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

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

Livingsocial.com, the daily deals site was hacked last week, with details for over 50 Million accounts, including Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates and Encrypted Passwords being stolen. This event comes at a difficult time for the company, as they attempt a corporate comeback having recently received an infusion of cash from

Last week I received an email from Rina Patel (although her email address implies “Daniel” as first name), subject: “Kindly Assist”. Rina is from Japan (although her/ Daniel’s email address is from Uruguay) and was married to an English man from the UK, called “Late Sir Patel”. Sir Patel “was

Malware distributors are turning to recent events to get recipients to follow links to infected websites. The recent “Pope-themed” malware attack is one such example. The attacks at the Boston Marathon and the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant have been quickly exploited with large quantities of emails sent out

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

The continuing spread of botnets poses a new challenge for online and mobile application designers. Malware-infected machines often have code installed to log keystrokes, steal information, or even initiate background actions without the user’s knowledge. As designers, how do you ensure that the user really is who they say they