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The College of the Holy Cross reported the data breach to the Attorney General's Office after 7 of their employees have been discovered to give in to the demands sent by a cybercriminal in a phishing campaign.
It seems as in September 2011, an HR staff member received an email that appeared to come from the &ld... |
21 October 2011
03:33 GMT |
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Google AdWords is again being used in a cleverly designed phishing expedition that's set out to get your log-in information.
According to GFI Labs, an email pops up in the inbox of the victim alerting that the Google service stopped running the account.
“We have encountered a number of issues when re... |
13 October 2011
03:34 GMT |
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The recently released IBM X-Force mid-year threat report revealed a lot of interesting things about threats, security breaches, phishing and targeted network attacks.So what do the graphs and numbers exactly reveal?It seems as the number of SQL injection attacks has witnessed an upward trend in the first part of 2011... |
29 September 2011
06:05 GMT |
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The Twitter account belonging to Bank of Melbourne was taken over by a cybercriminal with the purpose of spreading phishing links to their followers.
Social media accounts seem to have become primary targets for many hackers, as they keep taking over official ones in the attempt to infect the computers of those wh... |
20 September 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Internet users are becoming more aware of the dangers lurking behind the screens of their computer and that's why phishers are turning up the notch with new methods of luring unsuspecting people into their nets.The latest “phishing expedition” was observed by Symantec and described in detail on their... |
6 September 2011
03:44 GMT |
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A new hoax is circulating across the internet, this time the victims being unknowing college students who require a loan in order to start a new year at the university.According to Sophos, students receive an email from Directgov UK, in which they are told that a problem has emerged regarding their student loan.The ... |
5 September 2011
05:25 GMT |
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Apple's upcoming cloud service, iCloud, which will allow users to sync and store their media files, email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists and other data between devices, is being used as lure in a new phishing attack.According to Sophos, the rogue emails bear a subject of "Welcome to iCLOUD" ... |
29 August 2011
10:29 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new Twitter phishing attack luring users with a rogue application that promises to show them who are their stalkers on the site.The spam messages posted from already compromised accounts read: "Twitter finally released an app that tracks your 'Stalkers' get it here [link]"Clic... |
12 August 2011
11:56 GMT |
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Security researchers have demonstrated a new attack method against Android users which is hard to detect because it abuses legit functionality.The attack leverages a feature which allows applications to steal the focus. For example, imagine using the browser and suddenly a Facebook login screen appearing.However, ins... |
8 August 2011
09:52 GMT |
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A new crimeware tool distributed on the underground market enables cyber criminals to steal from fellow phishers while becoming theft victims themselves.Called 666Auto-Whaler, the toolkit is capable of scraping phishing sites for stolen user accounts. The attacker needs only to provide the application with a phishing... |
28 July 2011
12:20 GMT |
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Security researchers from Belgian email security company MX Lab warn of a new email phishing campaign that targets Google AdWords customers.Fake emails intercepted by the company pose as official notifications from the Google AdWords service and bear a subject of "Account has stopped running this morning."The contain... |
26 July 2011
12:48 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the untimely death of English singer Amy Winehouse is not only exploited by scammers, but also malware pushers.The 27-year-old Grammy award winning singer was found dead in her house in London last Saturday. The news spread on the Internet like wildfire prompting cyber criminals to expl... |
26 July 2011
12:32 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that frequent flyers are increasingly targeted in phishing attacks and that accumulated air miles have become a currency on underground markets.According to Kaspersky Lab expert Fabio Assolini, multiple phishing attacks targeting airline fidelity programs have been spotted in Brazil recently... |
25 July 2011
09:30 GMT |
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Security researchers from cloud security provider Zscaler have detected a phishing attack that used DNS cache poisoning to direct victims to a spoofed banking website.The unusual attack was detected in Brazil and targeted customers of Banco Santander Brasil, one of the largest banks in the country.According to Zscale... |
19 July 2011
10:17 GMT |
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Three members of an international phishing organization were sentenced to a total of thirteen and a half years in prison on Friday at Snaresbrook Crown Court in UK.Ayodeji John Kareem, 38, Vincent Alonge, 31, and Babatunde Fafore, 41, were arrested together with four other individuals last August following an investi... |
12 July 2011
10:38 GMT |
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Security researchers from Symantec have spotted phishing attacks that target mobile users and make use fake WAP pages for popular services.Mobile phishing is not very widespread at the moment, but the number of attacks continues to grow due to the increased popularity of smartphones.Many companies offer a version of ... |
7 July 2011
10:38 GMT |
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Security researchers have come across a very well executed phishing attack in which the rogue form is displayed through a Facebook app iframe.
