Week in review 26 September 2014

Week in review 26 September 2014 It was a quiet week this week, at least until we hit Monday. There was some disquiet over eBay listings that led users to sites aimed at stealing their credentials. There was considerably more disquiet over eBay’s reaction to the issue. Malvertising hit the front page briefly, before being…

Australia good for phishing

Australia good for phishing Kaspersky released their August report on spam, phishing and other threats. One finding is that Australia is leading the way with being targeted by phishing attacks. Other areas covered by the report included malicious email attachments, organisations most targeted by phishing attacks and statistics on phishing for August. All statistics are…

Week in review 19 September 2014

Week in review 19 September 2014 There was something of a focus on phishing this week, whether it was a University using “fake” phishing emails, or more domains being available for phishing sites. Mobile security continues to be an issue, and Apple launched iOS 8, fixing many security holes in the process. Finally, we all…

Week in review 12 September 2014

Week in review 12 September 2014 Most of the daily news updates this week revolved around either phishing attempts or the aftermath of phishing. If ever you wanted proof that phishing is effective, this week’s news provided it. The one deviation on the phishing theme was the release of the new Apple Pay this week.…

Week in review 5 September 2014

Week in review 5 September 2014 Most of this week was dominated by the publishing of photos of Jennifer Lawrence on the web; indeed, two of our updates this week related to this. Elsewhere, the Cryptowall malware has become a million dollar business. Chase bank attempts to undo the good work of many security personnel,…

Week in review 29 August 2014

Week in review 29 August 2014 Two big items dominated this week. The first was the continuing issue of the Backoff malware. The second big item was the data breach at JP Morgan, and possibly other financial institutions. There were also some other interesting pieces of news. Blue coat revealed that 470 million websites exist…

Week in review 22 August 2014

Week in review 22 August 2014 This week, MailShark made an announcement about our latest customer. You can read the full text of the announcement in our news section. Security news This week we saw a little of the mindset of hackers, along with how the Ebola virus is leading to more phishing campaigns. Also…