Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Voicemail Notification Email Messages on October 18, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31365 First Published: 2013 October 18 15:00 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a voicemail notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient t...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Delivery Failure Notice Email Messages on October 18, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31362 First Published: 2013 October 18 13:44 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a package delivery failure notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Offering Notice Email Messages on October 18, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31361 First Published: 2013 October 18 13:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product order notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipie...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Receipt Notification Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31345 First Published: 2013 October 17 20:14 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain receipt copies for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to view the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Missed Delivery Notification Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31326 First Published: 2013 October 17 18:06 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a failed delivery attempt notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince t...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Picture Sharing Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31327 First Published: 2013 October 17 18:04 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Portuguese-language spam email messages that claim to contain a personal photo for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payroll Information Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31328 First Published: 2013 October 17 18:03 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payroll reports for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Solicitation Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31330 First Published: 2013 October 17 18:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product quotation request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipien...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Order Quote Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31334 First Published: 2013 October 17 17:53 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product quotation for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to ope...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Court Application Document Email Messages on October 16, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31317 First Published: 2013 October 17 14:28 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain a court application for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on October 15, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31290 First Published: 2013 October 16 16:26 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages with a blank message body. The .zip attachment contains a malicious .exe file that, when executed, attempts to infect the system wit...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Multimedia Message Delivery Email Messages on October 16, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31292 First Published: 2013 October 16 16:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a multimedia message for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to op...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Transaction Notification Email Messages on October 16, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31293 First Published: 2013 October 16 15:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain bank transaction notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Tax Payment Notification Email Messages on October 15, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31286 First Published: 2013 October 16 14:12 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a tax payment receipt for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Vehicle Authorization Form Attachment Email Messages on October 15, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31272 First Published: 2013 October 15 20:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a vehicle authorization form notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convinc...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Tax Payment Recommendation Email Messages on October 15, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31276 First Published: 2013 October 15 19:40 GMT Last Updated: 2013 October 16 17:27 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Spanish-language spam email messages that claim to contain a notification relating to tax payment schemes for th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages on October 15, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31266 First Published: 2013 October 15 17:13 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claims to contain a product purchase order for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipien...

Yahoo Turns on SSL by Default for Email Users

Yahoo, one of the last email holdouts to implement SSL by default, announced it will do so in January. The company has been criticized as one of the few remaining giant Internet companies for its delay in turning on encryption by default for its web-based email users. It will now do so on Jan. 8,...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on October 14, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31260 First Published: 2013 October 15 15:09 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages with a blank message body. However, the .rar attachment contains a malicious .exe file that, when executed, attempts to infect the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Quotation Notification Email Messages on October 13, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31239 First Published: 2013 October 14 19:32 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claims to contain a product quotation request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipie...