Auction site eBay has remained defiant about ‘active’ listings ,containing computer code, despite multiple reports indicating that these are being used for...
This week offered a lesson in how cybercriminals follow the news, and time their attacks to dupe the unwary - with several...
This Thursday, September 18, is the biggest day in Scottish political history, as the country votes on whether it should become independent...
But some things on Facebook haven’t changed - namely, the scams. It’s not that cybercriminals are unoriginal - it’s just that there...
A new telephone scam in upscale restaurants in London, has “convincing” scammers calling restaurant staff and tricking them into believing there's a...
Callous cybercriminals have used the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy as a lure for Facebook scams - creating fake profiles for victims...
Nigeria’s notorious fraud industry has expanded overseas - with Nigerian conmen entering Malaysia on student visas to perpetrate fraud using the country’s...
Amazingly, it was way back in 2011 that I came across my very first World Cup 2014 scam. Surely that merits a...
With the World Cup in Brazil poised to begin, the whole world is watching - and that includes cybercriminals. Here's the latest...
Google, Facebook, Twitter and AOL have joined forces to stamp out fake tech support services where customers are fooled into calling bogus...
If someone rings you up to tell you that your bank card has been compromised, it may be because they want to...
Phishing is unique among cyber attacks - it doesn’t rely on weaknesses in computer software, or new vulnerabilities - it relies, initially...
It's not just fake tech support: call centre cold-callers are operating various kinds of insurance scams, too.
A roundup of scam information, including a tax scams article, email with a link to malware, a phish, and the worlds laziest...
Fraudulent emails offering refunds of overpaid tax have surged by nearly 50% in the past year, according to a report by Accountancy...
419s are a well-known scam type, but some scams are more obvious than others. And sometimes it's the seller who's cheated not...
Is there really anything new to be said about tech support scams? Unfortunately, the FTC tells us there is. Not only because...
Phishing emails are a sad fact of life, and most of us are used to dealing with them - but cybercriminals are...
Spotting “bad” apps on Android is not always easy - with cybercriminals finding new tricks every month to fool phone and tablet...
Android phones have now become a source of income for the cyber criminals. The cyber criminals have began a new type of...
[A shorter version of this article was originally published – without illustrations – on the Anti-Phishing Working Group’s eCrime blog.] Phishing attacks...