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InternetNews August 18, 2010 |
Facebook Kit Makes Hacking Logins Easy Security software vendor BitDefender says it's found a new malware kit that lets hackers easily access logins and passwords for Facebook and other unsecured credentials. |
InternetNews July 13, 2010 |
New Malware Scam Picks On eBay Fans Hackers know where people like to go online and what brands the average Internet user responds to when they conceive their illicit plots. This time around, it's eBay users they've targeted. |
InternetNews October 6, 2010 |
Zeus Phishing Scam Targets iTunes Users In a scam likely stemming from Eastern Europe, hackers are targeting visitors to Apple's iTunes music store with an unsolicited email directing them to sites carrying the Zeus Trojan malware. |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Hackers Use Facebook Mania to Spread Malware Facebook is a magnet for security threats and hackers are capitalizing on users' addiction to the social networking site to do even more damage. |
InternetNews June 11, 2010 |
Symantec Warns of Latest World Cup Malware Researchers at software-security firm detect a two-pronged malware attack targeting executives at major Brazilian firms, using the World Cup as a lure. |
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Flood of Fake Western Union E-mails Hide Trojan An influx of malware-laden spam, which started two weeks ago, continues today as hackers seek credit card and banking information. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events. |
InternetNews October 29, 2009 |
Two-Headed Trojan Targets Online Banks New Trojan uses "two-pronged payload" to swipe log-in information, steal electronic funds. |
InternetNews September 27, 2010 |
LinkedIn Users Hit by Spam Attack Malware designed to capture user's personal information on the popular professional network, LinkedIn. |
InternetNews July 22, 2010 |
Shortened URLs Are Spam Magnets: Gartner Abbreviated URLs are standard operating procedure on Twitter and everyone loves Twitter. So it's no surprise hackers are embedding malware in shortened URLs to evade security apps. |
InternetNews April 20, 2010 |
Targeted, DIY Malware Here to Stay: Symantec Symantec's latest threat report provides plenty of disconcerting news for IT managers charged with safeguarding critical enterprise data. |
PC Magazine March 7, 2008 Larry Seltzer |
ID Theft: The Next Level The new virus Trojan.Silentbanker regularly patrols the Internet for banking sites it can manipulate. |
InternetNews June 4, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world. |
InternetNews September 30, 2010 |
FBI Busts International Cybercrime Syndicate After a year-long investigation, the FBI and local law enforcement charges 37 hackers with using Zeus Trojan to steal more than $3 million from U.S. banks. |
InternetNews March 18, 2010 |
Facebook Users Targeted in E-mail Scheme Security research McAfee warns that bogus messages instructing Facebook members to reset their login information could reach tens of millions of users. |
InternetNews December 29, 2009 |
Security 2010: What Threats May Come Dawn of a new decade promises a new wave of cybersecurity challenges. |
InternetNews February 18, 2010 |
Kneber Botnet Pierces 2,500 Organizations So-called 'Kneber' botnet collects log-in credentials to online financial systems, social networking sites and e-mail systems to break into accounts and steal corporate and government data at an astonishing pace. |
InternetNews May 7, 2010 Larry Barrett |
Messenger Worm Preys On Users' Trust Hackers took advantage of a security gap in Yahoo Messenger and a bevy of Windows operating systems to spread malware through the instant messaging client. |
InternetNews March 25, 2010 |
Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries. |
InternetNews January 19, 2011 |
Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks. |
InternetNews September 23, 2009 |
Do Not Pass Go: Malware Taps Phony 'Monopoly' Unsolicited invitation to play an online version of the popular board game can turn your computer into a spam-spewing zombie. |
InternetNews May 14, 2010 |
Facebook's Become a Phisher's Playground Facebook has plenty of security problems of its own making to resolve and, in the interim, professional cyber-thieves are exploiting other vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews November 15, 2010 |
Malicious Spam Surges in 3Q: Report Kaspersky Lab report finds the volume of malicious spam soared in the third quarter, keeping security software firms and consumers on high alert. |
InternetNews January 10, 2011 |
PayPal Fends Off Latest Phishing Campaign An unsolicited email attempts to con users into returning a form with their PayPal account login and password information. |
InternetNews April 21, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Symantec Warns: Mac Botnet Could Strike Again Symantec, the company that discovered the first Macintosh worm in 1998, announced the discovery of the first Macintosh botnet. |
InternetNews April 2, 2010 |
