Millions Continue to Click on Spam
Consumers Don’t Relate Bot Infections to Risky Behavior As Millions Continue to Click on Spam
Posts filed under 'Phishing'
Project Honey Pot Statistics – 1 Billionth Spam Message
On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 06:20 (GMT), Project Honey Pot achieved a
milestone: receiving its 1 billionth spam message.
Swine Flu Phishing Attacks and Email Scams
US-CERT is aware of public reports of email scams circulating related to the Swine Flu. The attacks arrive via an unsolicited email message typically containing a subject line related to the Swine Flu. These email messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be directed to a phishing website or exposed to malicious code.
Stimulus packages, stock brokers and Trojans, Oh My!
Malware called Tigger/Syzor which is a safe mode rootkit password stealing Trojan that targets day traders.
IRS stimulus Phishing scam
US-CERT Current Activity
IRS Stimulus Package Phishing Scam
Original release date: February 6, 2009 at 10:03 am Last revised: February 6, 2009 at 10:03 am
US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating that phishing scams are circulating via fraudulent U.S. Internal Revenue Service emails offering users stimulus package payments. These emails include text that attempts to convince users to follow a link to a website or to complete an attached document. The website and document request that the user provide personal information.
US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:
* Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
* 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
(pdf) document for more information on social engineering attacks.
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Don’t lose your life savings to false ‘MySpace’ friend
They say you can be a dog on the Internet and no one would ever know. That sad truth has bleed Shane Symington out of almost $200,000 USD (£130,000) – all of his life savings
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) re-gaining in the Billion-dollar underground economy
Over at IT Business they are reporting that Internet Relay Chat or IRC is again a popular place for Cyber Criminals to hang out and market their ill-gotten gains. With a market estimated at 7 Billion dollars you can be sure that they aren’t going away anytime soon.
