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PayPal phish asks to verify transactions—don’t do it
There’s a number of fake PayPal emails going around right now claiming that a recent transaction can’t be verified. If your…
A week in security (November 13 – November 19)
Last week, we gave you some tips for the inevitable online chaos that is Cyber Monday, explained how “trusted” root certificates…
419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child
Scammers often come crawling out of the woodwork in all sorts of places you wouldn’t necessarily expect. This is to their…
Phishes, pseudophishes, and bad email
Everyone knows about phishing. We’ve all heard that the solution to phishing is to educate the user as, after all, it…
Netflix scam warning
Always be on your toes While we are used to receiving scam attempts pretending to be from banks, online shops, credit…
419 spam: 10 million US dollars, courtesy of “Rev. Goodluck Ebola”
I’m not saying an email claiming to be from the “Central Bank of Nigeria” with a contact handler named “Rev. Goodluck…
Apple phish: Summary report statement
If the following message lands in your mailbox, you may wish to throw on your “This is highly suspicious” cap before…
Barclays Bank customers targeted by phishers
Today we have a phish targeting customers of Barclays Bank, located at: bank(dot)barclay(dot)co(dot)uk(dot)olb(dot)auth(dot)loginlink(dot)action(dot)p1242557947640(dot)chofcg(dot)com/bd/ The phish opens up with an initial lunge…
HandBrake hacked to drop new variant of Proton malware
Last year, the Transmission torrent app was hacked not just once, but twice, to install the KeRanger ransomware and, later, the…