Indian Income Tax refund phishing scam emails now mentions tax refunds in US Dollars.

Yesterday a friend of mine forwarded me a mail he thought to be a phishing email. The email…

Internet Explorer vulnerability could allow Remote Code Execution

If you are using an older version of Internet Explorer (IE 6 or IE 7), you have a…

FIFA World Cup 2010 Lottery Scam Mail

The online scammers have attempted a new trick shot. They are trying to boost their chances of a…

Phishing email of Bank of India in Hindi.

Today I got 4 Bank of India phishing emails. As I had written a blog earlier the phishing…

Windows XP users do not press F1 if prompted by a website

As Abhijit Kulkarni yesterday blogged about the .HLP vulnerability in Windows XP. See details below in his blog….

Paypal phishing attack

I came across multiple emails in my inbox which were talking about my Paypal account being blocked. The…

Internet Explorer .HLP vulnerability on Windows XP

Microsoft’s security team is investigating a security vulnerability reported at https://isec.pl/ by Maurycy Prodeus. The vulnerability is observed…

Spanish police arrested 3 hackers as suspected masterminds of Mariposa botnet.

Mariposa botnet which has grown much stronger over last six months was posing a big challenge for security…

Rogueware “Security essentials 2010”

Microsoft has warned Windows users to be cautious against a rogueware (fake software) which calls itself Security Essentials…

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) attacks are increasing rapidly

One has to be very careful when using search engine for looking for information or news on the…