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The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Option one - turn your social network identity into a shameless piece of fiction designed to help you climb the corporate ladder, featuring lots of updates such as 1) "Thinking of out-of-the-box ideas", 2) "Pushing the envelope", and 3)... [30 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up on your screen are only the most visible part of a complex scam. Scareware is fake security software,... [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News The number of scam emails offering fake tax refunds hit an all-time high last month. According to HM Revenue & Customs, a record 83,000 such phishing attempts were reported in September. The phishing deluge has continued... [16 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo Security firm Cronto designed the software to stop fraudsters from using Trojans to hijack a person's web browser and trick them into authorising a fake transaction. Bonhams previewed some vintage tech last month as the... [02 Oct 2009]
Online fraudsters enlist Trojans to run off with your money
News Researchers at security firm Finjan have discovered details of a new type of banking Trojan horse that doesn't just steal your bank log-in credentials but actually steals money from your account while you are logged in and displays a... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The system is designed to stop fraudsters from using Trojans to hijack a person's web browser and trick them into authorising a fake transaction. The brightest new companies in the UK's Silicon Valley opened their doors... [24 Sep 2009]
Swedish Online Retailer Increases Security, Confidence and Sales
White Paper The rise of ever more sophisticated 'Phishing' scams - where criminals use fake Web sites to trick people into revealing personal information - is a major concern in Sweden. Misco is a leading European online provider of... [19 Sep 2009]
Why malware writers are turning to open source
News Limbo's popularity continues to slump, despite numerous features in the basic version that allow criminals to add extra fields for PIN numbers into fake banking websites and capture the keystrokes and the files saved on... [18 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News This is common behaviour for what is known as fake security alerts, or "scareware", designed to trick people into paying for something they don't need. By sneaking fake ads onto a high-profile site, the... [16 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard for free? Most likely to get malware instead
News Trend Micro said in a blog posting on Wednesday that it had discovered several fake Snow Leopard download sites that serve up a DNS (domain name system) changer Trojan dubbed OSX_JAHLAV.K instead. People eager to get a... [28 Aug 2009]
Photos: Apple tablet: What's on our wish list
Photo Most of the fake mock-ups of the Apple tablet we've seen so far make it look like a big iPod Touch but that doesn't mean it should work like one. Hardly a day goes by without some form of feverish speculation gripping... [05 Aug 2009]
Fake antivirus claiming tens of millions of scalps
News PandaLabs found 1,000 samples of fake antivirus software in the first quarter of 2008. About three per cent of the people who see the fake warnings fall for it, forking out more than $50 for an annual... [29 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The Department for Transport (DfT) advised the committee that it was becoming increasingly difficult for Post Office staff to spot high quality fake passports that were being used for over the counter checks when... [08 Jul 2009]
Free But Fake: Rogue Anti-Malware
White Paper Most antivirus products are commercial and typically offer, as is the case with ESET solutions, free trial versions for a 30-day period. This limitation is the perfect excuse for criminals to recommend their "Free and magical" antivirus... [30 Jun 2009]
Anti-Phishing by Smart Mobile Device
White Paper The key issue is that it is difficult for user to distinguish fake Login User Interface (LUI) from normal LUI. Off late, phishing is a popular technique to thieve user's authentication information, especially password. [30 Jun 2009]
