The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Sercan Oyuntur, a 40-year-old Californian citizen, was convicted of six counts related to a $23 million usd fraud related to a Department of Defense (DOD) fund intended for the purchase of fuel. The defendant learned of his conviction on April 28, when he was found guilty of […]
PayPal phishing scams are becoming more and more sophisticated these days, with hackers devising newer ways of duping users. There are reports of a new and very sophisticated PayPal phishing scam that could dupe a rather clever user into parting with valuable personal information. This scam, which attempts to steal everything related to a PayPal […]
Nothing is surprising about a PayPal phishing scam but what might raise some eyebrows is the fact that these scams are becoming sophisticated day by day. Usually, phishing scams look for users’ login credentials but recently, HackRead.com discovered a scam that aims at stealing everything from a PayPal user, and that includes their PayPal login […]
The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have come to know about a new, targeted spear-phishing scheme, which is designed to intercept a genuine on-going email communications between people and starts posing as one of the individuals to install malware. The scheme has been named FreeMilk while the researchers have claimed that […]
[jpshare]Fake Email phishing attack hitting LinkedIn users via Mail and LinkedIn inbox’s and ask them to attach the CV. Since its looks like an original link which come from official LinkedIn, its leads to many users to be victimized by this Email phishing Attack . It is decent to believe that beneficiaries of the false […]
Irish Government Emails Used in Latest PayPal Phishing Scam — Scammers are targeting your inbox with “Your Account Will Be Limited” phishing scam with terrible English skills! Cybercriminals and scammers try their best to adopt the most sophisticated techniques so users can be tricked into giving away their personal and financial information. In the past, we witnessed […]
It is easy to hack a domain and set up scams for visitors but using a government email address to run a phishing campaign is a bit odd. Recently, I received an email which of course went straight to spam. I wouldn’t care if it was a random email but, in fact, it was from a state […]
In May 2015, we reported an alert to be careful of a Dropbox phishing scam, but it seems not everyone takes such scams seriously. Kathleen Calligan, the CEO of the BBB has spent a huge chunk of her entire career trying to educate consumers about the importance of internet safety, but she found out on Thursday […]
Another day — Another PayPal Phishing scam! There’s an email claiming that PayPal is considering a payment reversal. Allegedly, a payment was made without the account holder’s consent that seems like a transaction error. What happens is that in order to respond to PayPal’s request for information, user are asked to click a login link to […]
The email informs the recipient that if your account is not verified in 24 hours then you will be termed as a fraudulent user and your email account will be taken down. However, if you click on the “verify” button, you can resolve the issue. Let us inform you that this email is just another […]
An email is being received by users of Microsoft’s email accounts claiming to be sent from Windows Outlook. It has been titled C-93 Virus Alert and informs the user that a virus has been detected by Microsoft in your mailbox. Also present in that email is the method to eliminate this virus. It says that […]
An email, which appears to be sent from eBay, informs that due to the inaccuracy of your credit card information, your account has been suspended. The user is asked to click on a link titled “Confirm Your Registration” to eliminate suspension. However, eBay is not the real sender of this email and in reality it […]