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Fraudster gets probation over e-card phishing attacks
A US man has been sentenced to four years probation for his part in a scam which extracted financial information from AOL subscribers using fake e-cards containing trojans.{ad} Thomas Taylor of West...
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Hacker seeks fame, claims he stole Steve Jobs’ Amazon information
As if Steve Jobs doesn’t have enough problems, a self-identified hacker with the moniker of “orin0co” claims to have broken into Jobs’ Amazon.com account. Although he says he has Jobs’ credit card...
View ArticleFacebook users fall victim to lookalike social website phishers
Facebook users need to be careful when following links provided by friends on Facebook. Today, the company began blocking links to bogus websites designed to look identical to popular social networks,...
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ISP 3FN closed down by the FTC
Last year saw the closure of the web hosting service provider McColo which was renowned for being one of the biggest sources of spam on the Internet. Sure enough, once it was taken…
View ArticleRomanian ‘phishing’ suspects finally extradited to the US
Two Romanians accused of sophisticated phishing attacks targeting major financial institutions have been extradited to the US for trial. 25 year old Petru Bogdan Belbita and 28 year old Cornel Ionut...
View ArticleScam purports a $7548.45 charge, phishes Mac users into opening a Windows...
A bogus email message pretending to be from Apple is trying to get Mac users to open a file that only launches on Windows. Don’t worry, we were also scratching our heads over…
View ArticleH1N1 Phishing Alert and Warning to Potential Victims
Leave it to the phishers to grab onto the latest concerns surrounding the public. This time around the phishing e-mail is around H1N1 and it masquerades as an e-mail from the State Vaccination…
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I have a PSN account, what should I do?
The revelation yesterday that Sony has discovered PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts have been hacked, has understandably got anyone with one of those accounts worried. What exactly has been...
View ArticleSony posts PSN FAQ to answer your questions
The PlayStation Network and Qriocity remain offline, and Sony’s admittance earlier this week that user accounts have been hacked has many people on edge. If you have a PSN or Qriocity account then…
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PSN was running on unpatched Apache server with no firewall
Few gamers will be feeling sorry for Sony and the mess caused with this PSN hacking debacle. But if you were just annoyed by what has happened, be prepared to now start getting…
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Sony server found to host phishing website
When it rains it pours for Sony and its ongoing security woes. Three weeks of downtime for gamers following the PSN hack, followed by an easy workaround for stealing a PSN user account…
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Amy Winehouse death video scams spreading on Facebook
Infecting roughly one user each second, a new scam playing on the death of singer Amy Winehouse has erupted on Facebook, teasing people with a false link to a video of the singer…
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McAfee reveals massive, long-term international cyber attacks
It’s worrying enough to read about security breaches that affect the consumer services many of us use online, such as those against Sony, Gawker, PBS, and a host of others earlier this year.…
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QR codes are being used to spread malware
Just when you thought that keystroke logging by an iPhone was your biggest mobile security concern, the folks at Kaspersky Lab are saying that you need to be careful with QR codes. Apparently…
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Canada becomes the number two destination for online scams
Canada is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, the most skilled hockey players in the world, and innumerable delicious beers. As it turns out, Canada has also become a prime destination for…
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Google talks security, detects 9,500 malicious websites every day
For the last five years, Google has been silently monitoring the web for fishy behavior with its Safe Browsing effort. Odds are the only time you even notice anything is happening is when…
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White House turns back “spear phishing” attack on military computers
The White House has confirmed that it shut down an attempted hack recently, but declined to say where it originated. It has been widely reported that the hack was directed at the White…
View ArticleNew zero-day flaw in Adobe Reader already being exploited by phishers
Adding a sandbox to Adobe Reader was easily one of the best security moves the company ever made, but it wasn’t the silver bullet that ended all its woes. For example, just days…
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Google security updates a prime example of what’s wrong with Android
HTC, Samsung, LG, and even the Google owned Motorola all have their own modifications applied to Android. When Google releases an update to Android, it can take anywhere from three months to never…
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EA website hacked to steal Apple IDs and credit cards
The Electronic Arts website is probably the last place you’d expect to find an Apple login page, but that’s where this one turned up. Hackers managed to compromise an EA subdomain, which they […]
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