This post was co-authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura During the Christmas season and early into the new year, we noticed a sharp decrease…
Tag: spam
A week in security (Nov 27 – Dec 03)
Last week, we commented on Gooligan, homed in on a fake WhatsApp phishing email, and discussed about a rogue Chrome extension…
Fake Forbes story becomes bearer of “smart drug” news
First, we had fake online Canadian pharmacies, and then fake diet supplements. Now, we have fake brain enhancers. Stephen Hawking Predicts, “This…
Fake pharma sites are getting even more obnoxious
Recently, we have noticed that fake pharma sites seem to have discovered the use of JavaScript to change the “Stay or…
The curious case of recurring “Page disabled” Facebook scams
Remember those fake Facebook Security pages we’ve documented earlier this year? Here’s a quick refresher if not: Recently, we noticed a…
Our Pokemon Go blogpost becomes scammer bait
You know when you write about a Pokemon GO scam and casually mention how criminals use Lure Modules as bait for…
419 scam combines lottery win and family foundation
A 419 scam is in circulation which combines lottery winners and a US-based foundation to trick people into handing over personal…
Email spoofing
Email spoofing basically comes down to sending emails with a false sender address. This can be used in various ways by…
“Automated Tax Refund Notification” spam…
We’re seeing multiple copies of the below spam dropping into mailboxes at the moment, all of which claim to be an…
[Updated] KPN spam results in CTB-Locker infection
This morning I received an email claiming to be from KPN – a Dutch provider of internet, television, and phone – claiming an amount so…