Since February, Facebook allows developers to load third-party content into app pages through iframes, a feature that has been criticized by security researchers because it... |
2 July 2011
06:17 GMT |
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Google made some changes to the way Gmail displays the origin of emails in order to help users determine if they are dealing with fake messages.Up until now, when opening an email message, Gmail used to show the name of the sender followed by their email address, if they weren't already in the user's contac... |
29 June 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Security researchers warn about new phishing attacks targeting Tumblr users that have already compromised thousands of accounts.Users are lured with messages promising them adult content, however, when they click on the advertised links, they are redirected to fake Tumblr login pages that read "This page contains adu... |
28 June 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Romanian authorities have arrested nine individuals believed to be part of a phishing gang that used hacked accounts to make bids on fake online auctions. Prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) raided 26 residences in Bucharest and three different counties.... |
23 June 2011
13:16 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that phishers are increasingly abusing the free PasteHTML.com service in order to create and host phishing pages.As the name suggest, PasteHTML is a service which allows users to easily create plain HTML pages and share them with others.Users only need to paste the HTML content in a text box... |
16 June 2011
13:39 GMT |
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Google has been poking the dragon, so to speak, lately, going against China, accusing it more or less directly of hacking its infrastructure and attacking the company as well as other US companies and even government sites. While Google hasn't gone all out accusing the Chinese government of attacks, it's co... |
6 June 2011
09:50 GMT |
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A fraudulent email is doing the rounds purporting to show the next generation 'iPhone 5GS', while also containing a download link for a Windows executable file that is believed to contain malware.Showcasing a surreal 'iPhone 5GS' with a translucent body and a large display, the phishing email feat... |
23 May 2011
14:11 GMT |
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The German Ministry of Finance has swapped images loaded by phishing pages directly from its website with ones alerting users of the scams.The loading of images or even code directly from impersonated websites is common in phishing scams that use local HTML documents instead of remotely hosted pages.The number of phi... |
12 May 2011
12:01 GMT |
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There’s no safe haven for consumers to shield them from cybercriminals, not even social networks. In fact, Microsoft reveals that with online attacks increasingly targeting consumers, it has recorded a significant rise in social networking phishing, adware and rogue security software. The Redmond company just ... |
12 May 2011
11:45 GMT |
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Security vendors warn that spam campaigns trying to exploit people's interest into Mother's Day are currently making the rounds and can lead to all sorts of problems.The upcoming holiday is focused on showing appreciation for mothers and it is customary to do this by giving them flowers, gifts and greeting ... |
4 May 2011
12:29 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a malicious component distributed by an IM worm cripples antivirus systems and blocks access to many security-related websites.The attack begins with malicious links spammed on Windows Live Messenger leading users to rogue pages distributing the trojan dropper.According to BitDefender&#... |
15 April 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Security researchers from Belgian email security provider MX Lab warn about a new wave of HMRC tax refund phishing emails that is currently hitting people's email inboxes.The rogue emails have forged headers to appear as originating from a srvcs@hmrc.gov.uk address and bear a subject of "Please Submit Your Payme... |
1 April 2011
04:58 GMT |
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The FBI announces that five more phishers arrested as part of Operation "Phish Phry" were convicted last week for their roles in an international phishing network dismantled in 2009.The latest convictions of Nichole Michelle Merzi, 25, of Oceanside; Anthony Donnel Fuller, 22, of Corona; Me Arlene Settle, 22, of Garde... |
29 March 2011
03:07 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that phishers are becoming more focused in their attacks and have begun targeting regional credit unions.Traditionally phishers have targeted large financial institutions or services in an attempt to reach the highest possible number of potential victims.This is because the success rate of p... |
12 March 2011
03:51 GMT |
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The Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers to be wary of scam emails that pose as official communications from the agency, as the tax filing deadline of April 18th draws near."Crooks send out unsolicited e-mails or shoot you an IM or something through Twitter asking you to send them your personal information, maybe... |
10 March 2011
02:19 GMT |
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) warns that cybercriminals are using a tax refund phishing campaign to push a variant of the notorious ZeuS banking trojan.Like in most phishing attacks of this sort, the fake emails purport to come from the taxation agency, in this case ATO, and tell recipients they are eligible t... |
28 February 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new wave of phishing emails targeting customers of Australian telecommunications giant Telstra and its Internet subsidiary BigPond.The emails claim that billing information on the recipients' accounts is out of date and advises them to update it using the included link.This is a co... |
28 February 2011
01:24 GMT |
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A new mass phishing attack targeting Swiss credit card owners was seen using pages signed with a fake and expired SSL certificate.According to security researchers from Symantec, the attackers used a large number of domains pointing to the same IP address and server.The phishing page was signed with a certificate tha... |
