Zeljka Zorz
Pinterest users targeted with scams
Pinterest, the pinboard-styled social photo sharing website that got so popular even Mark Zuckerberg opened a profile to see what all the fuss was about, has also caught the …
Amphion Forum, a security event to watch
Kurt Stammberger is the VP of Market Development at Mocana and the Chair of the Amphion Forum. He is best known as the founder of the annual RSA Conference. He joined RSA …
Bogus US SEC notification leads to malware
Notifications purportedly sent by the US Securities and Exchange Commission have been hitting inboxes and trying to trick users into following a malicious link, warns GFI. The …
Anonymous’ supporters tricked into installing Zeus
Anonymous supporters that joined Operation Megaupload got more than they bargained for when they downloaded what they believed was the Slowloris DoS tool from a Pastebin post. …
$2.1 million stolen with clever social engineering
An unnamed fraudster managed to steal $2.1 million from a hospital chain’s Wells Fargo Bank escrow account by faxing a money transfer signed with a copied-and-pasted …
ManTech acquires HBGary
ManTech International, a provider of technologies and solutions for the US intelligence and defense community and various other federal government agencies, has announced that …
“Free iPad 3” scams popping up
As Apple announced an event taking place on March 7 and speculations of it being the formal presentation of the new version of the iPad flooded the Internet, scammers have …
25 alleged Anons arrested
25 individuals suspected to be Anonymous members have been arrested during a coordinated international operation supported by Interpol across four countries in Europe and …
Infected government computers getting cleaned
As the date of the planned shutdown of the clean servers that constitute the only link to the Internet for the 400,000 or so computers still infected with the DNSChanger …
Alleged SMS Trojan makers indicted in France
Two men recently arrested in France stand accused of having developed a mobile Trojan app that stole money from Android users, reports L’Informaticien (via Google …
Interview with Joe Sullivan, CSO at Facebook
Joe Sullivan is the Chief Security Officer at Facebook, where he manages a small part of a company-wide effort to ensure a safe internet experience for Facebook users. He and …
Low Tech Hacking: Street Smarts for Security Professionals
When talking about hacking, many of us primarily think about software vulnerabilities, exploits, malware and coding. But as social engineering began to grab headlines, the …