A series of massive email outbreaks have been intercepted and analyzed by Commtouch Labs over the last several days with subjects like “Need your help!” and “I’m in trouble,” containing links that lead to malware downloads. They are being spammed around the world at rates of hundreds of thousands of

Wouldn’t it be great if an all-knowing hand would sort through your inbox, highlighting all the important messages, hiding the spam, and somehow marking newsletters and low priority email? This is the tactic employed by many free email providers starting in the last year or so. Google calls this “Priority

For the past four holiday seasons, Commtouch has opted to make a donation to an organization making a difference in the world, as our holiday gift to our customers. The positive response we’ve received from customers and business partners over the years is worth an infinite number of holiday knick-knacks

It’s true that James Cameron’s movies have been huge investments (Avatar cost a reported $300 million) – but you should avoid email invitations to see the amazing graphics in his new movie for 2 reasons:  1) Aside from two Avatar sequels there is no new movie yet – just a

Malware marketers have captured my customer scenario: turns out I am the type with a guilty conscience. I will open (and consider real until I snap myself out of it) any email that purports to tell me I’ve done something I probably should not have done, like purchased clothes I

– Get a Tim Hortons Gift Card for FREE! – Get a Cheesecake Factory Gift Card for FREE! – Get a Costco Gift Card for FREE!   What a great time of year to get free gift cards. According to the Facebook posts “Costco is currently giving away $1,000.00 gift cards

$107 for a couple of pizzas and drinks! – I didn’t order this… (especially not the Veggie Lover’s Pizza with chicken topping) There must be some mistake. I’ll click on this “cancel order” link and set things straight…. Our advice is of course not to click. The links redirect to

The last several months have seen a flurry of activity about protecting children from online pornography. Politicians in England, Ireland and elsewhere have come out in favor of requiring Internet Service Providers to block pornography from their customers, unless they explicitly opt in to access it. This would ensure that

“Your message could not be delivered”. It’s one of the oldest methods in the social-engineering-for spam-and malware-emails handbook. You are receiving notice that an email you sent has not reached its recipient – so sad.  And of course the attachment must contain the mysterious email. But it doesn’t. It contains