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VeriSign hack: Reactions from the security community
VeriSign admitted it was hacked in 2010 and cannot identify what data was stolen. Below are comments on the situation that Help Net Security received from industry veterans. …
Malware redirects bank phone calls to attackers
Trusteer have discovered a concerning development in some new Ice IX configurations that are targeting online banking customers in the UK and US. Ice IX is a modified variant …
Fake Tumblr Staff Blog offers still targeting users
A week ago, compromised Tumblr accounts were sporting fake messages from a “Tumblr Staff Blog” offering Starbucks gift cards in return for completing surveys and …
Compromised WordPress sites lead to Phoenix exploit kit
Several hundred compromised websites that at first glance don’t appear to be malicious have been discovered by M86 researchers. The websites – mostly blogs and …
Keeping on top of financial malware
A lot of people are apprehensive about buying things and accessing their bank accounts online. It is an understandable fear, especially when one is aware that it takes just a …
Students used keyloggers on school computers, changed grades
Three Californian 16-year-olds have been arrested for having allegedly broken into their high school, stolen keys and tests, installed keyloggers onto teachers’ …
Facebook scammers leverage the Amazon Cloud
Survey scams have been targeting Facebook users for longer that they would wish. The goal of all of them has always been to make users fill out survey, but the lures and …
Web attacks peak at 38,000 an hour
Web applications are subject to business logic attacks, according to a report by Imperva. Imperva monitored and categorized attacks across the internet targeting 40 different …
Compromised Tumblr accounts sporting fake Starbucks gift cards
It is a well known fact that compromised legitimate websites are often used by cyber crooks to drive traffic towards their scammy sites. The latest example of this practice …
Malicious QR codes and the persistence of rootkits
Cybercrime has come a long way since it was mostly a digital form of vandalism. It has developed into a criminal business operated for financial gain and is now worth …
Carberp Trojan targets French broadband subscribers
Last year, Carberp emerged on the online banking fraud scene as a competitor to the dominant financial malware platforms Zeus and SpyEye. Trusteer recently discovered a …
Researchers discover network of 7,000 typo squatting domains
A network of some 7,000 typo squatting domains is being used by scammers to effectively drive traffic towards their scammy sites, some of which get so much traffic that they …
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