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Thousands of European cards blocked following payment processor breach

20

Dec

2011

Several Eastern European banks have started notifying their customers in the beginning of last week that their cards have been blocked and will be replaced with new ones. Most of the banks did not give out any more details about what happened, and in many cases even failed to notify their customers prior to actually […]

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FDIC notification malware attack spammed out

30

Aug

2011

Sophos’s worldwide network of honeytraps are intercepting a large amount of malicious email, claiming to come from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The emails are designed to infect recipients’ computers. Subject line: FDIC Notification Message body: Dear customer, Your account ACH and WIRE transaction have been temporarily suspended for security reasons due to the […]

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Fake Firefox update email – don’t click, or you may have your passwords stolen

08

Aug

2011

Although we see some very sneaky social engineering tricks used by scammers and cybercriminals on occasions, designed to trick users into making unwise decisions, we also see some very basic attempts at online crime. Take, for instance, this email which was spammed out this weekend pretending to be an advisory about a new update to […]

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