September 12, 2011 - I must be the luckiest person on the planet - I keep winning lotteries! Here's the latest notification - straight from Aunty Beeb herself, the BBC. Apparently the BBC is now deciding who (continue reading...) Read more
September 9, 2011 - Thanks to Vivek Krishnamurthi for contributing to this blog. Every sensitive event is an opportunity to exploit. With this motive in the background, it is not surprising to see spammers exploit 9/11. With the 10th anniversary of the tragedy just a (continue reading...) Read more
September 6, 2011 - Thanks to Amit Kulkarni for his contributions to this blog. Since its launch, the Apple iPhone has been on the wish lists of most consumers. The iPhone 4 has already made an impression in the marketplace, so it is obvious that (continue reading...) Read more
September 6, 2011 - We continue to see Twitter users being targeted by criminal campaigns designed to phish passwords for the site. The problem is that often they are disguised as direct messages (DMs in Twitter parlance) (continue reading...) Read more
September 6, 2011 - Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has been tracking a large number of messages masquerading as legitimate messages from the Electronic Payment Association NACHA. The messages bear legitimate traits, as the display name and routing details seem to confirm. Further (continue reading...) Read more
September 2, 2011 - With British students about to start another year at university, the last thing they probably want to hear is that there is a problem with a student loan. But that's precisely (continue reading...) Read more
August 26, 2011 - When a Naked Security reader forwarded us a suspicious email he received today, it served as a healthy reminder for all computer users to be on their guard against phishing (continue reading...) Read more
August 19, 2011 - The days when I used to send out phish alerts are long gone: I wouldn't have time to blog them, let alone track them. But this message just turned up sent to the askeset@ account, alerting Mr askeset@ to a (continue reading...) Read more
August 18, 2011 - Another scam to steal Twitter users credentials is making the rounds today. The tweets being sent out read "Twitter might start to charge in October, sign this petition to keep the service free! -URL-." (continue reading...) Read more
August 17, 2011 - The best way to double check that the page you are visiting is a legitimate page and not a phishing site, is to verify the domain name in the address bar (obviously, this does not work (continue reading...) Read more
August 15, 2011 - A British man stole £35,000 (approximately US$ 55,000) from his neighbours' bank accounts after determining their passwords via personal information they posted on Facebook. Fortunately, there's some advice which the rest of (continue reading...) Read more
August 13, 2011 - Phishers are once again on the prowl for unsuspecting Twitter users, tempting their prey with the promise of pictures of Osama Bin Laden. Pictures of Osama Bin Laden Some of (continue reading...) Read more
August 12, 2011 - Twitter users are being hit today by messages claiming to link to a new app from Twitter which will track your stalkers. However, the messages are really designed to steal your Twitter usernames and passwords. Here's a typical message that users are (continue reading...) Read more
August 9, 2011 - Websense Security Labs™ and the Websense ThreatSeeker® Network have detected malicious emails disguised as HSBC Notifications. A closer look at these emails, like the one you can see below, reveals that the link provided in the emails is a compromised URL belonging (continue reading...) Read more
August 8, 2011 - Not all browser nets can catch the same phish. One Friday evening, just before I wanted to go home, I received an interesting email. It contained sentences like “ We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account (continue reading...) Read more
August 4, 2011 - Every once in a while I find a video online that is really great. You know the ones that you just can’t help but share with your friends on Facebook or via email? It might be the story of (continue reading...) Read more
August 3, 2011 - The latest phishing attack is striking Twitter users by sending them messages saying that they're fat. Well, at least that's how some people will interpret the message that's being (continue reading...) Read more
August 1, 2011 - Compromised Twitter accounts are once again being used by criminals to spam out adverts to unsuspecting users. In the latest attack, Direct Messages (DMs) have been sent between Twitter users promoting a "make money fast" website. A typical message looks like this: (continue reading...) Read more
July 28, 2011 - Websense ThreatSeeker® Network has been monitoring and tracking a recent wave of email attacks being spread and aimed at credit card users and holders. The attack comes in the form of a short email with fairly detailed text alerting the recipient that (continue reading...) Read more
July 26, 2011 - Have you received an email from Google saying that your Google AdWords campaign may have stopped running? Here's an image of just such an email (click on it for a larger version): (continue reading...) Read more