Online Threat Alerts: Alerting you to threats lurking on the internet.

Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious Alert

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:28 EST

While browsing the internet, if you are prompt with the message: "Your Java App is Out of Date”, and asked to update or download the current version, DO NOT. Clicking on this message or a link in it, may take you to a malicious website that will infect your computer with a virus. Over the past few months, hackers have been infecting thousands of computers around the world with computer viruses, by taking advantage of the Java security exploit called "Zero-day". Continue reading...

YoInsider Phishing Facebook Post

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:59:04 EST

The YoInsider team has reported that hackers are currently sending fake YoInsider Facebook post to Facebook users. These phishing YoInsider Facebook posts will take you to a phishing website, in an attempt to access your account by stealing your user name and password. Continue reading...

Fake Facebook Web page and Message: Policy Violation Warnings!!!

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:39 EST

Here is another phishing Facebook website and message created by cybercriminals to steal your Facebook user name and password. The message below was not sent from the Facebook security team, instead, was sent by scammers or hackers, in attempt to trick you into clicking on the link in it. The link will take you to a fake Facebook web page, where you will asked to sign in. Continue reading...

WALLMART.com Phishing Website and Email

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:19 EST

Scammers have created the phishing website "Wallmart.com" and have sent emails to thousands of persons with links to this website, in an attempt to steal their personal information. Do not confuse this website with the legitimate website "Walmart.com". The difference is the scammers have created this scamming website name by adding a "L" to the legitimate website name. Continue reading...

Mediafire.com Malicious Links

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:41 EST

Cybercriminals are posting links to malicious programs like Trojan horses, spywares and viruses, which are stored on the cloud storage service website mediafire.com. Mediafire.com is a legitimate online cloud storage service that allows you to store and share your files on the internet. But, scammers and hackers have taken advantage of this service, by uploading malicious programs and sending links to these malicious programs to thousands of persons, in email messages, on social networking websites like Facebook and Twitters, in text messages(SMS), or in Instant Messengers like Skype, Yahoo, MSN and AIM. Continue reading...

Fraudulent Credit Card Payment Processor Website: www.promptlypayments.com

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:34 EST

I do not recommend using this payment processing website www.promptlypayments.com. This is a very suspicious website that currently should not be trusted. If you are redirect to this website and asked to enter your credit card information, please do not. Continue reading...

Malicious and Hoax Facebook Post: Rapper Eminem Left Nearly Dead After Being Stabbed 4 Times in NYC

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:59:26 EST

Rapper Eminem stabbed and left nearly dead, is another hoax that is spreading on social networking websites like wildfire. Cybercriminals have posted malicious links, with a photo of a man with some deep cuts in his back, claiming it is Eminem and that he was stabbed and left for dead, in New York City. Continue reading...

FBI Director Fraudulent and Malicious Emails

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:43:44 EST

Are you receiving email messages claiming to be the from FBI director Robert S. Mueller? If your answer is yes, it means that you are being targeted by scammers. Do not respond to, open attachments or follow the instructions in, any email message which claims or appeared to have been sent from the FBI director. These email messages are sent by scammers who are trying to trick you into stealing your personal information and money. Continue reading...

Phishing Facebook Website and Malicious Application: FBStalker26. com

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:05 EST

FBStalker26 is another malicious Facebook application. There are hundreds of these malicious applications that claim that they can show you who has been viewing your Facebook profile. The malicious application FBStalker26, along with a phishing website, were designed to steal your Facebook user name and password. Continue reading...

Fake Twitter website:tpwitter.com

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:01:01 EST

The website TPWITTER.COM was designed to steal your Twitter user name and password, by impersonating TWITTER.COM. This website is located in China and was registered less than two months ago. Links to this malicious website are being sent in text messages, emails, Facebook and Twitter posts. Do not enter your Twitter username and password on this website because it will be sent to the scammers who created this website. Continue reading...