Chinese PostalFurious Gang Strikes UAE Users with Sneaky SMS Phishing Scheme

A Chinese-speaking phishing gang dubbed PostalFurious has been linked to a new SMS campaign that's targeting users in the U.A.E. by masquerading as postal services and toll operators, per Group-IB. The fraudulent scheme entails sending users bogus text messages asking them to pay a vehicle trip f...

Police warn of fake law enforcement arrest warrant calls

Brownsville Police Department is warning about scammers impersonating law enforcement in order to extract money from potential victims. The scam involves pressure from an immediate threat, several ways to extract yourself from this non-existent claim of wrongdoing, and multiple levels of...

Fake Royal Mail chatbot offers up…a new iPhone?

Royal Mail scams are always popular techniques for people up to no good. We’ve covered them several times over the last year or so. A quick reminder: Your parcel is waiting for delivery This is the go-to tactic for fake Royal Mail phishing attacks. You receive a text claiming there’s a parcel in...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32091: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on February 21, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 56894 First Published: 2018 February 21 20:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32091 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32012: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on February 20, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 56874 First Published: 2018 February 20 16:46 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32012 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID31922: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on February 6, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 56675 First Published: 2018 February 6 17:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID31922 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID28904: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 26, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 53575 First Published: 2017 April 26 14:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID28904 may contain the following files: Name | Si...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID26071: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on November 14, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 49691 First Published: 2016 November 15 18:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID26071 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID25030: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 16, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 48928 First Published: 2016 September 16 14:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID25030 may contain the following files: Name ...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID23832: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 14, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 47072 First Published: 2016 July 14 17:18 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID23832 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID18923: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on October 23, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 41695 First Published: 2015 October 23 14:05 GMT Last Updated: 2015 October 26 12:52 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID18923...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID14277: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on March 26, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 38066 First Published: 2015 March 26 15:51 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID14277 may contain the following files: Name | Si...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Details Notification Email Messages on February 20, 2014.

Medium Alert ID: 32958 First Published: 2014 February 21 14:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment details for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open t...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bill Payment Notification Email Messages on April 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 29611 First Published: 2013 June 10 13:36 GMT Last Updated: 2014 April 10 14:04 GMT Version: 5 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Italian-language spam email messages that claim to contain a payment notification for the recipient. The text in the...

Malware Campaigns Impersonating U.S. Government Agencies

US-CERT is aware of multiple malware campaigns impersonating multiple U.S. government agencies, including the United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. Once installed on a system, the malware displays a screen claiming that a Federal Government agency has...