ESET Ireland advises caution when receiving holidays-related emails, messages and SMS texts as they could be phishing scams. In the IT security world we have gotten accustomed to many seasonal or event-related scams. There are the usual suspects, the Valentine’s Day scams, St.Patrick’s Day scams, various disaster scams, currently active World Cup scams and then … More Holiday phishing in the holiday season
The Top Ten Threats of June 2014 1. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 2.59% Win32/Bundpil.A is a worm that spreads via removable media. The worm contains an URL address, and it tries to download several files from the address. The files are then executed and the HTTP protocol is used. The worm may delete … More Monthly Threat Report: June 2014
ESET Ireland is always trying to help Irish computer users know the current dangers out there, by exposing online scams, malware threats and other forms of cybercrime. And Irish radio stations have helped us greatly by talking to us about this. At ESET Ireland we have been gathering info and writing cybercrime warnings for years … More Listen to the radio!
Phishing emails are popular amongst Cyber Criminals who are looking to steal your personal information. Protecting your data is essential and by following these simple steps from We Live Security your information will stay secure.
Facebook fraudsters use fake news of F1 star’s death to direct users to scam websites Scammers and fraudsters think nothing of scraping the barrel of bad taste, if they believe it will help them earn a few dollars. Take the latest scam spreading on Facebook, for instance, which claims that Formula 1 racing driving star … More Michael Schumacher dead? No, just the latest sick Facebook scam
