Tag Archives: Bank of America

Fake Bank of America The wire request is unsuccessful! malspam delivers Chthonic banking Trojan

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An email with the subject of The wire request is unsuccessful!  pretending to come from Billing Support using random senders & email addresses  with a malicious word doc attachment  delivers Chthonic banking trojan They are using email addresses and subjects that will scare or entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. … Continue reading → Continue reading Fake Bank of America The wire request is unsuccessful! malspam delivers Chthonic banking Trojan→

NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed

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Security experts, vendors, business and the NSA are developing a standardized language that rather than autonomously understands threats, acts on them. Continue reading NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed→

Blind Trust in Email Could Cost You Your Home

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The process of buying or selling a home can be extremely stressful and complex, but imagine the stress that would boil up if — at settlement — your money was wired to scammers in another country instead of to the settlement firm or escrow company. Here’s the story about a phishing email that cost a couple their home and left them scrambling for months to recover hundreds of thousands in cash that went missing.

It was late November 2016, and Jon and Dorthy Little were all set to close on a $200,000 home in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Just prior to the closing date on Dec. 2 their realtor sent an email to the Little’s and to the law firm handling the closing, asking the settlement firm for instructions on wiring the money to an escrow account. Continue reading Blind Trust in Email Could Cost You Your Home→

Avoid: BofA, Wells Fargo SMS Phishing

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It always pays to train a wary eye on your text messages, as conniving phishers don’t always stick to the tried and tested route of email scams. We take a look at a pair of SMS phishes sent directly to a mobile device – if you bank with Wells Fargo or … Continue reading Avoid: BofA, Wells Fargo SMS Phishing→