Posts with tag: phishing emails
Cyber Criminals Never Waste A Tragedy
We are accustomed to seeing criminals take advantage of big events to push malware, so we always keep an eye out for malicious emails or websites. This one was no exception with customized spam messages and malicious links all leading to nasty infections. The emails come with a subject line such as “Aftermath to explosion…
ALERT: New Bank Phishing Attempts
A new phishing scam is going around and trying to grab user log-on credentials for popular banks like HSBC, Lloyds TSB & Chase. The phishing emails advertise one of the following reasons in order to trick the user into clicking the provided link: There are security Messages available to the user which they need to…
Phishing 101: Part 3
Over the last few weeks I have described numerous methods of phishing attacks and a few examples what they do or may look like. In this final installment, I will shed some light on how phishing attacks are done and a few real world examples of techniques used by Phishing scammers. Finally, I will discuss…
You Dirty RAT! Part 2 – BlackShades NET
Last week we talked about the Remote Administration Trojan DarkComet and all the wonderful and scary things it can do. In response to the twitter post announcing the blog, the author of DarkComet tweeted an answer to my big bold question: “Considering that this is a Remote Administration Tool, to be used for good and…
