An app claiming to be an antivirus solution climbed the charts as a top paid app in the Play Store. After…
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Video Scam “girl KILLED herself after her DAD saw her doing THIS!”
Steven, one of our researchers, flagged us of this ongoing video scam on Facebook that says “[SHOCKING VIDEO] This girl KILLED…
Fake Rihanna Tape Leads to Survey Scam
Be warned. A fake Facebook page hosted on Dropbox is in circulation, advertising one of THOSE celebrity tapes related to Rihanna….
A Familiar Phish Preludes The New Tax Season
Seasons always indicate the beginning of something, and more often than not, new beginnings can bring about some expected danger. April…
PayPal “Unauthorized Credit Card Payment” Phish
A fake PayPal email, addressed “Dear PayPal”, with an attachment to fill in? What could possibly go wrong? The email reads…
Prepaid Card Scam: “Send me 25 Cards, and the PIN Numbers…”
Here’s a curious scam – misusing the good name of somebody associated with helping to save people money as a ruse…
Malicious Messages Foray Facebook
In yet another method for cyber criminals to utilize the world’s most popular social networks for their own nefarious purposes, it…
Turning Off Security Features, For No Fun and Zero Profit
Not too long ago, I wrote about keeping your Steam account secure. I also mentioned Steam Guard as a great way…
Netflix Phishing Scam leads to Fake Microsoft Tech Support
[youtube=http://youtu.be/p_cFww5rfek&rel=0] Tech Support scammers are really creative these days. As if the Microsoft ruse was no longer in fashion, they are…
Application Spams “My Top Followers” Posts To Tumblr Users
Way back in June 2013 a website was asking users of Tumblr to add a “HTML widget” (or, more likely, to…