Report Tracks the Latest Trends in Cybercrime Sophisticated campaign tracking and dramatically increased use of social networking technologies were two of the top trends in cybercrime in 2009. |
InternetNews November 8, 2010 |
Spam Surges 28 Percent in October: AppRiver Hundreds of millions of spam emails were distributed every day in October and most of them originated in the United States. |
Bank Technology News November 2007 |
Vendors Roll Out Mobile Security Just as the hype around mobile banking has reached a crescendo, the security vendors announce the release of their consumer products designed to thwart viruses and malware on mobile devices. |
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Next-Gen Bank Trojans Are Upon Us Regardless of how much damage they may have done in the past, a new generation of banking Trojans is beginning to appear, and they're game for even more pilfering, according to at least one security researcher. |
InternetNews August 2, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Firefox Is Doing So Well It's Now A Malware Target Mozilla has seen its first serious malware exploit. |
InternetNews August 27, 2010 |
Latest Malware Trap: Bogus Celebrity Deaths After mastering the art of rigging search engine results to spread malware when breaking news and celebrity gossip is trending hot, hackers have decided to just cut out the middleman. |
InternetNews August 11, 2010 |
Malware Scams Hit New Peak in First Half Security software vendor McAfee says the number of new pieces of malware circulating on the Internet reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year. |
InternetNews September 25, 2009 |
Twitter URLs Again Under Siege by Hackers Hackers are taking advantage of the popular microblogging site's limitations to spread malware. |
InternetNews November 17, 2010 |
12 Online Scams to Avoid This Holiday Season Security software vendor McAfee has put together a list of a dozen online security threats to consumers looking to spread a little holiday cheer this season. |
InternetNews November 22, 2010 |
Spam Scam Targets Miley Cyrus Fans With Miley Cyrus' 18th birthday near, malware mavens are laying the traps for fans who might be willing to click on stray links to find videos. |
InternetNews April 28, 2010 |
Hackers Drawn to Cheap, Simplistic Malware Kits Latest security vendor study finds that do-it-yourself malware kits are popping up everywhere online and bringing even more amateur hackers into the fold. |
InternetNews June 2, 2010 |
Facebook Users Fend Off 'Likejacking' Attacks Hackers looking to take over Web sessions via Facebook are hiding malware under click-inducing, socially engineered links. |
InternetNews June 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Trojan Spreads in Michael Jackson Spotlight British anti-virus firm Sophos says hackers are slamming computers around the world with a Trojan virus by sending e-mails claiming Michael Jackson has tried to kill himself. |
InternetNews May 24, 2010 |
Racy Malware Tags Facebook Accounts For the second time in as many weeks, Facebook users are being tricked into downloading adware disguised as a video of attractive young women in bikinis. |
InternetNews August 13, 2010 |
Malware Discovered on Another Red Cross Website The Red Cross of Serbia was targeted by hackers who injected malicious JavaScript files onto several of the organization's web pages. |
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft Clamps Down on Excel Zero-Day Attack Microsoft is taking steps to protect customers from attacks through a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Excel discovered earlier this week. |
InternetNews October 28, 2010 |
Google Details Fight Against Malware At the SecTOR security conference in Toronto, researcher with the search giant describes Google's efforts to seek out and block malware to protect users online. |
InternetNews October 27, 2010 |
Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information. |
InternetNews December 3, 2010 |
Phony Holiday Tweets Hide Malware Shortened URLs posted on Twitter may not lead to the holiday-themed sites listed. |
Bank Systems & Technology September 30, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
At Least One Part of the Economy is Growing: Cybercrime Several studies are showing growth in new techniques designed to trick users and even anti-virus programs to gain access to personal data. |
InternetNews May 19, 2010 |
'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware. |
InternetNews November 17, 2010 |
Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones. |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study New strains of malware are popping up at an unprecedented rate but, fortunately, most of these variants are stamped out within the first 24 hours. |
InternetNews September 30, 2010 |
'Here You Have' Worm Takes Toll In September The new version of an old malware trick was the single largest security threat to enterprise IT departments last month. |
InternetNews January 29, 2010 |
Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site. |