Spam And Phishing, Phishing
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Tis season to be shopping online, at work
News Employees plan to spend 14.4 hours shopping online from work computers during this year-end festivities, highlighting need to keep systems secure, study finds.
Tags: Business security, IT training, Web sites, Social Networking, Employee, Computer, Survey, ISACA, Information Technology, Web sites
Why you should hack your own systems
Insight perspective If you want to make sure your systems are safe from hackers, you've got to test, test and test, says analyst.
Tags: Hacking, Operating systems, Web servers, Spam and phishing, Data security, Security, Network security, Security Management, Phishing, SANS Institute
Bank phishing fraudsters learn to spell
News Fraudsters are targeting financial services organizations, and their attacks are continuing to develop, say banking execs at the RSA Conference.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Bank Of America Corp., Fraudster, Malware, Phishing Web Site, Gartner Inc., financial service, bank, industry
Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing
News Lawsuit alleges that two companies used its Live Messenger service to poach users' contacts for spam and to send them to phishing sites.
Tags: Legal, Instant messaging, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Security Team, Microsoft Windows Live, Spam, Attack, general counsel, Seattle
Phishers focus on China e-commerce sites
News update Banks made up majority of spoofed brands globally but over in China, e-commerce sites were hot property for phishers, finds new Symantec report.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, Data security, E-business, Phishing, IP, Asia-Pacific, Phishing Web Site, Sharp Corp., Malaysia
Twitter phishing scam may be spreading
News Beware this bogus direct message: "Hey! check out this funny blog about you..."
Tags: Web sites, Spam and phishing, Twitter, Phishing, Web Browser, Phishing Web Site, Password, user-ID, Facebook, financial
Web site-based crimeware hits all-time high
News The number of Web sites with hidden code for stealing passwords nearly tripled in the past year, as cybercriminals targeted legitimate sites for their cybertheft, according to new report.
Tags: Firewalls, Hacking, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Phishing, Malware, Security, Anti Phishing Work Group, IT Security, Password
MySpace wins suit against 'spam king'
News Accused in lawsuit of spamming MySpace users, Sanford Wallace fails to show up for court and loses default judgment.
Tags: Web 2.0, Spam and phishing, MySpace, Phishing, America Online Inc., FTC, Advertisement, blog, Web Site, U.S. District Court
Gmail 'vulnerability' turns out to be phishing scam
News Google's probe into reports that a vulnerability was being used to hijack domains finds instead a scheme to trick users into revealing sensitive information.
Tags: E-mail clients, Web services, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Security, Google Inc., Vulnerability, Attacker, e-mail, Web Address
Protecting yourself from vishing attacks
News First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Cellular phones, Phishing, Phone Number, PBX, Attack, FTC, phone, e-mail, network
Facebook members hit by another phishing scam
News Hackers break into accounts and send e-mail messages to Facebook friends, urging them to log on to fake Facebook sites and unwittingly give away their passwords.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Hacking, Phishing, Security, Password, e-mail, Facebook, New York Times Co., spokesman, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Phished Facebook accounts pass along malware
News Facebook users are hit by a second phase of phishing attacks from last week, but this time the spam link leads to a site hosting malware instead of stealing passwords.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Malware, Web Page, Adware, Spam, Pacific, Password, antivirus, computer
McAfee blasted for having holes in its Web sites
News Researchers say holes on security vendor's sites could lead to phishing and other attacks on customers.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Web sites, Phishing, Malware, Security, Site, Vulnerability, software, security company, McAfee Inc.
Facebook hit by phishing attacks for a second day
News After fighting off another phishing worm designed to steal people's usernames and passwords, social-networking site is investigating whether attacks are related.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Phishing, Password, Facebook, Web Address, Web, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing
Puerto Rico sites redirected in DNS attack
News Visitors to Google.pr, Microsoft.com.pr, Yahoo.com.pr, and others saw defaced sites instead of the legitimate sites after an attack on the domain name system in Puerto Rico last weekend.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, SSL/TLS, Spam and phishing, Phishing, PayPal, SSL, Site, Domain Name, Puerto Rico
