Image via WikipediaThis is just a quick rant. Meets are a pain in the butt. I mean, sometimes it’s necessary to meet and talk about a project or get people up to speed on the latest information. We have them each week for the bloggers and our group and I usually held […]
Phishers have started to target users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time, a security company said Tuesday. People began receiving spammed messages Monday telling them that they must correct a problem with their iTunes account, said Andrew Lochart, an executive with e-mail security vendor Proofpoint Inc.
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Google Adwords account holders are being targeted by criminals out to trick them into handing over credit card information using a clever URL spoof that has gained popularity in recent weeks.
On the face of it, the scam follows a traditional attack route involving the sending of spam e-mail to random Internet addresses in the hope […]
We all know that retailers will be ready for Black Friday but so are hackers poised to launch a slew of Web-based attacks against consumers. Why should you be on alert? Your money and personal information could be at risk.
“The holiday season in general is a huge time for hackers … [and] Black Friday is […]
How to Spot an E-Mail Scam. Wondering whether the message announcing that you’ve received an e-card is legit? Or whether PayPal is really trying to contact you? Did you actually win 50 Million dollars? Here’s a visual guide to spotting malware, fraud, and other dirty tricks in your inbox courtesy of PC World.
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I overheard a office colleague of mine saying that he was wondering why his bank was sending him an email message stating that his account is compromised and he needs to login to check his account. Luckily, i was there to stop him from entering information on the site as i smelled a phish, or […]
Currently, headlines say Firefox outshines IE in phish fight and Computer World Net claims IE 7 Anti Phishing Fails The Test
Both competing browsers commissioned studies which predictably put each in the top spot for identifying phishing sites.
Major vendors are readying their own anti-phishing tools:
Firefox browser anti-phishing tool from PhishTank SiteChecker
Google has released an antiphishing […]
OpenDNS.com offers free anti-phishing protection to web surfers. I changed my DNS lookup servers to OpenDNS and now enjoy faster DNS lookups and safer surfing. Now, when I misspell a web site’s name, I am no longer redirected to a phishing site. Instead, OpenDNS intercepts my mistype and tries to correct it. There are more […]
Microsoft started a blog for its Strider Research team, to blog its Strider Research effort, which seeks to undo the damage caused by companies which buy up domains, based on typos. Looks like the team’s blog started on August 5 and died on August 5, 2006. (gosh, another short-lived blog.)
The second article is absolutely […]
Phishing has become a problem that surpasses even viruses. Phishers are attempting to aquire your personal information, including account numbers, credit card numbers, phone numbers, passwords and even your home address. This in known as Identity Theft.
Identity theft can lead to cyberstalking (being stalked online) and maybe even to your being stalked in […]
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