by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
“Is this legit”?Good question. Everybody wants to help Japan right now, but as you can imagine scammers are out in force. It’s hard for people to tell what’s real and what’s a fakeout, so we’re going to take a look at the site...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
It seems discussing the rather grim situation in Japan has inevitably resulted in tasteless spambots primed to sniff out mentions of said disaster.Click to EnlargeThe links being spammed lead to a site called radiationhealth(dot)com, which was apparently...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Let’s take a look at the latest in long line of fake stalker apps on Facebook.This one is called “Profile Update”, and makes a number of claims in relation to tracking vistors while changing your profile background. “Change your background and...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s rather depressing (if predictable) that scammers would attempt to profit from the seemingly endless series of disasters currently taking place in Japan. Here’s another take on the “Whale crashes into building” fakeout previously covered by...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ransomware that demands money so you can access your files is a popular tactic, and here we have another example of this extremely shady practice.The end-user is presented with a fake warning message from theflowerzf(dot)info, using browser specific messaging...
