Romanian Authorities Dismantle Phishing Gang – Softpedia
Romanian authorities have arrested nine individuals believed to be part of a phishing gang that used hacked accounts to make bids on fake online auctions. Prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT …
Lloyds TSB Customers Targeted in New Phishing Attack – Softpedia
A new phishing campaign is targeting customers of Lloyds TSB with fake emails carrying rogue attachments that claim to come from the bank’s security team. The emails try to lure in victims by suggesting they have to receive money through their subject that …
BBB Reports Seeing First Epsilon Breach Phishing Emails – Softpedia
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that phishing attacks resulting from the data breach at email marketing vendor Epsilon have already started to appear. Despite resulting in the exposure of only email addresses and names, the Epsilon data breach is …
New Wave of HMRC Phishing Emails Hits Inboxes – Softpedia
Security researchers from Belgian email security provider MX Lab warn about a new wave of HMRC tax refund phishing emails that is currently hitting people’s email inboxes. The rogue emails have forged headers to appear as originating from a srvcs@hmrc.gov …
Steam Guard Eliminates Phishing and Identity Theft, Is Intel Powered – Softpedia
Video game developer and Steam creator, Valve has announced that it will introduce a new service called Steam Guard, which is specifically designed to limit hijacking of accounts on its digital distribution platform by making sure that just an authorized …
Spear Phishing Attacks Leverage Libya Crisis to Deliver Exploit – Softpedia
Security researchers from Symantec warn of highly targeted attacks that leverage the crisis in Libya to deliver an exploit via email and infect key computers. The emails pose as replies to previous messages about the current situation in the Arab country …
Aggressive PayPal Phishing Scam Hitting People’s Inboxes – Softpedia
Security researchers from Sophos warn that a new wave of PayPal phishing emails are hitting people’s inboxes in an attempt to trick them into exposing their login credentials. The emails bear a subject of “Please confirm your identity” and have forged …
Phishing on the Rise Again After Holiday Decline – Softpedia
German antivirus vendor Avira warns that the number of phishing attacks is again on the rise after a significant decline in December. ” While the numbers for Phishing in December were almost all red, showing a dramatic drop for the .org (-151%), .com(-76% …
New Steam Phishing Campaign Spotted – Softpedia
Security researchers from Sophos warn that Steam users are being targeted in a new phishing attack which produces fake emails threatening them with account suspension. The emails bear a subject of ” Warning! Your steam account will be suspended? ” and have …
Free Microsoft Security Tool Takes On Bot that Hijacks Browser Traffic – Softpedia
The latest release of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is set up to take on a bot designed to hijack HTTP traffic for several browsers, but also featuring additional malicious capabilities. Dubbed Win32/Cycbot by Microsoft, this piece of malware …
