All Entries in the "Scams" Category
Email Security
According to Websense (State of Internet Security Q1 & Q2 2009), 87.7 percent of email messages were spam during the first half of 2009. While I have seen the percentage by other vendors be higher, it does represent a 3 percent increase over the previous 6 months (again according to Websense).
85.6 percent [...]
Credit Union Penetration Test Malware Scam
Here is a recent scam reported by the NCUA and others. It uses a shipped CD to financial institutions with instructions to load them. The CD’s and letter are supposidly from the NCUA, but are not. See the following article on it as posted.
Malware-Infected CD Mailing was Part of Pen Test
By Dennis [...]
New Classification / Type of Cyber Attack – Macking
Macking is the term coined by Kevin Prince, CTO at Perimeter eSecurity and Doug Howard, Chief Strategy Officer at Perimeter eSecurity and President of USA.Net (subsiderary of Perimeter). Kevin discusses it in his most recent blog post in conjuction with various scams currently happening using this attack method.
Scams using Social Networking Sites
There is a blog post that discusses a couple of scams using social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. Good to be aware.
Spear Phishing Scam
Kevin Prince of Perimeter eSecurity has an interesting post regarding the anatomy of a spear phishing or targeted phishing attack using the recent Aetna data breach as an illustration. You can see it here.
All of Kevin’s stuff is posted at security.perimeterusa.com
Would you like a Trojan with that pirated software?
Cyber criminals know that often times people want to get their hands on the latest and greatest software prior to its official release. As a result, these hackers have been known to modify this software and post it to the Internet for unsuspecting people to download. The modifications that they make include methods [...]
Your Data for Ransom
This isn’t the first time I have heard about this type of thing, but it does appear to be a growing threat. According to Wikileaks.org, cyber attackers breached the Virginia Department of Health Professionals’ prescription monitoring website, downloaded a ton of data and are now demanding $10 million dollars in ransom for its return. [...]
Swine Flu Scams
Even with this first, passive wave of H1N1 swine flu diminishing, scams are on the rise. Websense reports a huge number of email scams based on news (usually false) around the H1N1 swine flu. End users being concerned about a possible pandemic are eager to learn the latest news and with sensationalized subject [...]
H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic Scams
Beware! Anytime there is big news or things that concern people, there always seems to be an immediate barage of SPAM and phishing attacks using those subject lines. The latest big news that cyber criminals will hope you will want learn more and click a link or open an attachment? The Swine [...]
Want to see what other people TXT? Don’t Fall For It.
Websense has recently detected a new scam aimed at infecting systems with malware. The scam includes an email that tells people that by clicking a link and installing and application, they can see other peoples SMS messages. So slooths and wood be snoops are in danger of infection if they aren’t careful. [...]