cybercriminals
Phishers target Google AdWords users
Trying to trick AdWords users into thinking that one of their income source is threatened, the phishers sent out emails with “Account has stopped running this …
Phishing attacks on Facebook intensify
There was a significant increase in the amount of phishing attacks on Facebook, as well as other social networking sites such as Habbo in June, according to the latest spam …
90,000+ web pages compromised through iFrame injection
Researchers from security firm Armorize have uncovered a massive iFrame injection attack that has compromised 90,000+ Web pages belonging mostly to e-commerce sites. The …
The problem with current cyber-liability insurance policies
The repercussion from the massive breach are still reverberating through Sony and, as the company managers move to minimize the losses, an unexpected development could throw a …
SpyEye Trojan country hit list
The number of financial institutions targeted by the SpyEye Trojan is growing, according to Trusteer. Risk analysis teams have also observed an increase in the number of …
SecurID users targeted by fake NSA email
RSA’s SecurID token users have recently been targeted with fake emails supposedly coming from the US National Security Agency urging them to update their token code …
Japanese man arrested for storing malware
38-year-old Yasuhiro Kawaguchi is the first person in Japan to get arrested for storing malware on his computer after the upper house’s Judicial Affairs Committee has …
“Amy Winehouse death video” scams hit Facebook users
The past weekend has been rife with bad news that captured the attention of the greater public, and online scammers have wasted no time in taking advantage of it. Facebook …
Oslo bombing Facebook scams infecting 1 user per second
Websense has found an alarming number of Facebook scams taking advantage of yesterday’s tragedy in Oslo, Norway. Right now it seems to be infecting one user every …
New tool for Facebook scammers
Facebook has rolled out a new feature for comments, allowing content to be directly embedded in the comments themselves. My first thought upon reading this announcement was …
Enhanced phishing methods on the rise
There’s been an increase in targeted and combined email-based threats, a new twist in phishing attacks, and an escalation in social engineering scams through popular …
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
It’s been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer …