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New online scam tempts victims with $50 for survey completion - 11.19.2009
A malicious spam campaign has hit email inboxes across the internet, offering $50 to users who complete a phony survey for Bank of America.
Experts find difficulties in judging the size of malicious botnets - 11.19.2009
Online security researchers working to cripple botnets of malware-infected computers have occasionally run into trouble when trying to estimate the extent of a given botnet.
New Twitter worm blasts out spam via direct messaging - 11.18.2009
Microblogging service Twitter is again under malicious attack. This time, what is thought to be a variant of the Koobface worm that targeted Facebook users is instead going after Twitterers, hijacking account information and propagating itself via direct messaging spam.
Facebook wins spam lawsuit against 'Spamford' Wallace - 10.30.2009
Facebook was awarded $711 million in damages by a judge in San Jose, California, yesterday in the social network's lawsuit against Sanford "Spamford" Wallace, who may also face criminal charges for violating a restraining order.
Ford Foundation warns of email scam spoof attack - 10.29.2009
Several spam emails are circulating on the internet that use the Ford
Study says spam targets auto industry the most - 10.22.2009
Spam email continues to be a security threat to businesses, but not all business sectors are targeted equally, according to a new study by a web security firm. The automotive industry receives a higher percentage of spam than any other sector.
Phishing scam spreads on Twitter via direct messages - 10.15.2009
Twitter users have reported a new phishing scam spreading on the social network through direct messages into a user's inbox. The messages say "you're on this vid" and contain links to a phishing website.
Now showing: Spam video messages via YouTube - 10.13.2009
Spammers from Russia recently began using Google's free video service YouTube to record spam messages linked to in emails, which security researchers at Kaspersky Lab said is the first use of video spam.
Canadian pharmacy spam makes up 70 percent of global junk emails - 10.13.2009
Spammers are taking advantage of Canada's association with low-cost pharmaceuticals to push knock-off drugs in billions of junk emails, according to antivirus firm McAfee's October spam report.
Phishing scams don't just fool the ignorant, FBI head Mueller says - 10.8.2009
Not even the head of the FBI - director Robert Mueller - is immune from the threat of online phishing scams, which use sophisticated social engineering tricks to scam people into giving up bank account and other vital information.
Spam threat: Anatomy of a phishing spam scam - 10.7.2009
Email security depends not only on the success of anti-spam filters and firewall defenses, but on the ability of users to detect fraud and scams. After a wave of phishing attacks hit Hotmail and other webmail users, experts said educating users is vital.
Anti-virus scareware moves to Twitter - 9.23.2009
Cyber criminals pushing the same scam that corrupted advertising on the New York Times website last week are using Twitter to lure new victims.
Google gobbles up reCAPTCHA, can it beat spam? - 9.17.2009
Google announced Wednesday that it had acquired reCAPTCHA, the anti-fraud company that uses imaging technology to fight spam.
Bounce-back spam sees 2,000 percent spurt - 9.16.2009
The latest hot trend in spam appears to be email messages that spoof non-delivery reports (NDR), the messages users receive when their email bounces back from a non-existent email address or system failure.
Apple fail? Anti-phishing feature for iPhone 'doesn't work' - 9.10.2009
Apple on Wednesday released the latest iPods and also put out new versions of the mobile operating systems for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPhone OS 3.1 contains an anti-phishing feature, but it doesn't work, according to the Mac Security blog.
Sony cracking down on in-game MMORPG spam - 9.3.2009
Sony Online Entertainment, the creator of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) like EverQuest and Star Wars Galaxies, is using in-game detectives to crack down on the proliferation of players hired by third parties to spread spam.
Phishing spam targets World of Warcraft gamers - 8.24.2009
Piggybacking on recent buzz about the hugely successful World of Warcraft (WoW) massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), scammers have launched phishing spam attacks attempting to trick gamers into giving up their WoW account information.