26 February 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Phishers are targeting university students with emails that pose as notifications from the system administrator claiming their .edu email accounts have exceeded the allowed storage quota.According to researchers from M86 Security, as unusual as this lure is, it has been timed to coincide with students returning to sc... |
24 February 2011
05:19 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that a new wave of PayPal phishing emails are hitting people's inboxes in an attempt to trick them into exposing their login credentials.The emails bear a subject of "Please confirm your identity" and have forged headers to appear as originating from PayPal.However, it appea... |
24 February 2011
01:14 GMT |
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German antivirus vendor Avira warns that the number of phishing attacks is again on the rise after a significant decline in December."While the numbers for Phishing in December were almost all red, showing a dramatic drop for the .org (-151%), .com(-76%) and .net(-24%) domains, we now have seen the exact opposite dev... |
23 February 2011
05:04 GMT |
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The United States spam levels have begun recovering in January which pushed the country back into the list of top 20 spam sources after two months of absence.According to data from Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab, the overall amount of spam slightly increased last month by 0.5 percentage points and averaged 77.... |
22 February 2011
04:55 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn of a phishing campaign targeting users of Bidorbuy, the largest South African Internet auction website.The rogue emails purport to come from a hello@bidorbuy.co.za address and bear a subject of "Attention! Your BidorBuy account was stolen!"This is a classic phishing attack where ... |
21 February 2011
10:58 GMT |
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Researchers from security vendor M86 Security have identified a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RapidShare.com website which allowed attackers to potentially scam users.RapidShare is one of the largest file hosting providers on the Internet and with hundreds of millions of monthly visitors it ... |
21 February 2011
05:21 GMT |
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Security researchers from F-Secure warn of a phishing scam targeting Facebook users and propagating through chat messages and wall posts.The phishing URLs advertised are of the form http://apps.facebook.com/[name] and trick the recipients into thinking they are being sent to a Facebook app.Instead they will immediate... |
18 February 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that Steam users are being targeted in a new phishing attack which produces fake emails threatening them with account suspension.The emails bear a subject of "Warning! Your steam account will be suspended?" and have a forged "From" field to appear as if they originate from suppor... |
17 February 2011
11:58 GMT |
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A new phishing attack targeting Bank of America customers spreads a trojan that opens a local spoofed page asking for personal and banking details.The attack, analyzed by security researchers from Sophos, generates email purporting to come from Bank of America and urging users to verify their billing information.Unli... |
2 February 2011
10:06 GMT |
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Security researchers from Avira have spotted an email PayPal phishing attack currently hitting people's inboxes which has both an English and a French version."We don’t see a phishing attack executed simultaneously in two languages every day," says Sorin Mustaca, data security expert at Avira.Mr. Mustaca p... |
1 February 2011
13:48 GMT |
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Security researchers from GFI Software warn that BT customers are currently targeted by phishers in attacks spoofing the company's website and trying to steal their financial details.The researchers only analyzed the phishing page, which mimics the BT customer login site and takes users to a fake form to update ... |
1 February 2011
11:08 GMT |
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Phishers have begun spoofing Facebook Security within rogue private messages in order to trick users into exposing their login credentials.The Facebook Secuity page is used by the social networking site to issue important security-related announcements and advices to users. It has over 3.7 million fans.Giving its pop... |
1 February 2011
08:57 GMT |
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PayPal and Facebook were the most spoofed websites in phishing attacks during 2010 according to statistics from OpenDNS' PhishTank system.In its annual report for 2010 [pdf], OpenDNS, a provider of DNS, Web content filtering and anti-phishing services, revealed that PayPal remains the most attractive target for ... |
26 January 2011
05:46 GMT |
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Researchers from email security vendor AppRiver warn about a phishing campaign that targets merchant accounts from a payment processing vendor called First Data.It the pool of phishing attacks targeting online banking accounts, credit card information, personal details and other online accounts, scams aiming at merch... |
25 January 2011
14:07 GMT |
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Security researchers from Symantec warn that scammers have started taking advantage of the floods that hit several countries recently and this trend is only expected to increase.In recent weeks, serious floods have affected regions of Australia, Brazil and the Philippines, and, unfortunately, these natural disasters ... |
21 January 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Security researchers from security vendor AppRiver warn about phishing emails purporting to be part of an opinion poll from McDonald's.The rogue emails bear a subject of "Survey" and have spoofed headers to appear as if they originate from a consult@McDonalds.com address.The message contained within suggests the... |
21 January 2011
08:16 GMT |
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