AIB is one of Ireland's largest banks, so they're often a target of various fraud attacks including phishing via email and SMS / iMessage. Today's attack is simple and pretty effective. Here's the text message: It reads: Your AIB Card is deactivated on 28/07/2020 for security reasons. Go to https://aib-card-skimmed.com as soon as possible to order a replacement … [Read more...] about SMS Phish (Smish) Targeting AIB Users
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Outlook On The Mac Is A Phisher’s Wet Dream
I get quite a few phishing emails on some of my email addresses, partially because I like seeing what is "in the wild". One of the rather annoying things about Outlook on the Mac in Office 2016 for the Mac is that the email address of a sender is hidden. Sure, you can access it, but you have to dig So phishers worldwide are probably delighted: Microsoft probably … [Read more...] about Outlook On The Mac Is A Phisher’s Wet Dream
AIB Warns Against Phishers
Nice to see this nice BIG warning on the login page for AIB personal banking: … [Read more...] about AIB Warns Against Phishers
Gmail Helps Criminals
I love the internet. I love the online and offline communities that I've become involved with since I first went online.However some people's use of the internet makes me very sad.I first went online in 1994 when I was in first year in UL. Back then the internet was a very different place.To start with it was a hell of a lot "smaller".It was also a lot safer.Spam wasn't an … [Read more...] about Gmail Helps Criminals
domainrenewal-online.com – Still Spamming and Scamming
domainrenewal-online.com have been spamming and scamming domain registrants on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of months.They also started targetting other languages as reported by DomainesInfoI mentioned this scam a while ago on the company blogIf you receive one of these emails ignore it.If you want to take action you can contact the domain registrar with whom … [Read more...] about domainrenewal-online.com – Still Spamming and Scamming