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Sophos is warning users of a tricky new spam message containing an MP3 file attachment of what is claimed to be a recording of the user’s personal phone conversations.
It takes real audacity to impersonate the folks who'll prosecute you if they catch you in an illegal act. An Australian man has lost $1.8 million in a Nigerian email scam, according to reports. Cyberattackers are doing their homework when targeting corporate executives, according to a recent report from MessageLabs. The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting Australian consumers and businesses in areas such as online, over the phone and door-to-door. Spammers have launched a widespread malicious spam campaign which contains a ZIP attachment to a so-called screensaver. A new phishing scheme leveraging the McDonald's name is part of a trend that plays on the economic downturn. Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds. Just a few hours after Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the US, malicious emails are being sent offering a video with his advisors. Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams. A 24-year-old, who admitted to phishing AOL users during a four-year period, has received seven years in prison. Australians have lost nearly $120,000 to the Olympic ticket scammers, according to the NSW Office of Fair Trading's latest update. For the second time this year, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is at the center of spam campaign. Spammers find yet another way to target the unwary. The crisis on Wall Street is contributing to the largest rise in email-borne malware since February 2007. A new wave of malicious spam relies on requests for delivery confirmations for unsolicited emails. The United States is seeking the extradition of hacker Ehud Tenenbaum. Spammers are using thousands of Google Groups to spread unwanted email and malware. Chinese scammers are using search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to subvert company details. Security experts are warning users of a high risk of phishing operations connected to Hurricane Gustav.