With the entire internet abuzz about the iCloud hacking leak – where more than a hundred celebrities had their private photos leaked online- it would certainly only be a matter of time before some enterprising cybercriminal decided that things were ripe for leveraging with socially-engineered threats. And that’s just what happened, as our scanning brought to…
Read MoreArabelle Mae Ebora (Fraud Analyst)
Fraud Analyst
Fake Flash player scams have been around for a long time, but remarkably they still haven’t gone away. Now, they’re targeting users in Turkey. A recent attack that we found starts off with a video link sent to users via Facebook’s messaging system (sent in Turkish). This “video” prompts users to install a Flash Player…
Read MoreMore than a week has passed since Typhoon Haiyan made landfall over the central Philippines, leaving thousands dead or injured, with millions more in need of humanitarian assistance. More than US$248 million in relief has been given both by governments and the private sector to date. Unfortunately, many scams have already taken advantage of this disaster….
Read MoreEarly this August, we wrote about cybercriminals using a well-publicized vulnerability in Android to launch an attack against users who do their online banking on their mobile devices through an app. This time, we discovered a mobile phishing attack that not only attempts to steal users’ login details, but also asks victims to upload an image file copy…
Read MoreBesides the fake Facebook Profile Viewer ruse, we found another Facebook scam that lures users into downloading a fake Adobe Flash Player plugin. We noticed countless feeds pointing to a Facebook page with more than 90 million “likes”. For some, this huge number of Facebook likes may be enough for them to check the page…
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