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Fifth Scam Of Christmas, “Santa in 3-D”!
For the 5th Scam of Christmas, the criminals gave to me “SANTA IN 3-D”! During the holidays, friends of mine are always willing to share the latest holiday cuteness via a forwarded email. I have to remain vigilant to be super careful what emails I open up this time of year. Holiday-themed ringtones, e-cards and Read more…
Tags: christmas, ecards, holiday shopping, holiday shopping fraud, malicious files, ring tones, scam, screensavers
Be Wary Of Links In bin Laden Spam Messages
With the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden late Sunday evening, within a day the bin Laden spam began to hit the interwebs. Links and infected documents are being sent out in the hopes that you click and infect your computer. I can’t stress enough that in the days following this major news Read more…
Tags: identity theft scams, scam, social media online scams, spam
Fluffy Bunnies Spam Is No Easter Egg
Fluffy bunnies, cute chicks, Easter eggs… Does that sound dangerous to you? You wouldn’t think it was dangerous by the looks of it. It is so sweet I would just want to download it and send it on to a few dozen of my friends. This looks sweet, does it not? The subject line says Read more…
Tags: botnet, Consumer, counter identity theft, Cybercrime, easter, Family Safety, malware, McAfee Consumer Threat Alert, scam
Easter Bunny Delivers Basket of Malware
Avoid clicking on links and images in malware-laden emails, McAfee warns Computer users around the world received phony Easter greetings with links to malware on Monday, according to research by McAfee Labs™. Cybercrooks often take advantage of current events to grab computer users’ attention, and this time they are using the upcoming Christian holiday to Read more…
Tags: botnet, Consumer, counter identity theft, Cybercrime, easter, Family Safety, malware, McAfee Consumer Threat Alert, scam
Easter Greeting Hatches Nasty Malware Surprise
Cybercrooks always latch on to current events to lure unsuspecting Internet users into their traps. It doesn’t matter what type of event it is, a natural disaster, major sporting championship or, in today’s case, Easter, the upcoming Christian holiday. This morning I received an e-mail (see below) with a colorful picture of a bunny, some Read more…
Tags: botnet, Consumer, counter identity theft, Cybercrime, easter, Family Safety, malware, scam
Facebook Password Spam: Don't open that attachment
My friend Marlynn received an email from Facebook saying that her password had been reset this week. The cool thing was that after reading the email, she opened a new web browser to Facebook (maybe after reading my blog ), typed in her current username and password to test it and it still worked! Read more…
Tags: facebook, McAfee, online threat, password stealer, scam, social networking, spam
Facebook Password Reset Scam Threatens Computers Worldwide
Scammers send emails that appear to be from Facebook, telling recipients that their Facebook password has been reset and they need to click on an attachment to retrieve it.
Tags: facebook, McAfee, password stealer, scam, spam
Oscar nominees are more popular and risky online right now
I am revving up for the Oscars this weekend, how about you? I find myself impressed with this year’s picks. Some years I wonder if it is just a popularity contest, but this year I think the competition is stiff! I have resigned myself to rooting for more than one person/film in each category. I Read more…
Pay to install free software
I was dealing with customer escalations the other day and came across this interesting sample. If you believe the filename install_wrar380.exe it would install WinRar on your system, for some reason I didn’t believe it . Upon execution, the installer displays a EULA. I have copied and pasted some of the detail below: “THE COST Read more…
Tags: freeware, mobile phone, mobiles, scam, sms, SMSFraud, text message
Loss Leaders in Phishing
Q: How do you want to build a client base for your phishing kits? A: Give the popular ones away for free. Yes FREE, and as blatantly as possible, with one-click satisfaction, right on the homepage of a web site. I suspect that this is a shareware-style, lead-generation setup–as the phishing kits appear to be Read more…
Tags: e-gold, eBay, free, french, gratis, Lloyds, Orange, paypal, phishing, phishing kits, phishing shareware, scam
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