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News Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to security firm McAfee. [28 Aug 2008]
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Comment I don't want to fund an expensive leaflet drop telling businesses and consumers how to avoid phishing scams. Small businesses and web start-ups will simply not be able to afford proposed costs, giving... [20 Mar 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News Hartman said that with online scams worth billions of dollars and growth of state-sponsored hacking of corporate and national infrastructure, the need for specialised units has never been greater. A former US... [14 Feb 2008]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News Oddly enough, Storm isn't doing much, so far, except gathering strength," he wrote, adding that: "Aside from continuing to infect other Windows machines and attacking particular sites that are attacking it Storm has only been implicated... [17 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Barrett added: "The good news is that just two per cent of people in the UK have fallen for these scams. Good news for all would-be cyber criminals: nearly half the people in the UK don't know what a... [22 Jun 2007]
Phishing hole found in IE 7, says developer
News Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cyber crooks launch phishing scams. An attacker can use an error message displayed by the latest Microsoft... [15 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07
Round-Up Hundreds of 419 scams merrily dance past Microsoft's lame-duck filtering each and every day, accompanied by Korean spam, offers of miracle 'enhancements' (ahem), pump-and-dump stock tips, college diplomas and every other... [09 Mar 2007]
Vista: Security industry ready for retail launch
News In addition, Vista includes parental controls, and IE 7 has a filter to block phishing scams. Aside from the basic protection features, Microsoft has fitted Vista with several more features to thwart... [18 Jan 2007]
Alert over Adobe Acrobat flaw
News XSS attacks put online accounts at risk of hijack and feed information-thieving phishing scams by allowing miscreants to use seemingly trusted links to point to fraudulent websites. A security weakness in the ubiquitous... [04 Jan 2007]
Google search apps packing 'phishing flaw'
News Phishing scams typically use spam email with a link to a fraudulent website. The vulnerability provides cyber crooks with a hook for phishing attacks. A security flaw in Google's search appliances could... [28 Nov 2006]
Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2.0 bug claims
News Another report on the Full Disclosure mailing list suggested there is a flaw in Firefox 2.0 that could be exploited to aid in cyber scams. A day after shipping Firefox 2.0, Mozilla largely rebutted two... [26 Oct 2006]
Microsoft cuts licensings cords on Sender ID
News Sender ID is a caller ID-like system for email meant to help fight spam and related cyber scams such as phishing. Microsoft's Sender ID email authentication technology can now be used without fear of the... [24 Oct 2006]
MySpace targeted by cyber criminals
News And as Amazon and eBay users have been targeted, most notably by phishing scams, so Sunner says it is now the turn of MySpace. Social networking portal MySpace is becoming a major target for cyber... [27 Jul 2006]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News Cheaply available voice over IP numbers and net calling are helping crooks launch new data-thieving scams, a security company has warned. Cyber crooks are also using mobile phones as a way to bait victims. [11 Jul 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Kimmo Kasslin, a researcher at F-Secure Labs, said it is inevitable criminals will start to target casinos as their membership numbers reach the same kind of critical mass that first flagged the likes of eBay and PayPal as targets for... [17 May 2006]
