How a LinkedIn notice could empty your bank account
A new fake “LinkedIn Notice” campaign can empty your bank account if you’re not careful. CudaMail protects against this one, but a lot of people can be harmed if they’re not aware.
Posts filed under 'CudaMail'
Top 5 Things to Know Before Choosing a Spam Filtering Service
There’s a new guide available on CudaMail.com that talks about things you need to know before choosing a Spam Filtering service. There are several choices on the web, so it’s important to know what to look for.
US-Cert Reports Gmail Phishing Attack
US-Cert recently published an article about a new phishing attack, which is aimed as specific targets in the US Government.
The Story:
US-CERT is aware of public reports of a phishing attack that specifically targets US government and military officials’ Gmail accounts. The attack arrives via an email sent from a spoofed address of an individual or agency known to the targeted user. The email contains a "view download" link that leads to a fake Gmail login page. The login information is then sent to an attacker. Google has indicated that this phishing campaign has been disrupted and that affected parties have been notified.
- US-CERT encourages users and administrators to do the following to help mitigate the risks:
- Review the Google blog entry Ensuring your information is safe online.
- Do not follow unsolicited web links or attachments in email messages.
- Use caution when providing personal information online.
- Verify the legitimacy of the email by contacting the organization directly through a trusted contact method.
- Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams.
- Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks.
- Refer to the Using Caution with Email Attachments document for more information on safely handling email attachments.
Relevant Url(s):
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-010.html
Original Article: http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#gmail_phishing_attack
Japan EarthQuake and Tsunami Email Scams
US-CERT warns of impending Japan EarthQuake and Tsunami Email Scams
Blast from the Past: “Here You Have” Email Worm Circulating
There’s an email worm ( and not kidding here ) circulating that uses the good old infection method of sending emails with malicious executables to all the people in your address book!
Rustock Botnet Responsible for 40 Percent of Spam
More than 40 percent of the world’s spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle,
URL Shortening Services Used in SPAM
Spammers know that if they include a direct link to their site that their spam messages will not go through so they use URL shortening services to redirect you to their site if you click on the link in the spam message.
FTC Permanently Shuts Down Notorious Rogue I.S.P.
At the Federal Trade Commission
Which botnet sends the most spam, P 3
In part 1 of my series, I looked at which botnet sends the most spam, by total number of messages sent at the recipient level and not the envelope level. In part 2, I looked at which one sends the most spam by total amount of bytes that they emit.
