Just to get us started, here is an oldie… Worst phishing attempt ever, I mean really come on! Ignoring the fact that I have no account with Western Union… From “WesterUnion” no space between the words Western and Union Subject: “Update Profil” What’s a profil? How do you update such a thing? False URLs See popup when hanging…
Source: Google, 19th June 2012 An interesting blog entry from Google… a few key points: Phishing attacks are getting more creative and sophisticated, Many phishing webpages (URLs) remain online for less than an hour in an attempt to avoid detection. Legitimate websites that are compromised in large numbers so they can deliver or redirect to malware.…
As Facebook made its long-awaited public debut, the focus was initially on the potential investors the social media giant will attract. But while the IPO had many looking to get in on the action, Facebook’s more than 900 million users still have to contend with cyber criminals that take advantage of people’s trust within the [...]
In its recent Annual Fraud Indicator, the National Fraud Authority highlighted that mass marketing fraud against individuals cost the UK economy £3.5 billion in 2011, that is ten time more than the cost of plastic card fraud in the same year, or equivalent to the total fraud losses incurred by the financial services sector in…
