The ESET blog format must be striking a real chord with people. At any rate, job offers are just pouring in. Except that they don’t seem to be jobs for security bloggers, or for web developers like the team that maintains this site. What qualifies us for an unspecified role in a hotel in Canada, … More Job Scams: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Can we trust our friends not to make questionable decisions on social media? Apparently not, because our friends might actually be scammers in disguise, or just not well-informed. In this article we freshen up three top tips for staying safe on social networks. But just in case you’re in any doubt about how important it … More Social media makes scams and hoaxes harder to spot
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Academic Vanity Press: Who Gets Scammed? David Harley CITP FBCS CISSP, ESET Senior Research Fellow A version of this article was originally published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group in its eCrime blog. I’m not a regular denizen of the ivory halls and towers of academia, despite having the title Senior Research Fellow at ESET and … More Monthly Threat Report: February 2013
It’s not been a good week for spam, in my mailbox at any rate. Mostly, just half-hearted lottery scams like this: Congratulations! Your Email was confirmed as winner of the Raffle draw Held in February, 2013 in Europe. FOR CLAIMS Send Name…. Phone.. ( euroraffle1@bresnan.net ) Await response for claims. Regards Does anyone ever fall … More Scam conference invites: a tale of several cities
