Fake iTunes gift certificate offer carries malware
As the holiday shopping season is poised to start in the U.S. with tomorrow’s Black Friday, users are advised to be extra careful when it comes to too-good-to-be-true …
Hungarian hacks into Marriot, tries to land job through blackmail
A Hungarian national who thought that he could blackmail Marriott International into giving him a job by stealing the company’s internal documents and threatening to …
Fake Facebook account deletion warnings target users
An email supposedly sent by the Facebook Team warning users about them having violated the social network’s policies is currently hitting inboxes around the world: LAST …
DHS says water pump destruction was not due to SCADA hack
“After detailed analysis, DHS and the FBI have found no evidence of a cyber intrusion into the SCADA system of the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield, …
Win a free ticket to Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011
Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011 is scheduled to be held at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on December 14-15. Help Net Security is offering a free ticket to the Briefings part of …
Can rogue web browsers make a comeback?
Before the survey scams, there were rogue web browsers. They were very popular in 2006 and 2007, when old-school ad vendors were at their peak. The majority of such browsers …
Fake FBI email threatens recipients with jail
An email purportedly coming from the FBI Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division has been hitting inboxes and threatening recipients with jail time if they don’t …
WineLibrary.com breached, credit card info compromised
Popular e-commerce site Wine Library has started notifying its customers of a breach that resulted in the compromise of their credit card information, TechCrunch reports. …
ID theft prevention tips
With the rise in online shopping and mobile shopping it’s more important than ever for consumers to take precautions against identity theft this holiday season. …
New IP geolocation technology
ReD announced an upgrade to its IP Geolocation detection technology which enables ReD to track fraud threats using IP identification and geolocation information. This is an …
OpenPGP implementation for webmail encryption
The idea of being able to encrypt and decrypt their email correspondence might appeal to a lot of users, but not all of them are technically savvy enough to implement …
AT&T notifies users of failed “organized” attack
A failed attempt at accessing and stealing AT&T customer information has been made public as some of its users received an official email from the company notifying them …
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