September 7, 2010 - There have been many articles written about scammers who pose as representatives of government agencies. But perhaps the most inventive are the scams that appear to originate from the IRS. It makes perfect sense for the IRS to reach out Read more
September 6, 2010 - Symantec has been tracking a recent phishing email attack that is targeting the users of a number of prominent global banking institutions. In this phishing attack it was observed that the spammers are using meaningless, random email headers—possibly in an Read more
September 3, 2010 - We have just heard about the early September 4 (Saturday morning) earthquake near Christchurch, New Zealand, currently estimated at a Richter magnitude of 7.4. Our New Zealand distributor in Auckland is unaffected, but communications with Read more
August 27, 2010 - Symantec has observed a new spam tactic being used in which fake surveys are seeking users' opinions or views on features provided by their social networking site. The sample shown below is one such spam email targeting Facebook: Read more
August 19, 2010 - In the past couple of months, Symantec has observed phishing attacks on legitimate automotive sales brands that are based in the UK and the USA. These brands help customers to sell new and used vehicles such as cars, motorbikes, etc. Read more
August 16, 2010 - Symantec has recently observed phishing websites spoofing courier service brands. There were primarily three brands targeted and fraudsters were attempting to steal customers’ login credentials. So what’s in the login credentials of courier service brands that fraudsters can take advantage of? Read more
August 9, 2010 - In August 2010, Symantec observed phishing websites spoofing a social networking brand that was linked to the film “High School Musical.” Typically, phishing sites are created to appear identical to the original website so that end users will find it Read more
August 9, 2010 - In August 2010, Symantec observed a phishing website that targeted Facebook login credentials, which claimed to provide security to Facebook users. The page was not imitating the legitimate Facebook website, but appeared to be an alternate website that provided this Read more
August 9, 2010 - Symantec recently observed a phishing website spoofing an e-commerce brand’s live support website. Many legitimate brands make use of this facility, in which customers interact with support representatives by chatting online to resolve any issues with the brand’s products or Read more
August 5, 2010 - July 2010 was the month for phishing attacks on Indian banks. A three percent increase in phishing attacks on Indian banks from the previous month has been observed. In particular, Symantec has observed phishing websites that spoofed the Oriental Bank Read more
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July 29, 2010 - In the past couple of months, pornography has been used as bait in several phishing websites. In particular, phishers used fake images of the Indian film star Katrina Kaif on a phishing site that spoofed a social networking brand. The Read more
July 28, 2010 - The ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup begins on February 17, 2011, and phishing sites promoting the tournament have already been observed:One of the phishing sites spoofs a popular social networking site and has a logo of the Read more
July 28, 2010 - In July 2010, several phishing sites were observed to be spoofing social networking brands. This in itself is nothing new, but this time the sites were posting fake offers for free online mobile phone airtime top-ups. The phishing pages displayed Read more
July 21, 2010 - Phishers have been targeting many sectors to steal confidential information for various reasons. Most of the time, the motive is financial gain. Here is an example of a phishing attack that was primarily targeting information for reasons other than financial Read more
July 16, 2010 - The FIFA World Cup 2010 is over, but the trend in phishing related to FIFA continues. In July, phishing websites were observed spoofing a Chinese E-commerce brand that promoted FIFA World Cup 2010. The fraudulent login pages contained cartoon characters Read more
July 15, 2010 - After executing a variety of notorious activities targeting the FIFA World Cup, spammers have shifted their focus slightly to target another popular soccer/football topic. Symantec has observed a spam campaign targeting the Barclay’s Premier League, which is an English professional Read more
July 15, 2010 - Spammers never depend on fixed strategies. They cannot afford to attach themselves to a single method of mass mailing. It does happen that an old attack method is revisited—a minor change is applied to the messages, just to match the Read more
July 13, 2010 - In the past month, Symantec has observed a fraudulent website spoofing a social networking brand. The phishing website has tried to make an association between a pornographic website and the social networking brand. The legitimate social networking site does not Read more
July 9, 2010 - Spam made up 88.32% of all email messages in June, compared with 89.81% in May. Are spammers trying to make up for the loss of several zombie networks due to legal actions? The answer is yes, because June 2010 was Read more