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Office 365 stung by Email Phishing

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Phishing email campaigns are a renowned tool that is prominently used by the cyber phishing criminals. They keep sending phishing email tenaciously with the hope of reeling potential victims in their pitched net. These opportunistic cyber phishing criminals never cease to craft e-mails & websites that look legitimate ones. Perceiving the illicit or fake message can be strenuous task to a non-technical eye. Imagine a careless click on a phishing mail can let the cyber criminals take over your entire Office 365 account. Yes, a recently discovered Email phishing Scam professing as Office 365 Non-Delivery Notification is being used by the scammers to steal user’s login credentials by redirecting them to a malignant page. This new Office 365 Phishing attack was brought to light by ISC Handler Xavier Mertens. Insight in to New Office 365   Phishing attack Xavier Mertens, the security researcher, says that the Email phishing Scam was discovered while he was reviewing the lates...

How to stop Sunglasses 85% off email scam

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Sunglasses are not only great fashion accessory but also provide protection to eyes from harmful UV rays. Global climate change, Global warming, air pollution, greater exposure to Ultra Violet (UV) rays all present potential risk to eyes. Protecting them with proper shades has hence become vital. Cyber criminals have evolved various tactics to seize the opportunity of growing demands for Sunglasses. To entrap users in the foul play, crooks are luring end users with suspicious offers on sunglasses via spam emails, social media platforms and text messages on cell phones. Current investigation reveals that suspicious offers of popular sunglasses brands- Ray Ban, Oakley are being delivered by spammers to exploit users. Sunglasses 85% off is one such scam that entices users by offering a solid discount on different types of sunglasses. In Sunglasses 85% off scam an email masqueraded as legitimate from a popular sun-glass brand, Oakley is sent to the users. The scam is known to originat...