Insights on Data Security & Threat Intelligence
It isn’t exactly new: spammers and malware distributors love current events that draw a lot of public attention. They use them and the public interest for their campaigns to lure curious recipients into doing things they might not usually do: click on links or open attachments. So it fits their
For Commtouch’s email security labs, phishing emails allegedly coming from well-known large consumer banks are a common sight. A little less common is the campaign we saw in the last 24 hours: Containing the subject line “IMPORTANT Documents – WellsFargoâ€, emails coming from the addresses service@wellsfargo.com or docs@wellsfargo.com did not
Within the last few days our research team could see a spam campaign from the US, offering coupons by fast food chains like Burger King (coupon “THE KING CELEBRATES SPRING!â€), Kentucky Fried Chicken (subject: “KFC for Lunchâ€) and Walmart. Burger King Mailing including the coupon “THE KING CELEBRATES SPRING!†Fake
Since I started working in the security industry I have trained those around me to be wary of unusual looking emails – even those coming from friends. So I felt glad when a friend (‘trained†by me) forwarded this email which she recognized as a scam. It’s the usual “traveler
Commtouch’s labs have seen a significant increase in the number of websites infected with malware. There are currently 34% more malicious sites listed in Commtouch’s GlobalView URL filtering database than there were when we reported Web security statistics as part of our April Quarterly Threats Trend Report. Log Out A
San Francisco, CA – June 3, 2013 – Resilient Networks Systems, the leader in Trust Management, was named to theRed Herring Top 100 during the annual conference held in Monterey on May 21-23, 2013. The award recognizes the leading private companies in North America, celebrating their innovations and technologies across their respective
I received the email below from a friend whose Gmail account had clearly been compromised (followed by an apology email from the same friend). The email includes a link to sign into Google docs to view a “very important†document. Clicking on the link leads to a somewhat convincing page
In March 2013, pump and dump spam struck back with a force not seen since 2008. It attempts to lure email recipients into buying cheap stock with a low trading volume which the spammers previously bought at a low price. Once enough users have bought shares and the stock price
In March 2013, pump and dump spam struck back with a force not seen since 2008. It attempts to lure email recipients into buying cheap stock with a low trading volume which the spammers previously bought at a low price. Once enough users have bought shares and the stock price
