Spam and Phishing

The priest’s name, and the postal address of the church, are being used in a way that is part 419 fraud, part identity theft and part phishing scam.

Social engineering: an ongoing love story

Kaspersky Lab presents an overview of malware evolution in the first quarter of 2005.

We’ve seen an interesting mass mailing today. The email, which was widely spammed, states that the recipient’s website cannot be correctly viewed with Mozilla, but that there are no such problems if Internet Explorer is used.

Spammers using social engineering and the Windows Messenger service to reach users

Hackers and spammers are removing competitor malware

Automated mass mailing of malicious code

Spammers may want to trick security vendors, but it isn’t that easy.

Spammers ignore av vendor addresses

Kaspersky Lab first detected this variant in the summer of 2004

Valentine’s Day is both a holiday and a target for virus writers

Phishing is one of the most serious Internet threats today. Learn what it is and how to avoid being caught.

Read more about the new worms

Hoaxes & how to recognize them

Phishing is once again on the rise. The number of phishing attacks, and the associated costs, are increasing.