items tagged with Phishing
Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-28 09:32:52
An in-depth survey of the state of spam for the first half of 2008 reveals that spammers have re-discovered a love for the written word. They still rather like drugs and ebay as well...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-28 09:32:52
An in-depth survey of the state of spam for the first half of 2008 reveals that spammers have re-discovered a love for the written word. They still rather like drugs and ebay as well...
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Spam back on the menu as botnet creating email triples in one week
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-25 04:26:57
The volume of spam which exists not to sell you stuff, but simply to add your computer to a botnet collective has tripled in just one week. If that weren't worrying enough, it seems that the Srizbi botnet is now responsible for an incredible 46 percent of all spam being distributed.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-25 04:26:57
The volume of spam which exists not to sell you stuff, but simply to add your computer to a botnet collective has tripled in just one week. If that weren't worrying enough, it seems that the Srizbi botnet is now responsible for an incredible 46 percent of all spam being distributed.
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The most dangerous Euro 2008 football team online
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-20 10:47:32
With the Euro 2008 football championships well and truly underway, the Internet is proving to be the perfect place to catch up on scores, fixtures and soccer news. But Euro 2008 has also become a cybercrime hotspot, so we've named and shamed the most dangerous players in cyberspace.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-20 10:47:32
With the Euro 2008 football championships well and truly underway, the Internet is proving to be the perfect place to catch up on scores, fixtures and soccer news. But Euro 2008 has also become a cybercrime hotspot, so we've named and shamed the most dangerous players in cyberspace.
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Tax time lures tech security companies into the open
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-17 21:53:07
The end of the financial year is less than a week away, and security software companies are using that to draw attention to their products.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-17 21:53:07
The end of the financial year is less than a week away, and security software companies are using that to draw attention to their products.
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Phishers target iTunes users
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-21 17:33:28
Most of us are used to ignoring emails that seem to come from banks and similar organisations asking the recipient to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account". Now it's time to add another business to that mental list: Apple's iTunes Store.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-21 17:33:28
Most of us are used to ignoring emails that seem to come from banks and similar organisations asking the recipient to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account". Now it's time to add another business to that mental list: Apple's iTunes Store.
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Spammers stung for $US230 million - but who collects?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-14 17:56:40
A US court has made a $US230 million judgement against a pair of spammers, one of them the notorious Sanford "Spamford" Wallace. But the money might not be going where you would expect.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-14 17:56:40
A US court has made a $US230 million judgement against a pair of spammers, one of them the notorious Sanford "Spamford" Wallace. But the money might not be going where you would expect.
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Beware the bad words about Google Adwords
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-02 06:01:19
The latest phishing exercise aimed at getting you to divulge details of your bank account purports to be from Google telling you it can't pay you for your Google Adwords.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-02 06:01:19
The latest phishing exercise aimed at getting you to divulge details of your bank account purports to be from Google telling you it can't pay you for your Google Adwords.
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You have been photographed naked: you are being sued; you have a tax refund coming.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-04-20 21:04:30
Cyber criminals are becoming increasingly inventive in their efforts to get the unsuspecting to give away personal details or install malware onto their systems.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-04-20 21:04:30
Cyber criminals are becoming increasingly inventive in their efforts to get the unsuspecting to give away personal details or install malware onto their systems.
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Symantec’s latest security report: web attacks getting much worse
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-04-09 11:45:09
Drive-by downloads, bots, web attacks and the perversion of trusted sites is overwhelming Internet users and stealing their information in record numbers, with malicious hackers finding ways to beat new security methods as fast as they are developed. The wild, wild web is still very much with us!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-04-09 11:45:09
Drive-by downloads, bots, web attacks and the perversion of trusted sites is overwhelming Internet users and stealing their information in record numbers, with malicious hackers finding ways to beat new security methods as fast as they are developed. The wild, wild web is still very much with us!
