Saturday, 22 May 2010

various threats;22 may 2010

There are warnings that there is a scam/phishing  concerned with the 2010 FIFA world cup telling people they had won a canadian and south african government lottery,invites you too visit a website where personal details are stolen
Search Amazon.com for fifa world cup 2010
Avoid any websites that offer help to hack into facebook account,because a never-ending stream of ads will appear.

An email,claiming to be from the civil aviation authority telling people hit by the volcanic ash flight ban,you can claim £2,000  compensation by paying an administration fee.

There is  a rogue toolbar claiming to be linked to Trend micro's hijack this,is a trojan horse

There are a number of `naked celebrity' scam email which claim to take you to websites of celebrities in their birthday suits.
These include billie piper,winona ryder and lucy liu

Friday, 7 May 2010

various threats;7 may 2010

Paypal has issued a phishing warning that a email purporting to come from service@paypal....com saying that there has been a security breach at paypal,then asking you for personal information on a form is a scam.

There is malware disguised as an installer for iphoto on mac os.
Installed,could allow hackers take control.

Messages from the webaddress support@twitter.com saying that the receipient  has unread messages is a link to a canadian pharmacy site.

A 419 scam offering the fortune of the late polish president,claiming to be from a bank manager is going around.