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
Code signing certificates are used to authoritatively identify a software publisher and to guarantee that the content the certificate signs has not been tampered with between the time it was signed and the time the user executes it. Unfortunately, we see more and more malware signed using fraudulently obtained or stolen code signing certificates. We … More Code certificate laissez-faire leads to banking Trojans
Another high profile website has been hacked to redirect visitors to malicious URLs, websites that seek to infect visitors for further scamming and cyber fraud. Last week it was Facebook, this time it is the website of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The major American television network’s site at NBC.com was blocked for a time … More NBC.com infected with malware for more than 24 hours?
Apart from an overwhelming quantity of online banking scams hitting Irish mailboxes, ESET Ireland has in the recent months observed that the cybercriminals are also exploiting the misfortune of those worst hit by the economic situation, with the same immoral cynicism they apply when promoting fake charities or fraudulent donations during natural disasters. Official-looking emails, … More Irish unemployed baited by online scammers
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and romance is in the air. Love is also blooming online, but sadly, so are romance scams. We have covered romantically-themed online scams in the past. These include attempts to spread malware through Valentine-themed links on social media, search engine poisoning, phony gift cards, and fake e-greeting cards. Today we … More You can’t wire love (and other Valentine’s Day online romance scams)
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