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Identifying and Reporting Phishing Scams


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What is a phishing scam? Phishing is a type of internet criminal activity where a target receives an email supposedly from his or her bank or other trustworthy business or person. Believing Read more...

Ebay Scams: The Description Scam and Phishing


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Everyone and their grandma has an eBay account these days, and as such eBay is a choice avenue for would be scammers to perpetrate their filthy crimes. There are two main ways in which you may Read more...

Tips To Avoid A Credit Card Scam


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It is easy to avoid a credit card scam if you follow some easy steps. You should not fall for promises that you’ll get a credit card even if you have bad credit. Bogus credit card offers Read more...

Legitimate Business Names Used In Email Scam


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There are a lot of legitimate companies that are used by scam artists to perpetrate an email scam.Washington Mutual was used in an email scam that used spoof email links to a spoof Read more...

A New eBay Phishing Tactic
We've started seeing a different twist on the ole' eBay phishing scams.
New PHP Releases
Updated versions of PHP have been released.
Another Mindless PHP Hacker
Our logs are reporting another machine that's being used to host a rerouted php-attack snippet.
Update on PHP Hacking
An update to our previous mid-April report on php hacking.
More eBay Phishing
The phony eBay emails keep on rolling in, with the newest batch directing users to machines located in Bangladesh and Russia.