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RSS phishing in newsRevealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News In the early days a lot of the scareware was a smokescreen for a lot of phishing information - spyware that would look for your financial details - today they're really just designed to get that £15, £20, £30 out of you. [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News According to HM Revenue & Customs, a record 83,000 such phishing attempts were reported in September. The phishing deluge has continued into October, with taxpayers alerting HMRC to 10,000 scam attempts... [16 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Banking industry body Financial Fraud Action UK warned that online fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with fraudsters targeting customers using malware and phishing scams. The number of... [07 Oct 2009]
Thousands of Hotmail account details posted online
News Hotmail account logins and passwords have been posted to a public forum following a phishing attack. For more, see Phishing attack hits thousands of Hotmail accounts on ZDNet UK. Several thousand users... [06 Oct 2009]
Google's Chrome-in-IE tech means higher malware risk, says Microsoft
News Accessing sites using Google Chrome Frame brings Google Chrome's security features to Internet Explorer users, providing strong phishing and malware protection (absent in IE6), robust sandboxing technology, and defences... [28 Sep 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a US-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team... [18 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard for free? Most likely to get malware instead
News Users can then be redirected to phishing sites, some of which are reportedly hosting rogue antivirus software called FAKEAV, Trend Micro said. People eager to get a copy of the latest version of the Mac operating system,... [28 Aug 2009]
Facebook crushes spam apps as five more attack
News The notifications contained links to a phishing site where users were prompted to provide their Facebook log-in credentials and then prompted to install one of the rogue apps, according to Ferguson. Facebook on Thursday... [21 Aug 2009]
Rogue Facebook apps start stealing log-ins, spamming
News That first notification included hyperlinks that led to a phishing site on the "fucabook.com" domain, allegedly registered to someone in Armenia, he said. He installed that app and immediately his friends were spammed... [20 Aug 2009]
Businesses' XP addiction is keeping Microsoft from killing IE 6
News Microsoft added things like tabbed browsing and a phishing filter back with Internet Explorer 7, which debuted in October 2006, and earlier this year launched Internet Explorer 8, with anti-malware features as well as a... [14 Aug 2009]
Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
News While the HMRC refused to speculate on how the criminals got hold of users' passwords, phishing and keylogging viruses are potential avenues for the scammers. It's not the first time the HMRC has been targeted by the... [06 Aug 2009]
Twitter's malware filter has 'disappointing results', say security experts
News The site, he noted, has been "attacked in many ways" including spam, worms such as Mikeyy and phishing, he noted. Danchev pointed to how a MySpace phishing page used in a tweet triggered the security... [04 Aug 2009]
Web security warnings being ignored - even by the most tech-savvy
News A domain mismatch, where the URL displayed does not match the URL of the destination site, indicates the user may be the victim of a phishing attack. To spoof a phishing site, the researchers removed... [28 Jul 2009]
Getting a tax refund? Don't be too sure
News According to HMRC, "criminal gangs" are behind a phishing scam currently doing the rounds which promises recipients they are due a tax refund. Incidents of the phishing email, which typically starts... [23 Jul 2009]
Microsoft takes aim at alleged IM spammers and phishers
News Microsoft is bringing out the big guns to combat instant message spam - known as spim - and phishing attacks done to users of its Live Messenger network. In the suit, Microsoft cites a multitude of attacks including IMs... [17 Jul 2009]
