Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Invoice Notification Email Messages on January 22, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32530 First Published: 2014 January 23 15:46 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice reminder for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Electronic Invoice Attachment Email Messages on January 19, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32488 First Published: 2014 January 21 21:04 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Portuguese-language spam email messages that claim to contain an electronic invoice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convinc...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Order Notification Email Messages on January 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32441 First Published: 2014 January 15 14:14 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...

PT-2014-3245

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open-Xchange AppSuite versions 7.4.0 and earlier Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specific means, including HTML emails with crafted CSS code containing wildcards or office documents...

OpenSUSE Forums Hacked, User Email Addresses Compromised

The forums for the Linux-based operating system openSUSE remain down today and for the foreseeable future following a hack earlier this week that appears to have compromised some of its users’ email addresses. OpenSUSE claims the hacker was able to exploit a vulnerability in the forum’s software,...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Court Order Notice Email Messages on January 9, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32339 First Published: 2014 January 7 21:29 GMT Last Updated: 2014 January 10 14:56 GMT Version: 3 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a court order notification for the recipient. The text in the email...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Court Hearing Documents Email Messages on January 2, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32312 First Published: 2014 January 3 18:40 GMT Last Updated: 2014 January 7 13:33 GMT Version: 3 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a court appearance notice. The text in the email message attempts to...

New Attacks Target Syrian Activists

A new set of malware campaigns targeted at Syrian activists, journalists and NGOs has emerged, and security researchers say that the attackers are employing a variety of tactics, including a new OS X Trojan that could be part of a “false flag” operation. The details of the new round of attacks on...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Photo Email Messages on December 20, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32254 First Published: 2013 December 23 13:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Italian-language spam email messages that claim to contain personal photos for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Photo Sharing Email Messages on December 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32192 First Published: 2013 December 17 17:00 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Italian-language spam email messages that claim to contain a photograph for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Advice Notification Email Messages on December 11, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32135 First Published: 2013 December 12 16:31 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment advice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Transaction Document Email Messages on December 4, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32015 First Published: 2013 December 4 22:29 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank transaction notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Financial Transaction Notification Email Messages on November 25, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31883 First Published: 2013 November 25 14:39 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain financial transaction details for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

US police department pays $750 Ransom to retrieve their files from CryptoLocker Malware

The CryptoLocker Malware continues to spread, infected more than 12,000 U.S computers in one week and threatening millions of computers in the UK. Just last week, The UK National Crime Agency urge people afflicted by CryptoLocker not to pay ransom, not least because there is no guarantee that the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Information Email Messages on November 21, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31868 First Published: 2013 November 22 13:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to op...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Package Delivery Failure Notice Email Messages on November 20, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31832 First Published: 2013 November 20 16:49 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a package delivery failure notification. The text in the e-mail message instructs the recipient to open the...

How to protect your computer from CryptoLocker ransomware malware ?

CryptoLocker is an especially insidious form of Ransomeware malware that was first detected in the wild in September 2013, restricts access to infected computers and requires victims to pay a ransom in order to regain full access. What makes CryptoLocker so bad is the way it encrypts the user dat...

Warning: 10 Million UK Users targeted with Cryptolocker Ransomware spam email campaign

The UK's National Crime Agency has given out an urgent national alert that a mass spamming event targeting 10 million UK based email users with a piece of malware called CryptoLocker that encrypts your files and then demands a ransom money to restore access. The agency has said that the people wh...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on November 5, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31651 First Published: 2013 November 6 17:56 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Invoice Change Request Notification Email Messages on November 2, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31602 First Published: 2013 November 4 21:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice change request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient ...