Warning : Emma Watson scam worm spreading widely on Facebook

Spammers have now leveraged the popularity of Harry Potter's star Emma Watson in a Facebook scam that offering tape of popular Hollywood movie star Emma Watson with a malicious link, actually spreading the malicious links and Porn images on infected user's profiles. This isn't the first time Emma...

Warning : Emma Watson scam worm spreading widely on Facebook

Spammers have now leveraged the popularity of Harry Potter's star Emma Watson in a Facebook scam that offering Sex tape of popular Hollywood movie star Emma Watson with a malicious link, actually spreading the malicious links and Porn images on infected user's profiles. This isn't the first time...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Contact Information Request Email Messages on July 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30120 First Published: 2013 July 17 20:03 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain a personal contact information request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient...

Beware of Fraudulent Sites, phishing for Twitter accounts

There's a scam spreading through Twitter Direct messages DMs and fake emails, appealing users to visit a fake twitter phishing site i.e "twittler.com". Scam uses a hijacked Twitter account to send out direct messages that appear completely legitimate. Security blogger, Janne Ahlberg blogged about...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Receipt Attachment Email Messages on July 12, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30069 First Published: 2013 July 15 12:30 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain a receipt for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Beware of Fraudulent Sites, phishing for Twitter accounts

There's a scam spreading through Twitter Direct messages DMs and fake emails, appealing users to visit a fake twitter phishing site i.e "twittler.com". Scam uses a hijacked Twitter account to send out direct messages that appear completely legitimate. Security blogger, Janne Ahlberg blogged about...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Monetary Award Email Messages on July 9, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30019 First Published: 2013 July 10 14:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a monetary award for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Investment Account Payment Information Email Messages on July 9, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30018 First Published: 2013 July 10 14:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an investment payment notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Shipment Information Request Email Messages on July 10, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30020 First Published: 2013 July 10 14:54 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a shipment notification attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to persuade the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Job Opportunity Solicitation Email Messages on July 9, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29985 First Published: 2013 July 9 14:07 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a job opportunity solicitation for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Document Sharing Email Messages on July 2, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29924 First Published: 2013 July 2 13:16 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain documents for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient to open the link to...

Serious Smishing vulnerability reported in Samsung Galaxy S4

Serious security vulnerability was recently discovered on the Samsung flagship Galaxy S4 device, claiming that attackers can use it to silently send text messages. Qihoo 360 Technology, an antivirus company based in China, said that this particular vulnerability is related to the "cloud backup"...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Invoice Attachment Email Messages on June 22, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29751 First Published: 2013 June 24 12:27 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake LexisNexis Invoice Attachment Email Messages on June 21, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29750 First Published: 2013 June 24 11:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice attachment from LexisNexis for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Claims Invoice Email Messages on June 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29748 First Published: 2013 June 21 18:48 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Portuguese-language spam email messages that claim to contain an invoice notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake German Broadband Account Billing Service Email Messages on June 10, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29628 First Published: 2013 June 11 14:16 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain a broadband account billing service message for the recipient. The text in the email message...

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...

Facebook Apps Promise Change but In Reality Phish Your Information

Spammy Facebook apps are nothing new, the web giant has been dealing with suspicious behavior apps since the website launched the Facebook Platform for developers in 2007. As an open source app development tool, anyone can create an app, including people who really just want to steal your...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Westpac Secure Email Messages on March 13, 2013

Low Alert ID: 28593 First Published: 2013 March 14 20:25 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a secure message notification for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient...

DNS Changer malware mastermind pleaded guilty

Remember the DNS Changer malware that infected at least four million computers in more than 100 countries, including 500,000 in the United States, with malicious software or malware ? Valeri Aleksejev, 32 years old from Estonia, is the first of the seven individuals to enter a plea, admitting his...