TwitBlock joins fight against Twitter spam - 8.21.2009
The popularity of micro-blogging site Twitter has generated a growing number of phishing scams, spam and other threats from cybercriminals. A new service called TwitBlock is advertising itself as a way to screen out spam profiles from a user's list of followers.
Yahoo looking at pay-per-email to fight spam - 8.19.2009
Yahoo researchers are looking at a new way to revive the idea of using email postage stamps to help distinguish between good emails and spam.
Spam offers Obama opponents chance to DDoS White House - 8.19.2009
A spam email detected by email security firm Proofpoint attempts to exploit anti-Obama sentiment by offering recipients a chance to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattacks on the White House - if they just download malware onto their PC.
Was White House healthcare email spam? - 8.17.2009
The White House this weekend responded to claims that it had sent an email on healthcare reform to people who didn't sign up for White House email, denying that the administration had purchased any email lists. Reports from Fox News Channel implied people were receiving spam.
Court rejects $10 million spam lawsuit - 8.10.2009
An internet domain owner seeking $10 million in damages from an online marketer over spam email had his appeal rejected last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit.
Bing hosting spam ads for counterfeit drugs - 8.6.2009
Microsoft's Bing search engine hosts sponsored ads for online pharmacies of the type that generate spam to sell drugs illegally, according to a report from LegitScript.com, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn.com, an internet compliance company.
Phishing spam fools 55,000 per month - 8.4.2009
Phishing spam that attempts to trick recipients into divulging personal information such as online banking login credentials has reached 7 percent of all spam, while spam researchers at IT security firm BitDefender estimate that phishing attacks fool 55,000 people every month.
Spam 'Harry Potter' emails lead to malware - 7.27.2009
A new wave of spam related to the popular Harry Potter movie attempts to infect recipients with malware via a malicious link promising downloads of the latest film in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, according to security researchers at antivirus firm BitDefender.
Spam you asked for (or didn't): Gmail offers email auto-unsubscribe - 7.23.2009
Spam is subjective. Email users who sign up for an email newsletter or mailing list only to be inundated with messages may consider it spam, while others may find it useful. In the fight to de-clutter the inbox, Google's free webmail Gmail is now helping users unsubscribe to lists.
Spam volumes reach all-time high, Tracelabs says - 7.21.2009
Spam volumes have reached a new all-time high, surpassing the previous record spam level from July 2008, according to Tracelabs, the research division of web security company Marshal8e6.
Spam researcher shows China not as 'spammy' as you think - 7.21.2009
China gets a bad rap as the major source of source of spam, according to statistics analyzed by Microsoft email security researcher Terry Zink, who points out on his anti-spam blog that the U.S. is the "spammiest" country, pushing out nearly one-third of all junk emails.
Spam report: U.S. tops Q2 list of spam-sending countries - 7.20.2009
Spam email relaying PCs - called bots or botnets - typically reside in a handful of high-tech countries with plenty of internet users. In the second quarter of 2009, chances were better than one-in-six that a spam email was sent from a PC in the United States, according to internet security firm Sophos.
Phishing of Windows Live IM accounts alleged in Microsoft suit - 7.17.2009
Microsoft has filed suit against Funmobile, Ltd., a Hong-Kong-based company allegedly involved in sending thousands of spam instant messages with links to phishing websites to users of Windows Live Messenger since March 2009.
MAAWG: Spam fools nearly one-third of email users - 7.15.2009
Almost one-third of consumers admit responding to an email message they suspected was spam, according to a survey by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), which the group said indicates a general lack of awareness of email-borne security threats.
Rustock botnet leads spam surge up 60 percent in 2009 - 7.14.2009
Spammers have now completely recovered the capacity lost last November by the shutdown of the botnet-hosting ISP McColo and spam levels reached 90 percent of all email in the first half of 2009, according to the latest spam report from web security firm Marshal8e6.
Spam filters targeting foreign countries hurt legit URLs - 7.8.2009
Spammers have learned to target recipients in countries other than where they are located to avoid the ire of their local governments, according to the July spam report released by web security vendor McAfee.
