items tagged with Phishing
Fake Facebook emails warning!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-16 22:49:34
Symantec has followed-up its recent report warning of an increasing trend to phishing attacks on Facebook, with a new warning for Facebook users to beware of fake emails attempting to steal login details to use their account for launching future phishing attacks on unsuspecting social networkers.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-16 22:49:34
Symantec has followed-up its recent report warning of an increasing trend to phishing attacks on Facebook, with a new warning for Facebook users to beware of fake emails attempting to steal login details to use their account for launching future phishing attacks on unsuspecting social networkers.
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ATO warns taxpayers of fake refund phishing scam
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 21:05:08
Just as the financial year draws to a close, scammers are using the Australian Tax Office as a guise to collect information about active bank and credit card accounts that would allow fraudulent transactions to be made.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 21:05:08
Just as the financial year draws to a close, scammers are using the Australian Tax Office as a guise to collect information about active bank and credit card accounts that would allow fraudulent transactions to be made.
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Use of phishing toolkits on the rise
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 01:34:29
There’s been a huge increase in the use of phishing toolkits, with 42 percent of phishing URLs last month generated using the toolkits, and the emergence of a new trend of phishing attacks towards the popular social networking site, Facebook.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 01:34:29
There’s been a huge increase in the use of phishing toolkits, with 42 percent of phishing URLs last month generated using the toolkits, and the emergence of a new trend of phishing attacks towards the popular social networking site, Facebook.
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Twitter phishing hit, as spam infiltrates 90% of all emails
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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Beware, malware by stealth stalks the net!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Security breaches growing problem for Aussie, NZ SMBs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-12 00:10:40
With the spread of malicious code activity growing at a record pace globally last year, Australian and New Zealand small to medium sized business copped their share of problems, with many of them reporting security breaches and loss of data.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-12 00:10:40
With the spread of malicious code activity growing at a record pace globally last year, Australian and New Zealand small to medium sized business copped their share of problems, with many of them reporting security breaches and loss of data.
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Conficker likely to cause rise in spam levels
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 04:30:02
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 04:30:02
That devil of a Conficker worm that’s never far from the surface these days is likely to cause a significant increase in spam levels over the next three months, according to a report by yet another security firm that’s closely monitoring the worm’s exploits.
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Cybercrime surging: and it's your money they're after
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 23:04:44
A trio of quite separate reports released this week on different aspects of Internet security reveals an alarmingly rapid increase in the scale, scope and success of organised attacks on IT systems for financial gain.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 23:04:44
A trio of quite separate reports released this week on different aspects of Internet security reveals an alarmingly rapid increase in the scale, scope and success of organised attacks on IT systems for financial gain.
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Three-fold global increase in infected websites
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-01 06:48:57
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-01 06:48:57
There was a three-fold increase in the number of malicious websites around the world infected with malware in March, with almost 3,000 potentially harmful sites intercepted every day of the month.
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AVG bumps up security software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-03-02 21:50:43
AVG has boosted the protection offered by its security products. The free version of its anti-virus suite now includes real-time protection against web-borne threats.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-03-02 21:50:43
AVG has boosted the protection offered by its security products. The free version of its anti-virus suite now includes real-time protection against web-borne threats.
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Kapersky warns cybercrims are on the march and the threats are mounting
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 20:27:36
Be warned! Kapersky Labs has just come out with a security report for 2009 warning that two major threats to be on your guard for this year are the infection of computers via removable storage media and the infection of Internet sites with malicious code.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 20:27:36
Be warned! Kapersky Labs has just come out with a security report for 2009 warning that two major threats to be on your guard for this year are the infection of computers via removable storage media and the infection of Internet sites with malicious code.
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TrustDefender highlights danger of updated Torpig rootkit and variants
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
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Top 5 email security blowups of 2008 involve major personalities
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-20 23:47:48
Email security company Proofpoint has listed some of the more sensational email events of 2008. Among other things, three of the email security incidents involve some of the world's most high profile personalities.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-20 23:47:48
Email security company Proofpoint has listed some of the more sensational email events of 2008. Among other things, three of the email security incidents involve some of the world's most high profile personalities.
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Why has Apple not fixed well known iPhone security problems?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-03 05:01:01
Nearly three months ago a security researcher did the right thing and informed Apple that he had found some serious vulnerabilities that impacted upon the security of the iPhone. Isn't it about time that Apple responded in kind by releasing a fix already?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-03 05:01:01
Nearly three months ago a security researcher did the right thing and informed Apple that he had found some serious vulnerabilities that impacted upon the security of the iPhone. Isn't it about time that Apple responded in kind by releasing a fix already?
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Google Sites sending spam as CAPTCHA gets pwned
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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F****** Microsoft and that W***** George Bush help boost spam traffic
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 09:15:50
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 09:15:50
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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10 million zombies go after Google and Microsoft users brains
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 04:55:24
No longer the stuff of low-budget movies, zombies are invading the Internet: around 10 million of them in the last three months alone. The horror is revealed in a new report which shows that Google Adwords and Microsoft users brains are amongst the most sought after zombie food...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 04:55:24
No longer the stuff of low-budget movies, zombies are invading the Internet: around 10 million of them in the last three months alone. The horror is revealed in a new report which shows that Google Adwords and Microsoft users brains are amongst the most sought after zombie food...
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Phishing up 180 percent in six months
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2008-07-26 08:01:30
According to APACS, the UK payments association, the number of people banking online has risen by 505 percent in the last seven years. However, in just the last six months alone the number of reported phishing incidents has risen by 180 percent in the UK.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2008-07-26 08:01:30
According to APACS, the UK payments association, the number of people banking online has risen by 505 percent in the last seven years. However, in just the last six months alone the number of reported phishing incidents has risen by 180 percent in the UK.
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iPhone Mail and Safari bug helps phishing attacks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-24 16:51:39
An unpatched vulnerability in the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications helps conceal phishing attacks, according to a high profile security researcher who specialises in finding flaws in widely used software. Aviv Raff has previously identified security flaws in software from Apple, Microsoft, Google and other vendors.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-24 16:51:39
An unpatched vulnerability in the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications helps conceal phishing attacks, according to a high profile security researcher who specialises in finding flaws in widely used software. Aviv Raff has previously identified security flaws in software from Apple, Microsoft, Google and other vendors.
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McAfee global S.P.A.M. experiment concludes that spam will never go away
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-30 18:11:10
McAfee has today published the results from its 'Spammed Persistently All Month' experiment, which saw people from 10 countries surf the web unprotected for a whole month. What they encountered is disturbing to say the least...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-30 18:11:10
McAfee has today published the results from its 'Spammed Persistently All Month' experiment, which saw people from 10 countries surf the web unprotected for a whole month. What they encountered is disturbing to say the least...
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