Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID11529: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 35699 First Published: 2014 September 13 04:30 GMT Last Updated: 2014 September 15 13:14 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...

Bitcoin Phishing Scam Takes Aim at 400 Organizations

More than 400 organizations were recently targeted by a Bitcoin phishing campaign that intended to con users into disclosing their wallet passwords. According to Proofpoint, a California-based email security firm that recapped the campaign Wednesday, 12,000 messages were recently sent in two wave...

Sick Facebook Scammers Exploit Robin Williams' Suicide

Scammers spare no incident to target as many victims as possible, and this time they are exploiting the tragic death of comic actor Robin Williams by offering the fake Facebook videos proclaiming a Goodbye video message that Williams made before his death. According to Symantec, this fake Faceboo...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID11110: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 35294 First Published: 2014 August 14 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 RuleID11110 may contain the following files: Name |...

HackerOne: Redirect while opening links in new tabs

Hello HackerOne, I'd like to report to you a nice little bug about opening links in new tabs. When you open a link in a new tab target="blank" , the page that opens in a new tab can access the initial tab and change it's location using the window.opener property. POC:...

Warning — Facebook Color Changer App is Just a Scam, Infects 10000 Users

Scammers have again targeted more than one billion active users of the popular social networking giant Facebook, to infect as many victims as possible. This time, an old Facebook scam is back in action once again! Malicious Facebook "Color Changer" app has resurfaced again on the popular social...

Facebook Self-XSS Scam Fools Users into Hacking Themselves

Scammers have again targeted more than one billion active users of the popular social networking giant Facebook, to infect as many victims as possible. Not by serving fake post, neither by providing malicious video link, instead this time scammers have used a new way of tricking Facebook users in...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10638: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 13, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34912 First Published: 2014 July 14 13:05 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 RuleID10638 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Tracy Morgan Dead? Facebook Scam Targeting Users with Malware

Oh MY God! Is Tracy Morgan Really Dead? NO, Thankfully it’s only a hoax, but scammers announced the popular comedian and actor Tracy Morgan dead. Another Facebook scam is circulating across the social networking website just a day before the former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” star Tracy...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10470: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34779 First Published: 2014 June 27 18:06 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 RuleID10470 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

DeviantArt Malwaretising Campaigns lead to Potentially Unwanted Apps

Today, the estimated number of known computer threats like viruses, worms, backdoors, exploits, Trojans, spyware, password stealer, and other variants of potentially unwanted software range into millions. It has the capability to create several different forms of itself dynamically in order to...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10280: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 10, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34575 First Published: 2014 June 10 12:51 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 RuleID10280 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Fake 'Placebo Apps' Booted From Google Play, Amazon

A handful of apps purporting to specialize in virus detection and malware scanning were recently removed from Google’s Play marketplace and Amazon after being deemed fake. Security researchers at FireEye discovered five apps in particular that accounted for up to 50,000 downloads and essentially...

Phishing Campaign Sending Dropbox Links to Zeus Downloads

With more enterprises sharing documents through Dropbox, the free online storage service is popping up in more spam and phishing scams. The latest doesn’t necessarily target data stored by individuals and companies on Dropbox, but instead preys on the trust users have in the service. Researchers ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Tax Return Document Email Messages on May 29, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34411 First Published: 2014 May 29 18:38 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a tax return report for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Fax Report Notification Email Messages on May 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34396 First Published: 2014 May 29 00:25 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a fax report for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the link ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Invoice Notice Email Messages on May 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34387 First Published: 2014 May 28 13:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice detail for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Purchase Order Confirmation Email Messages on May 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34354 First Published: 2014 May 27 21:03 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a purchase order confirmation notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Spam Tweets 'US Government Trying to Shut Down Bitcoin' Spreading Malware

The Security Software company Malwarebytes has discovered a malicious scam spreading through rogue tweets by a number of fake Twitter accounts with a link to a story that says the United States Government is trying to ban cryptocurrency Bitcoin. “The majority of the accounts pushing these things...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Software Security Update Email Messages on May 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34306 First Published: 2014 May 20 17:56 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a security utility for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...