Experts have spotted a fake Facebook website thats designed to trick users into installing a piece of malware by telling them that they need to update their YouTube Player. According to Chris Boyd, who has recently joined Malwarebytes, the bogus Flash Player application is hosted on a .pw website. However, to make everything appear more […]
Researchers have come across an ANZ phishing scam that leverages compromised educational and government websites from China. According to ThreatTrack Securitys Chris Boyd, the attackers first need to lure users to a page hosted in the /images/online folder on the website of the county-level city of Shangyu (syftec[dot]gov[dot]cn). From here, victims are redirected to a […]
According to media reports, over 10,000 people may have lost their lives after Typhoon Haiyan hit Vietnam and the Philippines. As with all such disasters, scammers are trying to make a profit. ThreatTrack Securitys Chris Boyd has published a useful advisory on how to avoid falling victim to Typhoon Haiyan-related scams.
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