25 May 2016

Dan Murphys Lucky Number Competition Scam A Dan Murphy’s lucky number competition scam has been identified by MailShark spam filters risking a malware infection. Dan Murphy’s is an Australian liquor supermarket chain with over 200 stores across the country.  Figure A shows the Dan Murphy’s lucky number competition scam email in question. The email risks…

28 Apr 2016

Win Free Coffee Nespresso Scam A win free coffee Nespresso scam has been caught by MailShark spam filters risking a dangerous malware infection. The email targets coffee lovers of the Nespresso brand; popular for their coffee machines and capsules worldwide. Figure A shows the win free coffee Nespresso scam email in question. As you can…

22 Apr 2016

Woolworths Lottery Competition Scam A Woolworths lottery competition scam email has been identified by MailShark spam filters and leads receivers to a malicious website. Woolworths (also known as Woolies) are a leading supermarket chain in Australia. This email will lead to a malware infection – all of the prizes shown are fake and used to…

20 Apr 2016

PayPal Account Update Email Scam A PayPal account update email scam attempt has been identified by MailShark spam filters and appears to be phishing for your login data. PayPal is an American company recognised worldwide as a secure online payment system. It was founded in 1998 and has grown into one of the world’s largest…

5 Apr 2016

No Deposit Required Casino Scam A no deposit required casino scam email has been caught by MailShark spam filters offering free spins. Online casinos have become a popular virtual gambling experience, allowing punters to play from the comfort of their own home. The email does not appear to be sent from a reputable company and…

21 Mar 2016

Week in Review 18 March 2016 This week has seen an array of email scam attempts reach inboxes worldwide. Our week in review for week ending 18 March 2016 sums up these malicious emails to educate you, in hopes of keeping your data safe. As usual, MailShark highly recommends deleting any of these emails (or similiar)…

14 Mar 2016

Week in Review 11 March 2016 Once again, we bring you our week in review to report on the week that was in the world of email scam attempts. There was a wide variety of tactics used this week. MailShark is noticing most emails caught by our spam filters are overused tactics – we hope our…

27 Feb 2016

Week in Review 26 February 2016 Our week in review is back! We do apologise for the delay and lack of reporting action over the last two weeks, but we have been extremely busy building and testing our brand new website! Be sure to check out our new website here. As its our first week back,…

5 Feb 2016

Week in Review 5 February 2016 It’s only early in the year, but the scam attempts are as dangerous as ever, we sum them up in our week in review for the week ending 5 February 2016.The summary below lists all items posted since the last official post on 8 January 2016. If you have received any…

9 Jan 2016

Week in Review 8 January 2016 We are back with our first week in review for 2016 and as usual there is no shortage of malicious emails attempting to reach inboxes. The MailShark team hopes you had a fantastic Christmas and New Years and are ready to kick off 2016 with email safety as a…

9 Feb 2016

100 million records used to hack 20 million Taobao users Taobao.com is a Chinese buying-and-selling site, like eBay in the US. Taobao is owned by China’s online giant, Alibaba, and offers what’s known as C2C, or consumer-to-consumer, retail. In the online C2C world, where you’re not buying from a website, but rather through it, regular sellers…

21 Dec 2015

Cybercrime Week in Review 19 December 2015 Understanding bitcoin – the virtual currency of choice for cybercriminals and terrorists (#PhishLabs) Bitcoin is a decentralized, P2P network-based virtual currency that has only grown in popularity and controversy since its creation in 2008.  It is believed that more than 100,000 legitimate businesses accept Bitcoins and 95 percent of…

12 Dec 2015

Cybercrime Week in Review 12 December 2015 Analyzing Bartalex – A Prolific Malware Distributor (#PhishLabs) Bartalex is a name that continues to appear in a cyberthief’s arsenal as one of the most popular mechanisms for distributing banking Trojans, ransomware, RATs, and other malware. The SANS ISC recently published a very interesting technical analysis of Bartalex.…

28 Nov 2015

Cybercrime Week in Review 28 November 2015 ProtonMail comes back online, shores up DDoS defenses (#CSO) ProtonMail, the Switzerland-based encrypted email service, has found its footing again after a wild ride over the past week. After Paris Attacks, Beware Rush to Weaken Crypto (#Bank Info Security) The Paris attacks have provoked security questions about whether…

14 Nov 2015

Cybercrime Week in Review 14 November 2015 ISIS supporter Cyber Caliphate takes over 54,000 Twitter accounts (#ZDNet) ISIS sympathizers have launched an attack against the FBI, CIA and hijacked over 54,000 Twitter accounts in retaliation for a drone strike which killed a British ISIS extremist. Ransomware Now Gunning for Your Web Sites (#KrebsOnSecurity) One of…