On Sep. 25, the FBI (fbi.gov) issued a warning about fake emails designed to extort money or install malware on the recipient’s computer. The warning said, “The FBI continues to receive reports of spam e-mails that use FBI officials’ names and titles in online fraud schemes. Although there are different variations of these schemes, recipients are typically notified they have … [Read more...] about FBI targeted by spammers
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More Mac users are targets of phishing scams
On July 5, Kaspersky Labs (www.kaspersky.com) issued a report about an increase in the number of phishing scams targeted at Apple Mac and IOS users. The report stated that between Jan. 2012 and May 2013, Kaspersky had been notified of an average of 200,000 phishing attempts per day.Phishing scams rely on an email with a link to a fake website that attempts to collect … [Read more...] about More Mac users are targets of phishing scams