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New ICICI Bank phishing scam

  • Ranjeet Menon / 13 years
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Phishing, an attempt to steal banking details, is a serious problem faced by banks worldwide. Commonly, a phishing attempt appears as an e-mail that comes from a known institution like a bank or a popular online shopping website. I recently came across such an email which pretends to be from ICICI bank. The email looks […]

Malware attack through Facebook photo tag notification

  • Ranjeet Menon / 13 years
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This is a warning for Facebook users. A fraudulent email is circulating on the Internet claiming to be from Facebook and saying you’ve been tagged in a photo. The email probably looks like this: On a closer look the email is from “notification @faceboook.com” and not from a “Facebook.com” domain. This is a specially crafted email […]

Phishing Scam: Axis Bank

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Phishing scams are commonly carried out with specially crafted emails which look a lot like legitimate ones. Anybody who is new to the Internet can be easily tricked by a sophisticated phishing scam that attempts to get valuable information. Scammers send bulk emails to random email addresses in their possession. Typically, the message will appear […]

Fake USPS emails continue

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Here at Quick Heal we constantly warn Internet users about the continuous outbreaks of fake USPS email scams. We have observed a continuous increase in the percentage of fake USPS emails over the past few months. Given below are some stats about the percentage of fake USPS emails out of the total fake emails reported. Month Feb […]

A few tricks to avoid the ‘Phishing’ trap

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Phishing is a technique that scammers use to obtain personal information by posing to be from a legitimate source. As a result, there are many people who fall for phishing emails. We regularly update this blog with details about fraudulent emails that attempt to phish for information, but now we would like to tell readers […]

Outbreak of fake USPS emails

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Attackers are extensively targeting Internet users by spreading fake USPS (United States Postal Service) emails. This time there are some slight changes in the content of the email but it is nothing that we have not seen before. The subject line reads: “You need to get a parcel”. The email misguides the user by pretending to […]

Rogueware through fake USPS email

  • Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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Once again a USPS (United States Postal Service) fraudulent email is getting circulated over the Internet. The email pretends to be from USPS.com and presents a genuine looking reason which compels the user to open the attached file. The email states that there is an error regarding delivery address and then asks the user to contact […]