
Fake Coles gift voucher scam
Fake Coles gift voucher scam It has been some time since we put up a post about a gift voucher scam. There is a reason for that: we have not found any scam in the quantity that indicates a concerted attack. That changed in the last day. Today we present the latest gift voucher. This…

Citadel used to attack password managers
Citadel used to attack password managers The growing popularity of password managers has inevitably led to attackers looking at ways to compromise them. IBM security recently announced in a post that the Citadel malware has been adapted to do just that. Password managers have become popular with many users, as they enable a user to…

Ebola phishing campaign delivers a RAT
Ebola phishing campaign delivers a RAT The spread of the Ebola virus beyond West Africa and into several European countries and the USA has also signalled a new phishing campaign preying on people’s concerns. Websense has noted two forms of attack in a blog post. Initially, the phishing campaign comprised an email with the Subject…

Confirm PayPal account details now
Confirm PayPal account details now “You must confirm your account information!” is the strident declaration of the latest PayPal phishing email. Apparently the recipient’s PayPal account needs updating within 72 hours, or else their PayPal account will be limited. It’s yet another PayPal phishing scam, in a long list of PayPal phishing campaigns. The full…

Commonwealth Bank Credit Card Statement Email Scam
Commonwealth Bank Credit Card Statement Email Scam This Commonwealth Bank credit card statement email scam is extremely dangerous. The email is phishing for your bank information. Keep reading to find out how you can avoid getting caught by a phishing email. Figure A shows the emailed caught by our spam filters. The subject line reads…

Commonwealth bank users targets for phishing
Commonwealth Bank users targets for phishing There have been (in recent months) phishing emails stopped by our spam filters that targeted Westpac, ANZ and National Australia Bank customers. It seems that the Commonwealth bank customers don’t get to miss out; a bunch of phishing emails targeting users of the Commonwealth’s internet banking service (called NetBank)…

Replica Rolex Watch Present Scam
Replica Rolex Watch Present Scam A replica Rolex watch present scam email has been caught by MailShark spam filters this week claiming to be selling the watches at a discounted rate. Rolex is a luxury watch brand known worldwide for their style and cost. The email is said to be sent by something called “Replica…

Two more scam survey emails
Two more scam survey emails The attraction of getting a gift voucher as largess for simply filling in a survey is a not uncommon marketing technique (as we have mentioned on this site several times in the past). However, the same technique is also being used by criminals to harvest personal details off users. Today…