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Trojan steals Gmail passwords – and charges for it
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-03-12 06:19:57
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-03-12 06:19:57
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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Latest malware threats go local say McAfee
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-24 07:52:02
Malware threats aren’t using the scattergun approach any longer, with criminals targeting users in their own languages in ever increasingly sophisticated attempts to become more successful at ripping us all off.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-24 07:52:02
Malware threats aren’t using the scattergun approach any longer, with criminals targeting users in their own languages in ever increasingly sophisticated attempts to become more successful at ripping us all off.
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Sophos: Mac invulnerability bubble to pop in 2008?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 23:19:06
An online poll of 355 computer users by security firm Sophos shows that 93% believe Mac is set to become a big target for hackers and malware writers, sending shivers up the spine of any Mac user that still believes they’re invulnerable to the security threats that plague Windows PCs.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 23:19:06
An online poll of 355 computer users by security firm Sophos shows that 93% believe Mac is set to become a big target for hackers and malware writers, sending shivers up the spine of any Mac user that still believes they’re invulnerable to the security threats that plague Windows PCs.
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TrustDefender launches new Vista version and ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-05 07:50:48
Online transaction security software, TrustDefender, has launched a beta version designed for Windows Vista, while launching a new ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’ in the current XP version to help users detect, protect and secure all online transactions – and provide exclusive protection against the nasty ‘Silentbanker Trojan’ and MBR Virus.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-05 07:50:48
Online transaction security software, TrustDefender, has launched a beta version designed for Windows Vista, while launching a new ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’ in the current XP version to help users detect, protect and secure all online transactions – and provide exclusive protection against the nasty ‘Silentbanker Trojan’ and MBR Virus.
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How dumb do phishers think we are?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-03 22:11:54
Some phishing attempts can look quite authentic, apart from the fact that the apparent source doesn't actually send such messages to its customers. But others fall well short of the mark.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-03 22:11:54
Some phishing attempts can look quite authentic, apart from the fact that the apparent source doesn't actually send such messages to its customers. But others fall well short of the mark.
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New malicious MySpace spam poses as friend
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-19 17:58:52
A new malware-toting spam email posing as an invitation from a friend to join to MySpace can turn the computer of a recipient who takes the bait into a botnet zombie spewing out spam and phishing emails.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-19 17:58:52
A new malware-toting spam email posing as an invitation from a friend to join to MySpace can turn the computer of a recipient who takes the bait into a botnet zombie spewing out spam and phishing emails.
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The phishing was good in 2007: and it's getting better
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-12-17 14:12:32
Research firm Gartner estimates that some 3.6 million US citizens lost a record $US3.2 billion to phishers in the 12 months to August 2007, with debit cards the favourite target.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-12-17 14:12:32
Research firm Gartner estimates that some 3.6 million US citizens lost a record $US3.2 billion to phishers in the 12 months to August 2007, with debit cards the favourite target.
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Online banking, transactions and security – how safe are we really?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-02 04:41:04
As online criminals and hackers develop ever more sophisticated Trojans, spyware, botnets and attack vectors, are the banks, online stores, social networking sites and others really doing enough to keep their customers safe and secure?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-02 04:41:04
As online criminals and hackers develop ever more sophisticated Trojans, spyware, botnets and attack vectors, are the banks, online stores, social networking sites and others really doing enough to keep their customers safe and secure?
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Aussies battered by financial attacks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-11-29 00:28:51
Web and email attacks involving Australian financial institutions are increasing.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-11-29 00:28:51
Web and email attacks involving Australian financial institutions are increasing.
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Mac malware bends browsers to suspect sites
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-10-31 15:44:11
A Trojan purporting to be a video codec for Mac OS X's QuickTime instead reconfigures the system to use a DNS server that returns bogus results.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-10-31 15:44:11
A Trojan purporting to be a video codec for Mac OS X's QuickTime instead reconfigures the system to use a DNS server that returns bogus results.
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PayPal, eBay phish attempts down?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2007-10-18 16:34:02
Security vendor Sophos says there's been a "dramatic reduction" in the proportion of phishing emails aimed at PayPal and eBay customers, but I'm not completely convinced.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2007-10-18 16:34:02
Security vendor Sophos says there's been a "dramatic reduction" in the proportion of phishing emails aimed at PayPal and eBay customers, but I'm not completely convinced.
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