Spear phishing campaign targeted e-mail marketers and their customers
For months now, a massive spear phishing campaign has been targeting employees of over 100 e-mail service providers, with the goal of compromising their computers and those of …
Scottish botnet master sentenced
Matthew Anderson – the Scottish botnet master who was found guilty of organizing a campaign that saw computers enslaved in a botnet, stealing data from their owners and …
Windows 0-day circumvents UAC
Windows zero-day vulnerabilities are lately getting discovered too often for Microsoft’s – and users’ – liking. Unfortunately for all of us, details of …
Kids lured to scam site by promises of parental control bypassing
The latest scam to hit Facebook users is one that supposedly offers a completely free proxy service for those who want to bypass parental controls and blocks set up by schools …
Two indicted for university hack binge
Two former students of the University of Central Missouri have been charged with computer intrusion, intercepting electronic communication and aggravated identity theft, …
Facebook users think social networking spam is a problem
Facebook became the world’s largest social network by giving users a cleaner more intimate way to connect with friends and family. Yet social networking spam is now a …
34% of all malware ever created appeared in 2010
According to PandaLabs, in the first ten months of the year the number of threats created and distributed account for one third of all viruses that exist. These means that 34% …
Korean cross-border attacks exploited to spread malware
The recent cross-border shellings between North and South Korea have left many people wondering what has been going on and what triggered the attacks, and scareware and …
5 tips for safe online holiday shopping
With the holiday shopping season just around the corner and more than 55% of Web users planning to do their holiday shopping online, Fortinet offers a few important online …
Growing security crisis for mobile networks
The wireless nature of the cellular networks makes them more susceptible to criminal attack, according to a Heavy Reading report. “If anything, our research suggests …
HTTPS Everywhere now protects against Firesheep
The EFF launched a new version of HTTPS Everywhere, a security tool that offers enhanced protection for Firefox browser users against Firesheep and other exploits of webpage …
Former Ford employee stole company secrets worth millions
An interesting case of theft of industrial trade secrets was unveiled yesterday as news that the culprit – one Xiang Dong (“Mike”) Yu – has pleaded …