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Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund

April 25, 2022 admin banks, Belgium, fake, login, mail, phish, phishing, refund, scams, sms, tax refund, text

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:52:38 +0000

We take a look at a round of phishing mails being sent to people in Belgium, promising tax-related refunds.

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“Your AppI‌e‌ ‌l‌D‌ ‌‌h‌‌a‌‌s‌‌ ‌‌b‌‌e‌‌e‌‌n‌‌ ‌‌l‌‌ocke‌‌d‌‌” spam email takes you on a website mystery tour

April 14, 2022 admin apple, campaign, id, locked, mail, scams, spam, URLs

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:53:25 +0000

We take a look at what appears to be a phish, but ends up directing you to endless random websites instead.

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USPS “Your package could not be delivered” text is a smishing scam

April 12, 2022 admin fake, mail, phish, phishing, redelivery, SCAM, scams, sms, USPS

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:37:35 +0000

We look at an SMS which claims you have a USPS redelivery needing to be rescheduled, and explain why it’s not what it seems.

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Facebook phish claims “Someone tried to log into your account”

March 21, 2022 admin Facebook, fake, mail, phish, phishing, SCAM, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:07:49 +0000

We take a look at a Facebook phish which tries to pressure potential victims into responding to mails that they really shouldn’t.

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Google takes on Docs notification spammers

March 8, 2022 admin docs, documents, google, mail, privacy, slides, spam, spammers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:31:05 +0000

We look at some fixes Google is releasing to combat a wave of spam made via notifications in Google Docs and other apps.

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How to deal with BEC attacks

March 17, 2020 admin bec, Business, enterprise, mail, phishing, SMB

Credit to Author: Oleg Sikorsky| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:43:29 +0000

Companies worldwide regularly fall victim to business e-mail compromise attacks. We explain the danger and how to minimize it.

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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 admin Anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, Safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

Categories:

Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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Sending spam ain’t good for business

May 2, 2019 admin Business, fraud, mail, SMB, spam

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 20:02:38 +0000

Cybercriminals take control of corporate mail accounts to send filter-dodging spam.