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Scam e-mails can now be forwarded to the police

Action Fraud – the UK’s national fraud reporting centre run by the governmental National Fraud Authority – has recently set up a dedicated e-mail address to …

Twitter 11.6 hours survey scam spreading virally

Twitter users should be vigilant following the outbreak of a scam that is spreading links from users’ accounts without their knowledge. The scam, which has already …

PDF-Pro multiple vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities in PDF-Pro can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. 1. The application loads libraries (e.g. …

Man sentenced to 82 months for malware

A New Hampshire man was sentenced in federal court for his role in an international computer hacking conspiracy and his failure to file income tax returns while living in …

Growing focus on endpoint security

90% of business leaders are investing in resources to better manage the security of their endpoints, including servers, PCs and laptops, according to IBM. Over half of those …

Phishers exploit New Zealand earthquake

Natural disasters are practically always exploited by scammers, and the earthquake that hit New Zealand and left thousands of its citizens homeless is not an exception, …

Teenage eBay fraudster damned by own journals

An Australian teenager has been sentenced two three years in prison after having plead guilty to over 100 charges of online fraud perpetrated on eBay. The fraudster effected …

Reset Gmail accounts to be restored completely

Gmail users that have finally managed to enter their accounts only to find them devoid of any content can take a collective relieved breath as Google says that things …

Nessus 4.4.1 released

The Nessus vulnerability scanner features high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security …

Malware family integration across botnets

Analysis by Symantec reveals that in February, 1 in 290.1 emails (0.345%) was malicious making February among the most prolific time periods both in terms of simultaneous …

US college becomes online identity theft victim

Officials of the private liberal arts Reed College from Oregon are currently trying to take down a site for a bogus University of Redwood that was put up by unknown …

Stolen e-mails reveal Morgan Stanley was hit by Aurora attacks

Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley seems also to have been a victim of the hackers behind the Aurora attacks which came to light a year ago when Google decided to …

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