We’re seeing a flood of “phishing” email – this is spam that is designed to trick you into revealing your login information for email, bank, PayPal, Costco or other important site. The quantity of this mail is up by several orders of magnitude, and while our spam filters block or quarantine 99+% of these, that… Read More »
We’re seeing an increased number of “phishing” email messages, where the bad guys are trying to trick you into entering your email account login info, where it’s used to compromise your account. Here’s an example of a message that appeared today. The “click here” takes you to a site in Indonesia where you’re prompted to… Read More »
We’ve just seen spam that’s supposedly from intuit.com (Quickbooks, etc.) with subjects like “Sales Receipt” or “Purchase Order Receipt” with an attached spreadsheet file. This is a malware attack designed to trick you into opening the spreadsheet, which will install malware on your computer. These are not from Intuit – most are from hacked servers… Read More »
We’re seeing more phishing email aimed at Zimbra accounts. This example came from a hacked account in Sri Lanka, claiming to be from “Zimbra Webmail Team”: Your Mail Box Exceeded it storage limit CLICK HERE TO UNBLOCK or use the link below Fill and click SUBMIT for more space or you won’t be able to… Read More »
Our multi-layer Barracuda spam/virus/malware filtering is very effective, but some bad things do slip through when the bad guys come up with new tricks and send email before the spam filters get updated. Here’s an example that came in today, claiming to be from Chase and asking the recipient to correct something about their account. … Read More »
We are in the process of upgrading our Zimbra mail servers. The new Zimbra mail server will not support un-encrypted connections. If you are experiencing issues connection to the new server after the upgrade, see our articles under the Securing Email connections section of our Knowledge Base. Call our 24/7 Phone Support, they will be… Read More »
There is a nasty ransomware virus that exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office that is spreading rapidly worldwide. Once one computer on a LAN/WLAN is infected the virus can spread to other computers over the ethernet or WiFi. What you can do: apply all of the latest Microsoft updates now. More information: WordFence Blog … Read More »
On May 12, 2017, hackers exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows have attacked a large number of PCs worldwide, including hospitals in the UK and elsewhere and have infected vulnerable PCs with “ransomware” demanding payment in order to unlock the infected computer. The malware propagates by tricking email recipients into clicking on infected attachments. Once… Read More »
Domain registrar OpenSRS warns that there is an ongoing phishing attack against domain owners. The object is to trick you into providing credentials that will let the bad guys hijack your domain. If you get email claiming that your domain has been suspended, do not click any of the links or reply to the email… Read More »
WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release WordPress 4.2.1 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. April 27, 2015 the WordPress team was made aware of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable commenters to compromise a site. If your web site… Read More »