Phishing

PayPal users are currently being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the e-payment giant and asking for their help: Dear Customer, We need your help resolving an issue with your account. To give us time to work together on this, we’ve temporarily limited what you can do with your account until the issue is resolved. …

POSTED: 11:22 pm EDT May 14, 2012 JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville Police alerted the public to a scam in which citizens receive an email or text message from their cell phone company requesting payment. The problem is the message is fraudulent. Police said it’s just another way thieves attempt to steal your identity and your money. …

The U.S. ICS-CERT is cautioning of one live “spear phishing” scam that’s aiming attack on enterprises within the sector for natural gas distribution. Computerworld.com published this on May 7, 2012. The ICS-CERT lately released an advisory, according to which, the Team had got information regarding personalized assaults as well as hacking incidents at many of …

Thousands of Verizon Wireless customers have been receiving a monthly bill in their email boxes in recent weeks. Some have paid it with barely a second thought: Bad idea. Because the Better Business Bureau is now issuing an alert , calling this is one of the best “phishing” scams yet. Looks Very Legitimate     Karen …

If you have not been snared in the ‘phishing’ net in cyberspace yet, you could soon be, if you’re not careful. All it takes is one wrong click of the right button. It’s in that seemingly innocuous email, which states that you have won millions and which seems too good to be true, and in …

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Could it be as easy as shooting phish in a barrel? We’ve seen a number of threats against government agencies this past year, many of which have been targeted by organizations looking to prove a point. Hacktivists have shined a spotlight on agencies like the FBI, CIA, often taking control of the agency’s website. Yet, …

By  Steve Wartenberg The Columbus Dispatch Saturday May 12, 2012 5:17 AM The Better Business Bureau has issued a national alert: Be on the lookout for fake emails claiming to be from Verizon Wireless that say you owe money and should click on a link to “view and pay your bill.” It’s a phishing scam. …

The number of Canadian servers being targeted by hackers has increased sharply, according to an IT security company that compares cybercrime rates around the world. San Diego-based Websense Inc. argues that hackers are taking advantage of Canada’s “squeaky clean” cyber reputation, which may no longer be as well-deserved as many believe. A growing number of …

Spear-phishing attacks hit gas pipeline networks By William Jackson May 08, 2012 A Homeland Security Department cyber response team focusing on industrial control systems has issued a warning to the natural gas pipeline industry of targeted cyberattacks that have compromised some networks. According to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), a partner …

Phishing attacks impersonating email service providers increased 333 percent from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. IID attributes this spike to spammers needing unsullied email addresses since many major spamming botnets have been shut down, and Internet service providers have become more successful at identifying and blocking email from botnets and other known spam sources. During …

eBay tried to shut down a post on the EcommerceBytes Blog on Thursday after mistakenly identifying the page as part of a phishing scam. Ironically the page had been publicly available for 40 days before eBay reported it. eBay fraud analyst Don Riggins sent a request to NTT America on May 10 stating that a …

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) — The Better Business Bureau is warning online shoppers to beware of a phishing scam that looks like an order cancellation notice from Amazon.com. The BBB suggests double-checking suspicious emails that look as if they’re supposed to be from Amazon before you click on the links. From the Better Business Bureau: The scam email comes …

TACOMA, Wash. – May 8, 2012 – IID (Internet Identity®), a provider of technology and services that helps organizations secure their Internet presence, today released its Q1 eCrime Report that revealed phishing attacks impersonating email service providers increased 333 percent from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. IID attributes this spike to spammers needing unsullied email …

Canada is a world capital for cybercrime, with the distinction of being the No. 2 country for phishing scams, according to a survey by the San Diego-based web security firm Websense Inc. Phishing scams are generally sent out to mass recipients in the form of email, often telling a user his or her account has …

India PRwire2012-05-09 Phishing attacks have lead to a loss of Rs. 171.94 crore for India Inc., US$1.28bn globally in 2011; Approximately one in every 300 emails circulating the web is deemed to contain elements pointing to phishing. May 9, 2012 /India PRwire/ — Secure access to remote VPN, web applications, corporate e-mails, server access, cloud …

Phishing, other malicious websites soar in Canada OMAR EL AKKAD – The Globe and Mail In almost every way, the malicious Web page is indistinguishable from the bank account login screen on TD’s own site – complete with corporate logos and a password entry field. Except the site has nothing to do with the Canadian …

Skat’s name and logo are being used in a professional phishing con that includes fake emails seemingly sent from the tax authority. Numerous citizens and businesses have received the fake email that poses as an official message from Skat and encourages the receiver to divulge sensitive personal details in order to collect reimbursement fees. According …

TACOMA, WA, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — IID (Internet Identity(R)), a provider of technology and services that helps organizations secure their Internet presence, today released its Q1 eCrime Report that revealed phishing attacks impersonating email service providers increased 333 percent from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. IID attributes this spike to spammers needing …

BY TENNILLE TRACY The Department of Homeland Security is examining a series of cyberattacks on natural-gas pipeline companies after the firms reported “spear phishing” emails targeting their employees. The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, a trade group representing pipeline companies, said …