Visa Targeted (Again) by Zbot Phishers

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt The gang of malware distributors who are currently flooding the Internet with bogus Facebook “Update Tool,” CDC “H1N1 Flu Vaccination Profile,” and IRS “Tax Statement” emails and Web ... Read more..

Fake Zbot Site Poses as CDC H1N1 Flu Vaccine Info

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt The newest victim of the faux-Web-sites-posing-as-government-pages scam is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the same vein as fake pages supposedly hosted on the Web servers ... Read more..

Lazy Phishers Just Email the Phishing Web Page to You, Now

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt It was a particularly busy weekend for spammers, especially the creepy, evil ones who are trying to steal information (as opposed to the merely scungy pill vendors and ... Read more..

Outlook “Patch” Spam Leads to Keyloggers

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Hot on the heels of the spam campaigns involving emails which purport to come from the IRS, HMRC, and from your IT department comes another round of fake ... Read more..

IRS Tax “Warning” Fraud Crosses the Pond, Targets the UK

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt For several months, we’ve been seeing spam and phishing Web sites which purport to be IRS notifications of delinquent non-payment of income taxes. Who can blame the fraudsters ... Read more..