All Entries Tagged With: "scam"
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 [...]
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 [...]