Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payroll Notification Email Messages on April 24, 2014.

Medium Alert ID: 33943 First Published: 2014 April 25 12:33 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a payroll notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to op...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Overdue Invoice Notification Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33935 First Published: 2014 April 24 20:14 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an overdue invoice notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachment on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33936 First Published: 2014 April 24 19:54 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain an attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment for details...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Backup Archive File Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33933 First Published: 2014 April 24 19:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a backup archive notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipien...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33931 First Published: 2014 April 24 18:51 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product purchase order request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Stock Purchase Information Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33927 First Published: 2014 April 24 14:27 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain stock purchase information for the recipient. The text in the email message instructs the recipient to open a .z...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Purchase Invoice Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33928 First Published: 2014 April 24 14:14 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a purchase invoice for the recipient. The text in the email message instructs the recipient to open a .zip...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Website Profile Information Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33929 First Published: 2014 April 24 14:03 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain website profile information for the recipient. The text in the email message instructs the recipient to open a...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Scanned Notificaion Email Messages on April 23, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33925 First Published: 2014 April 24 13:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a scanned notification for the recipient. The text in the email message instructs the recipient to open a .zip...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Malicious Attachment Notification Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33883 First Published: 2014 April 22 15:37 GMT Last Updated: 2014 April 25 12:30 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Deposit Notification Email Messages on April 22, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33884 First Published: 2014 April 22 15:37 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank account deposit notification for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Confirmation Email Messages on April 22, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33885 First Published: 2014 April 22 15:37 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a payment confirmation notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Sample Request Email Messages on April 22, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33888 First Published: 2014 April 22 14:47 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product request for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open th...

Google Gives Refund to Thousands of Buyers Who Bought Bogus Android AntiVirus App

About a week back we reported about a popular paid Antivirus application on the Google Play Store which was actually a scam, dubbed as ‘Virus Shield’. This First paid fake app managed to become one of the most popular anti-virus app in less than a week, and apparently more than 10,000 Smartphones...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Overdue Payment Notification Email Messages on April 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33864 First Published: 2014 April 21 17:56 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Dutch-language spam email messages that claim to contain a late payment notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Order Confirmation Notice Email Messages on April 21, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33869 First Published: 2014 April 21 17:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a product order confirmation notice from Dell for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Inheritance Notice Email Messages on April 21, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33867 First Published: 2014 April 21 17:33 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an inheritance notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to ope...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Link on April 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33866 First Published: 2014 April 21 17:33 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain a link for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the link for details. However, the...

ZeuS Botnet Updating Infected Systems with Rootkit-Equipped Trojan

ZeuS, or Zbot is one of the oldest families of financial malware, it is a Trojan horse capable to carry out various malicious and criminal tasks and is often used to steal banking information. It is distributed to a wide audience, primarily through infected web pages, spam campaigns and drive-by...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Email Client Application Update Instructions Email Messages on April 18, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33854 First Published: 2014 April 18 18:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain email settings update instructions for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...