Results for 'spam'
Boomerang spam bombs Malwarebytes forum—not a smart move
February 5, 2018 - Tech support scammers are generally not the best and brightest. As such, they will occasionally post ads for their fake companies...
“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos
January 23, 2018 - Twitter spam has been around forever, and rogue apps asking for installs in return for a cool feature (to be more...
Old MS Office feature weaponized in malspam attacks
October 17, 2017 - Update (11-08-2017): Microsoft has issued a security advisory about DDE-based attacks and is also providing tips on how to disable that...
419 spam: 10 million US dollars, courtesy of “Rev. Goodluck Ebola”
August 29, 2017 - I’m not saying an email claiming to be from the “Central Bank of Nigeria” with a contact handler named “Rev. Goodluck...
Google Docs app spam goes phishing
May 3, 2017 - There’s a very clever phishing scam going around at the moment – originally thought to be targeting journalists given the sheer...
USPS-themed malspam now delivering 1-2-3 knock-out
April 10, 2017 - We’ve detected an uptick in USPS-themed malspam walloping users with a 1-2-3 knock-out of nasty malware designed to infiltrate your system...
Steam spammers have a night at the movies
March 31, 2017 - Users of gaming platform Steam have the ability to upload images from games, post messages, and more besides, into their social network...
Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys
March 20, 2017 - With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would...
“Federal Ministry of Agriculture” 419 spam
March 8, 2017 - This is just a short heads up to advise you to ignore the below missive, which is currently landing in mailboxes...
Verified Twitter accounts compromised, get busy spamming
January 19, 2017 - Update: Twitter only recommends that verified users enable 2FA on their accounts. They do, however, need to have a verified phone...
