhi Police special cell, it has smashed a phishing e-mail scam along with a criminals' gang that included global Internet lottery
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/5
Indian Taxpayers Warned of Fraudulent Tax Refund E-mails
The Central Government of India has cautioned tax payers that they should watch out for fraudulent e-mails making rounds online.
The scam messages
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
Researchers Devise Reverse Engineering Technique for Spam Botnets
Security researchers at the International Computer Science Institute in San Francisco and UC-San Diego (both USA) have devised a fresh technique which
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
Hackers Target Employees Handling Proprietary Data
According to security researchers, hackers targeted friends of staff members at Adobe, Google and other firms via several cyber attacks discovered recently.
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
‘iPad’ Related Searches Lead to Fraudulent Websites
According to security researchers, the recently launched iPad (a Tablet PC from Apple) is already being used in hackers' attacks. These attacks are based on
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
Over 50% E-Mail Viruses Are Attributed to Phishing Attacks: Network Box
As per the analysis of malware by security company Network Box, in January 2010, 55.59% of all malware sent via e-mail is an attempted phishing
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
Blippy Could be Highly Beneficial for Cybercriminals: Cyveillance
As per the warning issued by security firm Cyveillance, a recently-launched service "Blippy", which allows users to discuss their recent
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/4
Trojan.Winlock - A Money Extorting Malware Hits Russian Computers
Security researchers in Russia have recently discovered a new type of computer Trojan. The virus reportedly creeps into a PC and locks the system before
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
Spammers to Target Facebook More-And-More During 2010
As online criminals are increasingly attacking social networking websites, an upsurge of spam mails has been predicted for 2010.
Matthew Prince,
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
Search for “Free Printable” May Result in Malware
Security experts at Trend Micro warned that people using the search term 'free printable' should be careful of the sites infected with malware. The company
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
Popularity of Apple Devices Attracting Malware
Security firm Intego has added to the throng of year-in-review pieces for the last year (2009) with an all-inclusive report on Mac Security of 2009. The
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
US Oil Industry Becomes Cybercriminals Latest Victim
As per a latest report titled "Report on the Capability of the People's Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
Cyber Attacks on Healthcare Sector Surged in Q4 2009
Security service provider "SecureWorks" lately claimed that hacking attempts targeted at its healthcare customers doubled in the final quarter of
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/3
Spam Accounted for 86% of Total E-mails in Dec 2009
According to a threat report from the Web security company 'Websense,' e-mail attacks represent an increasingly sophisticated threat. The Company reveals
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
F-Secure Alerts Users against New Trojan
F-Security, an Internet security company, has cautioned computer users that a new Trojan is circulating in the wild pretending to be Windows
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
In Excess of 560,000 Sites Suffered Malware Attacks in Q4 2009
A latest report by Internet security firm Dasient reveals that the number of malware-infected Web pages nearly doubled in the final quarter of 2009 as
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
Chinese Government Website Hacked to Spread Malware
Mike Geide, Senior Security Researcher at Zscaler, has found that a Chinese government website has been recently infected. The infection is found similar to
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
New Fake Antivirus Prevents Access to Popular Websites
According to the security company 'Webroot,' malware writers in a new trick are editing the network settings of Windows operating system so that users could
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
Australia Working to Disconnect ‘Zombie’ PCs from Network
The Government of Australia is working on a project to make an industry code that ISPs can voluntarily adopt in an effort to identify and isolate zombie
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/2
Students Alerted Against Education Loan Phishing E-mail
The Student Finance England or Student Loans Company (UK) has issued an alert that a phishing e-mail scam has hit some students. The reports state that
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
PC Worm Spreads Beyond Intended Audience
The Internet security company 'ESET' has discovered "Win32/Zimuse," a computer worm, which is actually designed to target fans of a bike racers'
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
UK - One in 253.6 E-mails Links to Phishing Activities
According to a new report from the security company 'MessageLabs,' the United Kingdom has witnessed one in every 253.6 e-mails as linked to some phishing
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
Spammers & Malware Purveyors Spread Johnny Depp’s Death Rumor
Malware distributors and spammers have recently targeted Johnny Depp - the film actor from Hollywood. About Depp, it is said that he is the sexiest person
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
Trend Micro Detects New Malware FAKEAV JS_AGENT.AOEQ
Trend Micro, an Internet security company, has forecasted during early 2010 that malware purveyors and other cyber criminals would devise more blatant and
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
APWG Releases Q3 2009 Phishing Trends Report
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) released its "Q3 2009 Phishing Activity Trends Report" during the 3rd week of January 2010, providing data
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/2/1
Vietnamese Users Affected From Viruses & Bogus Anti-viruses in 2009
According to Back Khoa Network Security Center or BKIS (an Internetwork Security Center in Vietnam), during 2009, viruses heavily attacked computer systems
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/1/30
New Zeus Variant Attacks AOL Instant Messenger Users
Security researchers at Webroot, an antivirus company, have discovered that the infamous password-stealing Trojan 'Zeus' is attacking those people who use
...» SPAMfighter News 2010/1/30
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