November 28, 2011 - Article contributed by Emily Liu, Symantec Security Response Technician Most of the Russian spam emails we usually encounter are about online advertising, product promotion, and training workshops. These spam emails typically are sent out unsolicited from free or hijacked personal email (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2011 - Have you received an unsolicited email from - what appears to be - Intuit Supplies Group? Be on your guard.. Malware is being spammed out to internet email users, posing as a message from the payroll software company Intuit. (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2011 - It's Cyber Monday - the first Monday after the American Thanksgiving holiday, and traditionally a time when consumers spend oodles of cash purchasing goods online. Inevitably, spammers are using Cyber Monday as an opportunity too. (continue reading...) Read more
November 25, 2011 - Spammers use the Thanksgiving holiday as an opportunity to swamp Facebook's own Help Center with spam messages. Read more
November 25, 2011 - The British government has today published its Cyber Security Strategy detailing how it plans to protect national security and the public from internet threats, and (hopefully) support the British economy at the same time. (continue reading...) Read more
November 25, 2011 - Have you received a notification claiming that your PayPal email address has changed? Spammed out messages attempt to steal personal information from PayPal users. Read more
November 23, 2011 - Facebook phishing emails are threatening to delete users’ Facebook accounts unless the victims pass along their account details within 24 hours. Read more
November 21, 2011 - How does Symantec know it's the week of Thanksgiving? Because as the busiest travel day of the year day quickly approaches, the day just before Thanksgiving , there is a surge in fake email ticket confirmations that lead to viruses. Here (continue reading...) Read more
November 17, 2011 - Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network detects millions of spam/malicious email campaigns on a daily basis. Such campaigns are sent in a short period of time, and then disappear for a while. Usually, campaigns will last for about one hour or less, therefore some companies might (continue reading...) Read more
November 16, 2011 - A message spreads on Facebook telling you how you can send a Christmas card to an anonymous American soldier - but all is not what it seems. Read more
November 15, 2011 - Facebook has released a statement about the fast spreading offensive messages that have been posted to many users walls. They claim there is a browser vulnerability that allowed users to paste malicious JavaScript into their web browsers and post the (continue reading...) Read more
November 15, 2011 - Explicit and violent images have flooded the newsfeeds of many Facebook users in the last 24 hours or so. The content, which includes photoshopped photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber, pictures of extreme violence and even a photograph of an (continue reading...) Read more
November 14, 2011 - During the Republican Presidential Debate on November 9. 2011, Rick Perry’s speech garnered plenty of attention -- but probably not the kind he sought. Social Media has popularized this YouTube video, with the number of views skyrocketing to 1.7 million in (continue reading...) Read more
November 14, 2011 - The Sky News business Twitter account was apparently hacked last night to display a false message claiming that News Corporation's Chief Executive and Chairman James Murdoch had been arrested by police in London. (continue reading...) Read more
November 14, 2011 - Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being raped. (continue reading...) Read more
November 14, 2011 - Food prices are high, morale is low, so who wouldn't want nice big £150 gift card from Morrisons? Facebook scammers lure social networking users into a survey scam in the run-up to Christmas. (continue reading...) Read more
November 10, 2011 - Sporting events are always popular among the spammers. Formula 1, a game of speed, thrill, and action, is no exception. In the past we have seen spam messages ranging from cheap and/or fake game tickets to phishing around almost all (continue reading...) Read more
November 8, 2011 - A new hoax is spreading between Facebook users, in the mistaken belief that sharing a picture of a sick boy in intensive care will grant him a heart transplant. Read more
November 5, 2011 - A wave of phishing emails targeting users of PayPal has been hitting mailboxes this weekend preying on your fear that someone has compromised your account. Read more
November 1, 2011 - A large increase in bank phishing emails was spotted today in SophosLabs. Users are being tricked into opening HTML attachments to provide criminals with credit cards and personal information. Read more