PayPal phishing - has your account been temporarily limited?

Have you received an email, seemingly from PayPal, declaring that your account has been temporarily limited? Plenty of people have been targeted by an attack which uses the subject line "Your account has been temporarily limited!" and claims to come from what appears to be an offiicial PayPal...

White House E-Card Scam Part of Larger Zeus-Related Attack !

The simplistic spam campaign that hit around Christmas and purported to be a holiday greeting from the White House not only included a piece of Zeus-related malware that searches hard drives for documents and uploads them to a remote server, but also appears to be connected to a similar attack fr...

Fake Microsoft security update spreads Autorun worm !

Have you received an email seemingly from Microsoft's security team telling you to "Update your Windows"? Have you been sent a file called KB453396-ENU.zip and told to run it on your Windows computer? Well, think twice before following the instructions. Cybercriminals are up to their old tricks,...

White House E-Card Scam Part of Larger Zeus-Related Attack

The simplistic spam campaign that hit around Christmas and purported to be a holiday greeting from the White House not only included a piece of Zeus-related malware that searches hard drives for documents and uploads them to a remote server, but also appears to be connected to a similar attack fr...

Its 3rd week after attack & still CBI website remains down !

3rd week after attack & still CBI website remains down ! The website of the much sought-after Central Bureau of Investigation CBI continues to remain inactive, three weeks after it was hacked into by the so-called Pakistani Cyber Army. As a result, many have been badly hit, particularly the media...

Joint Director's (Technical Education Department) official mail ID hacked

The Joint Director of Technical Education Department in Palace Grounds has fallen prey to hacking and email fraud. His official email ID was hacked and a number of messages were sent to a number of government employees seeking help. Joint Director R Krishnamurthy said his official email ID create...

W32.Yimfoca Worm Targets Facebook Users via Yahoo! Messenger

A new computer worm is denying Facebook users access to their accounts. The worm, named "W32.Yimfoca" by the security company Symantec, spreads through Yahoo! Messenger and specifically targets Facebook users. It forces them to complete surveys before they can log into their profiles. The worm...

Fake Amazon Receipt Generator Dupes Merchants

A new scam has been circulating the internet lately that aims to swindle Amazon sellers by generating fake receipts. Amazon Receipt Generator, an executable file, has been making the rounds on hacking forums for the last few months. The program allows scammers to input an array of fake informatio...

No, you can't see who viewed you on Facebook !!

Let's put this matter to rest right now: Any Facebook application that offers to reveal who is viewing your profile is a scam. Period. Security research firm Sophos posted a memo about a rogue app that was spread on Facebook recently with messages like "OMG ... I can't believe this actually works...

Real SEO Feeding Traffic to Fake Search Engines

Online scam artists are using black hat search engine optimization SEO techniques to push more than just malicious software. In fact, SEO is increasingly being used to drive traffic to a range of phony Web based search engines that are feeding cost-per-click advertising scams, according to a blog...

Mobile Credits Used as Phishing Lure

Customers of an Italian bank were lured into a phishing scam with promises of mobile phone airtime credits, according to a blog post from analyst Mathew Maniyara on Symantec’s Connect blog. According to Maniyara, phishers posing under the guise of an Italian bank, are using a U.S.-based Web site ...

Facebook Apps Pump Out Mobile "Entertainment" Spam

Attacks via social networks continued their steady march on Tuesday, as an untold number of Facebook users unwittingly found themselves caught up in a spam run that pointed friends to premium mobile entertainment Web sites. DEK: A round of spam pumped out by Facebook applications lures users to...

TweetDeck Scam Uses Fake Update As Lure

Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package. Read the full article. The Register...

Anti-Phishing Group Targeting Fax-Based Scams

The heyday of faxing may have passed twenty years ago, but scam artists haven’t given up on the old technology, especially when it comes to wheedling personally identifiable information out of unsuspecting office workers. Now a leading anti-phishing group is tackling the problem of fax based...

Scareware That Wants You to Uninstall AV

Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages. Read the full article. The Register...

'Dislike' Button Scam on Facebook Goes Viral

Researchers are advising Facebook users to avoid offers to download an “official dislike button”, which the firm claims has spread virally across the service. There are two different versions of the ruse thus far, both with tiny URL links to rogue applications. Read the full article...

SMS Crime Ring Busted in Malaysia

Malaysian cops have busted an alleged text message spam scam ring thought to have fleeced locals for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The group are suspected of raking in RM6.4m $1.9m between 2006 and April 2010 using fictitious lottery winnings as a bait for an advanced fee fraud. Read the full...

Feds Bust $100 Mil Scareware Crew

Federal authorities say they have cracked open a cybercrime gang that allegedly duped tens of thousands of consumers into paying more than $100 million for worthless antivirus protection, priced from $30 to $70. A Chicago grand jury returned an indictment against Bjorn Daniel Sundin, 31, a U.S...

Hentai Malware Criminals Arrested in Japan

Japanese police have arrested two men over suspected involvement in a Hentai-themed malware scam campaign. Read the full article. The Register...

Feasting on Twitter User Desire for Followers

The cybercriminals behind the intensifying phishing scam that has been plaguing Twitter since late last week are proving how easy it is to pervert the trust social networks like Twitter and Facebook along with search giant Google have made a cornerstone of their respective business models. The id...