Phishing Campaign Using Spoofed US-CERT Emails

Phishers are using spoofed email addresses from the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) to trick recipients into downloading a malicious executable file. The emails are sent from the spoofed email address soc@us-cert.gov with the subject line: “Phishing incident report call number: PH0000003863970”. The fake warning claims US-CERT has opened the incident number PH0000007135030 and […]

Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and in Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to gain control of the affected system. These updates include fixes […]

Fake Facebook alert for changing their password

Facebook users are being targeted with fake emails pertaining to come from the social network and alerting them to change their password. The emails are sent from the spoofed email address “Facebook (update+{Random Characters}@facebookmail.com) with subjects like: -Security alert. -Your account information. -New notifications. The email comes with one of these attachments: -alert1523230352.zip -alertN75139832.zip -instructions2374870680.zip […]

Phishing Scam – Axis Bank

Scammers are once again targeting banks in order to dupe unsuspecting users. The latest victim of their attacks is Axis Bank. The phishing email contains an HTML file which displays a fake page upon execution. The page is a replica of the official Axis Bank online banking webpage. The scammer tries to create panic by […]

How You Can Protect Your Website!

It is seen that more and more people are creating websites to market their products. This is a wise move since running your own website will certainly help in getting more customers to purchase your products. But unfortunately, in addition to the customers, hackers too are attracted towards such websites. If you have not taken […]