Meanwhile, the "chat-in-the-middle" phishing attack, as RSA has dubbed it, is being hosted on a fast flux network that criminals pay to use that hosts malicious Web sites and other tools for online scams. Such networks are comprised of numerous computers that can be used to serve up the...
More specifically, hackers behind the ‘smishing’ attempt — the term often used for phishing attacks sent via text messages — seem to be trying to get your Apple ID login, Macworld and 9to5Mac have reported. According to both outlets, Apple users have been receiving messages purported...
We urge customers to stay alert this holiday season. Online criminals are using the rise in package deliveries at this time of the year to target people with clever 'parcel delivery scams.' These types of scams, called ‘smishing’ for text messages and ‘phishing’ for emails, involve fake...
presenting opportunities for spamming, phishing, and other sophisticated scams. Access to legitimate tools for sending bulk emails further enhance the success rates of such attacks. Consequently, attackers frequently attempt to compromise companies’ accounts with email service providers (ESPs). In its l...
There was a huge spike in .sbs use in the summer of 2023, with 1,579 distinct IP addresses hosting health product scams in June and 6,725 in July. In the preceding 12 months, we blocked on average 110 attacks on .sbs every month. The campaigns scaled with seemingly randomly generated...
Online scams are more prevalent than ever, with phishing attacks up 40% in the last year according to a recent Kaspersky Labs study. These common scams try to trick you into giving away money or information with fraudulent websites, emails, and messages. ...
USPS Being Targeted By Similar Scams While they’re not perfect, spam filters do a pretty good job of thwarting phishing attacks and scammers don’t like that. That’s why they’ve started running the same game via text message. Rather than calling the spam texts “phishing” the scam is...
Banks and their customers are facing new threats of phishing attacks, making it more difficult than ever to protect customers from identity theft and fraud. The increasing sophistication of phishing scams makes it harder for consumers to discern the difference between a legitimate bank e-mail ...
Pay in Advance Credit Scams Companies claim that you've been "pre-qualified" to get a low-interest loan or credit card or repair your bad credit evenRead More...
Stay alert! OCBC issues a caution about New Year SMS scams. Be wary of smishing attacks impersonating the Bank. Stay informed to stay safe!