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luc legayNew spam emails and phishing attacks in India are getting a lot more personalized in an attempt to reel in more victims at the height of tax filing season. Potential targets like Rajesh, a Bangalore software engineer, receive emails from the Income Tax department that have look quite authentic, featuring personalized information, and saying that the recipient is owed a huge tax refund.
Even if they check the address of the sender, it will appear to be a valid tax department address. But when they click on the link, they are taken to a website that looks suspicious, since it features some foreign ads. However, many people may not notice this detail, and enter their personal information on the fake site. According to security experts, these spam e-mails are more sophisticated and becoming a greater threat. Cybercriminals closely monitor day to day activities on the Web and plan their attacks carefully.
Filed under: Anti-Spam Tools Tags: by admin Date 6 July, 2011
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Fake anti-virus software a type of malware, has started attacking Mac users.
The malware is called MacDefender and it hides within Web pages that use search engine optimization to spam the results of popular searches.
A fake animation of the malware scan is displayed by the infected websites, followed by a pop-up telling user that their computer is infected. A JavaScript on the page then automatically downloads a compressed ZIP file which contains the malware.
The MacDefender once installed, quickly discovers non-existent viruses. The point of all this is to scare users into giving away their money and credit card information, which according to the malware is necessary to delete viruses.
Fortunately, the Mac malware is of low risk and not very widespread for now and can be removed from the system easily.
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Filed under: Spyware Tags: by admin Date 1 July, 2011
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dbkingUS federal prosecutors have charged ten Nigerians spammers with stealing over $1.5 million from victims across the United States. The alleged ringleader of the group is Claudio Uche Dibe, who is only 25 years old and had been living in Gardena, California during the crime spree.
He had fled to Canada in 2009 after learning that he was under investigation, and it took almost two years for authorities to gain his extradition to the US. He has been charged with 15 counts of wire fraud for his part in the operation, which involved sending spam to thousands of potential victims. Dibe as well as the other nine defendants are accused of running a classic Nigerian 419 scheme. In these schemes spammers pose as attorneys, diplomats, and government officials who are overseeing the distribution of millions of dollars in inheritances if the victims pay money up front to facilitate the transfers.
Filed under: Spam News Tags: by admin Date 17 April, 2011
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