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BMW Lottery Email Scam is Back – This time it is M240i

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Claim Your Car and Check with your Winning Code Does the subject of the email appeal you? If yes, then you surely are clueless of  Email scams . Falling for an email scam is something that can happen to anyone. It’s a frightening concept & often results in undiluted panic. Crafted to appear legitimate, fraudulent emails disguise renowned banks or other trusted sources with the main motive being to yank user’s chain. A recent instance of hoax emails compel users to provide their  full name, address & mobile numbers  in lieu to winning a free 2018 BMW 2 Series M240i . The  BMW Lottery Scam  tricks you to think that you have won a BMW car. However, users are required to reply to the email with the personal information it demands to claim the prize. A reply to the email may appear secure & healthy; however, it definitely entraps users in an array of negatives. It is not uncommon that threat actors may reply to the email to seek more informa...

How to Remove My Email hub from your system?

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What is ‘My Email Hub’ Browser Redirect? ‘ My Email Hub ’ is a malicious browser plug-in that hijacks user’s browsers. The pernicious browser extension is created by cyber offenders to take control of all the installed web browsers and infect them by displaying sponsored ads that may be malevolent. The installation of this browser plug-in also ruins user’s browsing experience as their online search results are inaccurate as they are redirected to sponsored web pages to promote affiliated websites. These web domains are malicious and host infectious code. This makes the victimized PC susceptible to many other system infections. This nasty  Browser Hijacker  lures user to install the free browser plug-in by making false claims of providing one- click access to email accounts right from user New Tab page. The nasty extension prompts user to download and install the plug-in with the promise of not having to type the URL of the email provider again and providing quick acc...

Humana suffers ‘spoofing’ cyber attack on 2 of its major websites Humana.com and Go365.com

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Humana Inc. is an American health Insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company provides medical, dental, wellness and other health plans to over millions of members in the US. Latest news reveals that Humana was recently targeted by a ‘sophisticated cyber spoofing attack’ that compromised the personal data of millions of its customers. Humana Cyber attack was discovered on on June 3rd 2018 after detecting a significant number of unauthorized failed login attempts to access its two websites using foreign IP addresses. The attack attempted to gain access to a system using fake or stolen credentials. To retaliate Humana Cyber attack, the firm on June 4th 2018 blocked the offending foreign Internet Protocol addresses from its websites. The nature of the attack depicts that the crooks had a large database of user identifiers and corresponding passwords to gain unauthorized access to systems and networks. The credentials used by the attackers are expected to be stol...

ZeroFont Technique – An easy way to bypass office 365

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Phishing activities are becoming a flop with growing Artificial Intelligence powered phishing detection technologies. Email services and web security scanners use these anti phishing mechanisms to detect malicious emails. One such attempt is implemented by Microsoft in their Office 365 version to safeguard users from harmful emails and links. In Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), a cloud based email filtering service is used to protect users and their organizations against malware and viruses. Like Microsoft Office 365, many emails and web security services are based on natural language processing and to identify malicious or phishing emails faster. However cyber criminals can’t take a back seat! Recent news reveals that email scammers and cyber crooks have come up with a new technique that would allow their phishing emails to bypass the protection implemented by Microsoft in office 365. This new technique evolved by maleficent developers involves manipulating ...

FIFA World Cup 2018 Coca-Cola Lottery scam

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These ads may sound tempting and many football fans would want to make easy money by betting on the game.  However, the host nation Russia has warned the football enthusiasts to beware of growing number of hoax emails and messages. The scams fraudulently claim to be associated with FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia. These scams invite recipients to submit a tender or inform recipients to have won a lottery prize. In order to receive the price money, recipients are persuaded to provide personal information or bank details to initiate the process. In some cases recipients are even asked to send the money as upfront payment to enter the tender process. FIFA World Cup 2018 Coca-Cola Lottery scam emails have following traits: 1. It appears to come from financial institution and looks official. 2. The email may contain Pin Code Number, Winning number, or some Bonus number and appears to be delivered by Coca Cola. 3. In order to gain user confidence the mail may also include a false cheque....