New spam tactic: Spam profiles on social networks - 6.29.2009
Spammers have been creating profiles on social networking sites to attract unsuspecting users through spam friend requests and messages, according to Google researcher Jason Morrison, writing on the Google webmaster blog.
Spammers exploit Michael Jackson's death - 6.26.2009
The death of pop icon Michael Jackson on Thursday is already being exploited by cybercriminals sending spam emails with subject lines and messages related to the news, IT security firm Sophos said.
Fake Microsoft Outlook update contains virus for ID theft - 6.23.2009
Spam email purporting to be a "critical update" for Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express contains a link to download a malicious program that can steal personal information from a user's computer, including login credentials and credit card information, Trend Micro reported Monday.
Chinese penny-stock spammers plead guilty - 6.22.2009
Five people connected to an illegal spamming campaign that sought to pump up sales of Chinese penny stocks pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and violating the CAN-SPAM Act.
Twitter used for DDOS attacks on Iranian sites - 6.19.2009
Tech-savvy Iranians have been using social networking sites such as Twitter and YouTube to transmit information about protests against that country's ruling regime since a disputed election on Friday.
'Group A' spear-phishing attackers re-emerge - 6.12.2009
An Eastern European gang of cybercriminals known as Group A has re-emerged after several months without activity to launch a new spear-phishing attack targeting small business owners, the Washington Post reported.
3FN shutdown tied to drop in spam from Pushdo botnet - 6.10.2009
Security vendors are reporting a drop in spam since a federal court ordered the shutdown of alleged rogue ISP Pricewert, also known as 3FN. The Federal Trade Commission said the company hosted command-and-control servers for a number of spam-producing botnets.
McAfee spam report: Obama's first 100 days of spam - 6.1.2009
As spam volumes reached new highs in the first quarter of the year, web security researchers identified spam messages "branded" so as to appear to be coming from legitimate websites, image spam and headline spam as major trends to watch out for.
Gmail users reporting major spam uptick - 6.1.2009
Users of Google's free webmail service Gmail have been tweeting like crazy on Twitter that their inboxes are being inundated with spam.
Spam volume doubled since April 1st - 5.22.2009
The daily spam volume has doubled since April 1st, according to the German email security provider eleven GmbH. The company said Thursday that its security experts noticed a spike in spam traffic beginning May 5th, after a significant ramp-up in the second half of April.
Facebook 'mygener.im' spam spotted - 5.8.2009
Users of the popular Facebook social network reported finding spam messages in their inboxes Thursday asking them to click on a link to an adware website. The messages said "look at mygener.im."
Web security firm warns of malicious search engines - 5.7.2009
Cybercriminals are starting to create their own search engines to lead users to malicious pages, often created for distributing malware, according to a report from a major web security firm.
Facebook fights phishing attacks with new security partner - 5.1.2009
Facebook users were targeted by a phishing scam this week that tricked users of the popular social network into clicking on a link to a malicious website for the purpose of stealing login information.
Cyber Secure Institute: Conficker outbreak could cost $9.1 bn - 4.23.2009
A major outbreak of the Conficker worm could cost the U.S. economy $9.1 billion to clean up, according to the Cyber Secure Institute (CSI), a Washington, DC advocacy and research organization launched in December.
Ford Motor Company used in black hat SEO attacks - 4.20.2009
A major network security research firm last week detected a black hat search engine optimization (SEO) attack using searches for automaker Ford-related terms to distribute malware on the internet.
Financial crisis has more concerned about identity theft - 4.7.2009
A survey of consumer attitudes shows that more Americans are concerned about identity theft than their personal safety, according to technology firm Unysis.
Virtumondo trojan can jump to USB devices - 3.20.2009
Security researchers said yesterday that that the computer trojan known as Virtumondo is infecting computers through the autorun feature, which allows it to jump to USB thumb drives and other removable devices.
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