Blog

Cyber-criminals can access free kits to aid them in launching phishing attacks, an online security resource has discovered.

The kits, discovered by PandaLabs, could allow the thieves to send out mass fraudulent emails mimicking bank web pages, online pay platforms and email accounts in order to trick people into handing over financial and personal data.

From the kit a criminal can access two files. One file allows the creation of spoof emails made to look like they have come from official sources and the other allows criminals to create mock-ups of genuine web pages.

The phishing attack takes place when the criminal spams internet users with the email, with a link to the fake web page. Users who follow the link will be asked to enter their personal data. Lists of email addresses can also be purchased from the internet.

Technical director of PandaLabs Luis Corrons said that the amazing thing was that the kits were free.

“Due to the simplicity of the tools, the number of phishing attacks increases, causing companies and consumers large losses,” said Mr Corrons.

Last week spam celebrated its 30th anniversary.

From now on the company produces CMS templates for Joomla! and Mambo platforms.

TemplateMonster.com, a templates provider, offers new CMS templates designed for Joomla! and Mambo systems. The company holds that offering the new CMS templates is a step long anticipated by its customers.

The company states that both of these CMS packages contain many different parts, plugins and components that are integrated especially for better functionality and customization of use. The company avers that the two are basically variations of a similar product that were developed as a result of the project’s managers’ differences of emphases.

“We’ve been planning the Mambo and Joomla! templates release for a long time and today we have realized that goal. We place very big hopes on these new product lines,” says David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster. “Because these products are very similar, and both have high functionality as well as great popularity, we decided to launch them on the same day. The internet activity of today is trending toward people who neither have nor want programming skills or coding work. Using CMS systems today is desirable and considered by many to be a standard requirement.”