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Over 1M pages compromised in massive SQL injection attack

At the beginning of December researchers from the Internet Storm Center spotted a relatively limited SQL attack – about 80 affected pages – redirecting visitors of …

Online scam susceptibility of American consumers

PC Tools, in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute, announced the findings of its online scam susceptibility study of 1,858 American consumers. The results of the survey …

SpyEye Trojan post transaction fraud schemes attack banks

Many of us tend to spend a little more than we intend during the holiday season and, with all the transactions hitting our accounts, it can be hard to keep track. During the …

Israeli credit card hack creates more opportunities

In a recent data breach incident, a Saudi hacker defaced a prominent sports news web site in Israel and linked its front page to a file exposing the details of many credit …

Fake Amazon smartphone shipping confirmation leads to malware

The gift-giving holidays are almost over, but shopping online is an all-year-round activity for many users and they are often warned to be careful when indulging in it. …

Analysis of Facebook attacks

Commtouch published a comprehensive analysis of scores of malicious Facebook activities during the past year. Affiliate marketing sites are the final destination in …

Data-stealing malware growth spikes

The propagation of some forms of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in June, 2011 with data-stealing malware reaching and maintaining a new plateau of contagion, …

Ways to avoid falling victim to scams

With the holiday season upon us, more companies are sending customers information about great deals for last-minute shopping. Unfortunately, among those exciting offers comes …

Fake eBay pages offering iPhone 4S for half the price

As more and more people take advantage of the option of buying things online, and especially during the holiday season, cyber crooks continually devise new schemes to trick …

Ransomware impersonating European police agencies

Ransomware has been around for quite some time and likely won’t disappear soon, as it usually does manage to make inexperienced users fork over to the criminals quite a …

Visa probes into potential card processor security breach

Credit card company Visa has announced that it has been informed of a potential data security breach at a European payment processor and that it has mounted an investigation …

Key security threats in the coming year

The widespread adoption of mobile devices, proliferation of applications and growth of cloud computing are helping accelerate business innovation and social benefits. However, …

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