Security News

15,000 spam emails have hit the inboxes of Android users in recent days (Help Net Security)
2015-05-26 11:22

Thousands of Android users are at risk of having their mobile devices and private contents locked by a particularly ruthless ransomware that demands $500 to restore access. Users that try to independe...

New domains revive old spam (Help Net Security)
2015-05-14 07:00

The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration program, launched in January 2014 and intended for use by relevant communities and organizations, has proved irresistible to spammers, according to...

New Spam Campaign Pushing CTB-Locker Ransomware (Threatpost)
2015-04-30 17:28

The SANS Institute reports a new strain of CTB-Locker ransomware moving this week via spam messages.

French, Italian users targeted with judicial-themed spam leading to malware (Help Net Security)
2015-04-01 06:51

Trend Micro researchers are warning about a clever and very well executed email spam campaign that has been targeting and continues to target French users with the goal of infecting their machine with...

Huge spam operation on Twitter uncovered (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 10:39

What does it take to execute a successful spam operation peddling diet pills of questionable effectiveness? For one spammer, it took some 750,000 fake Twitter accounts. Symantec researchers first s...