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FBI Warns Of Spike In W-2 Phishing Campaigns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning businesses about a spike in phishing campaigns requesting W-2 information from payroll personnel. In a recent security advisory the FBI warned it has seen an increase since January in reports of compromised or spoofed emails involving W-2 forms. Thes...
Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID30847: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on October 5, 2017
Medium Alert ID: 55524 First Published: 2017 October 5 16:08 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 RuleID30847 may contain the following files: Name |...
How hackers have improved their BEC attack methods
Email is increasingly an integral part of global life, but business email compromise BEC attacks could place these communications at risk. Research by The Radicati Group found that 2.9 billion people worldwide will be using email portals by 2019. Each business user will send 126 messages daily by...
Business Email Compromise Losses Up 2,370 Percent Since 2015
Business Email Compromise BEC schemes, where executives are scammed via social engineering and phishing compromises that ultimately lead to fraudulent wire transfers, grew at a jaw-dropping rate of 2,370 percent in the last two years. The FBI yesterday published its latest statistics on these...
Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID27631: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on February 1, 2017
Medium Alert ID: 52511 First Published: 2017 February 2 14:29 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 RuleID27631 may contain the following files: Name |...
Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID16414: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 5, 2015
Medium Alert ID: 39657 First Published: 2015 July 6 13:01 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 RuleID16414 may contain the following files: Name | Size...
Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID16313: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 1, 2015
Medium Alert ID: 39622 First Published: 2015 July 2 14:12 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 RuleID16313 may contain the following files: Name | Size...
FBI: Business Email Compromise Scams Steal $214m in 2014
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 is sounding the alarm on a type of fraud they are calling business email compromise BEC scams. The scheme, formerly known as a man-in-the-email attack, comes in three distinct flavors, each of which is ultimately designed to dupe corporate employees o...
Upatre Downloader Spreading Dyreza Banking Trojan
The Upatre downloader is the vehicle that has driven numerous banking Trojan and ransomware attacks to the front door of countless victims at great cost. Microsoft on Thursday warned of a wire-transfer spam campaign that it’s spotted that is spreading Upatre and eventually loading the dangerous...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Wire Transfer Confirmation Email Messages on April 16, 2014
Medium Alert ID: 33825 First Published: 2014 April 16 20:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a wire transfer confirmation for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Transfer Notification Email Messages on December 31, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 32308 First Published: 2014 January 3 16:53 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a wire transfer notification from Chase Bank for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Wire Transfer Notification Email Messages on October 29, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 31533 First Published: 2013 October 29 19:08 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a wire transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipie...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Wire Transfer Slip Notification Email Messages on October 28, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 31514 First Published: 2013 October 29 15:07 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a wire transfer slip for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to op...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Wire Transfer Notification Email Messages on October 22, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 31413 First Published: 2013 October 22 19:46 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a wire transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipie...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Wire Transfer Confirmation Notification Email Messages on August 20, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 30473 First Published: 2013 August 20 20:12 GMT Last Updated: 2013 August 22 14:07 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank wire transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the ema...
Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Wire Transfer Failure Notification Email Messages on June 24, 2013
Medium Alert ID: 29769 First Published: 2013 June 24 19:32 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a failed wire transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...
UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks
A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...
UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks
A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...
Zeus Targeting Online Payment Services
The Zeus Botnet continues to evolve and shift in focus from its traditional targets, banks and their customers, to other money-handling institutions like electronic money and online payment systems, according to a new report. The shift has been going on for months and likely follows policy moves ...