Stimulus Checks: A New Theme for Phishing

The US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) together with the Attorney's Office are seeking help to halt

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/14

Phishing Scam Targeted the US Bank

A new phishing scam purporting to be from the Elizabethton Federal Savings Bank in Northeast Tennessee, USA, is trying to trick the bank's customers into

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/14

Phishing Scam Targeting MU Webmail Accounts

MU's (University of Missouri) division of IT has alerted its users of Webmail accounts about a phishing mail, which asks the users for their private

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/13

Online Security Emerging as a Major Concern for Indian Banks

As per an online survey conducted by Singapore headquartered software product company, ReadiMinds, it has been found that around 30% of leading Indian banks

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/13

Phishing Increases as NDR Spam Tapers Off

As per Symantec, hishing scam is rising high. The company's report, "State of Spam May 2008", analyzes the growth of spam in April 2008 and said

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/12

US Court Prohibits Malicious Spam from Adult Site

A US District Court judge has ordered the executors of porn-related Websites to halt an e-mail campaign they were running after the US Federal Trade

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/9

Be caution of IRS E-Mail Scam

The IRS claimed that some phishing mails are sent from the addresses of IRS.GOV and are pretending to be collaborators of the government, as reported by my

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/9

More than 90% of E-Mail Found to be Spam

According to Sophos, spam is found to be widely prevalent with 92.3% of the total e-mail sent during January-March 2008 were spam. Each day Sophos analyzes

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/8

Phishing Attack Targeting Google AdWords Accounts

Warning has been issued to Google AdWords customers to watch out for a phishing e-mail that is currently prowling on the Internet. Researchers at Trend

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/6

CSUN Students & Faculty Receive Phishing E-Mail

A phishing e-mail purporting to be from the networking services of California State University, Northridge (CSUN) was recently sent to at least 400 e-mail

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/6

Spammers Sending More Malware-laden E-mails

Technology Editor, Technology Journalist and Blogger from Sydney, Australia, revealed that now spammers are sending more virus-loaded e-mails and the latest

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/3

MySpace Sues ‘spam king’ and Emerges Victorious

Notorious spammer, Sanford Wallace, also called the 'spam king' has frequently been blamed for sending annoying e-mails.

In one such instance, social

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/3

Spam Mails Now Sent Concealed in Legitimate Sites

Unified Threat Management PLUS solutions creator, Cyberoam, in partnership with Commtouch, on April 28, 2008, reported that spammers and malware

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/2

Spam Pledge Launched to Eradicate the Spam Problem

On the 30th anniversary of junk mails, Sophos, a security firm, introduced a Spam Pledge, requesting the Internet users to help in crushing the curse of

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/2

E-mail Scam Attacks Syracuse University

On April 17, 2008, around 300 Syracuse University (SU) students, faculty members and staff got a warning from a phishing mail that their accounts would be

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/2

Spammer Gets Jail for Nearly Two Years

Marcia S. Krieger, Judge of US District Court, on April 28, 2008 sentenced 35-year-old Edward Davidson of Louisville, Colorado to 21 months of jail and then

» SPAMfighter News 2008/5/1

Colorado Drafted Harsher Anti-Spam Law

Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado, formally approved a bill on April 23, 2008 declaring e-mail spam a crime under the law of the state. Supporters of the

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/30

American Red Cross Brand Victimizing Innocent People

According to the news reported by GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY on April 24, 2008, the Office of Investigations, Compliance and Ethics is informed about an e-mail

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/30

Phishing Scam About Tax Refund Exploits ‘Stimulus Payments’

An e-mail informing tax refund entitlement could be actually aiming at theft of recipients' identity, warns security researchers at MX Logic. Taxpayers

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/28

Spammers Attacks on Facebook Intensified in Last Few Months

Max Kelly, Chief Security Officer, Facebook, said in Infosecurity Europe Conference in London (April 22-24, 2008), that attacks on Facebook in the last few

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/28

Irish Bank Customers Hit with Phishing Scams

Phishing scams across the Internet have reached its peak with Irish banks are becoming close targets of fraudsters who are trying to make quick money, says

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/28

EarthLink Redirect System Opening Opportunity to Hackers

Vulnerability in EarthLink's servers that deal with mistyped requests for Web pages enabled attackers to wage phishing attacks on Websites, revealed by a

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/28

Phishing Attack on the Louisiana State University

In the third week of April 2008, e-mail accounts of the Louisiana State University flooded with phishing e-mail claiming Hancock Bank as its source. It

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/25

Spam Mails Peak to 93%, says IT Force

Spam to Irish inboxes accounts for 93% of all e-mails reaching them, revealed by IT Force, an independent Irish company for technical services and

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/24

Popular Shopping Site Loses User Data That Goes Up for Sale

User data lost from Auction.co.kr has been posted on the Chinese Websites and made available for sale, raising concerns over possible damage from spam mail

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/23

Attorney Accused of Unlawfully Accessing E-Mails of County Official

A Raleigh lawyer faces charges of hacking into the official e-mail account belonging to her ex-boyfriend, a senior Wake official, some 1,400 times or more

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/22

New Spam Claims to Catch Recipient Naked

According to Marshal's TRACE Team, a malicious spam outbreak is being triggered from the Srizbi botnet that has been identified to send the largest amount

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/22

Utah University Targeted by Phishing E-Mail

Utah University students, staff and faculty members got e-mail on April 17, 2008, claiming to come from the university office and asking for personal

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/21

UAE Come Under Increased Threat from Cyber Criminals

In its recent biannual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec warns that although the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly advanced in curtailing

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/21

Phishing Attack Summoning US CEOs to Court Gains Computer Access

According to security researchers at SANS Internet Storm Center, thousands of CEOs (chief executive officers), on April 15, 2008, in the US became targets

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/19

Scammers Launch ‘Spear Phishing’ Attack on PSU

Phishing e-mails recently reached the Portland State University (PSU) to thousands of its students and teachers. The e-mails claimed they were from User

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/19

Internet Plagued By Spam Related Web Pages Every Three Seconds

Security analysts at SophosLabs have disclosed that 92.3% of all messages transmitted in the first quarter of 2008 were unsolicited e-mails. Also, during

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/19

Hacker Attacks Otago University with Scam E-Mails

A hacker's attack on the computer system at Otago University has prompted a police investigation into an e-mail scam there, as reported by NewstalkZB on

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/18

Cyber Crime Increases 50 Times in India

Following its yearly assessment, the CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), the apex cyber security division under the ministry of information technology

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/17

Phishing Attack On Banks Soars

A report released in March 2008 by RSA, the specialist in security software, warns that phishing attacks targeting banks and their clients all over the

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/17

APACS Reports Phishing On The Rise

The Association for Payment and Clearing Services (APACS) of UK is urging users of online banking to stay vigilant following an influx of phishing e-mails

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/17

Man Charged with Bringing Down Police E-Mail Network

A man from West Australia faces charges of allegedly flooding spam mails to networks of the Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) police. The

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/16

University of Arizona Warns of E-mail Scam

The e-mail system of UA (University of Arizona) has been subject to a phishing scam during recent weeks, tricking people to disclose their personal

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/15

Spammers Elude E-Mail Filters by Leveraging Valid Sites

Commtouch report entitled, "2008 E-mail Threats Trend Report", released on April 7, 2008 indicated that over the months of January-March 2008

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/14

Year 2008 to See More of Malware Spam

According to a report titled, "2008 internet security trends" from IronPort Systems, 2007 had experienced over 83% of spam mails carrying a

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/11

Storm Spewing a Fifth of World Spam

In its latest Intelligence Report, MessageLabs has held the Storm Botnet squarely responsible for a fifth of the total spam mails worldwide.

The

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/11

Spammers Come Up with Technically More Superior Ruses

In the month of March 2008, spam reached a mean of 81% of the total e-mail traffic with an unprecedented peak of 88%. Compared to that, the first half of

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/11

New Phishing E-mail Attacks Customers of ANZ Bank

ANZ Bank of Australia has issued a warning to its customers to look out for phishing e-mails from a new scam that is targeting the bank's customers, as

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/11

March Witnessed Sharp Rise in Spam

According to e-mail security and hosting firm, IE Internet, while the levels of spam spiked sharply in March 2008, the month saw a continuous fall in virus

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/11

Phishing Scam Makes Way to OSU Servers

According to officials of OSU (Oregon State University), a phishing scam known as the "pay or die" is managed to enter the computer servers of the

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/10

Security Threats on E-Mail Detrimental to Businesses

Webroot, a company that leads in providing security solutions to enterprises, SMB markets and consumers, on April 1, 2008, released its new report,

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/10

Phishers Try To Net Taxpayers In Their Phishing Schemes

The authorities at the Office of Consumer Affairs are alerting clients against a phishing e-mail fraud planned to resemble an official IRS email, as

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/10

Managing Spam Costs British SMEs £2,000

As indicated by a recent report released by a UK based anti-spam firm, ClearMyMail, mainly tackling unsolicited messages transmitted from America that put

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/10

Phisher’s Misuse Bank's Name To Dupe Clients

The officials of the "Bank of Travelers Rest", based in Greenville, South Carolina, have alerted people that the bank's name is being misused in a

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/10

Users Could Benefit by Being Wary of Phishers

According to Zach Jansen, Information Security Officer, CIT (Calvin Information Technology), phishing e-mails attempted to grab personal information came to

» SPAMfighter News 2008/4/9