Phishing

RSA: Cybercriminals keeping up with banking safeguards

Dan Kaplan April 22, 2009

Threats are becoming more sophisticated, and cybercriminals are getting smarter at evading new authentication controls, according to an RSA Conference panel of security practitioners representing three major financial institutions.
 

McDonalds phish being dished out

Angela Moscaritolo December 02, 2008

A new phishing scheme is masquerading as a McDonald's member satisfaction survey, researchers warned on Monday.
 

Angelina Jolie tops spammers' list of names used to tempt

Joy Persaud August 08, 2008

The most popular bait used by spammers is 'Angelina Jolie' - four times as popular as Barack Obama whose name falls behind in second place.
 

Spam attacks 'quadrupled in just three months'

Joy Persaud August 07, 2008

UK spamming attacks have quadrupled in frequency since the start of 2008, according to an anti-spam software company.
 

As businesses weigh adoption, new iPhone plugs 13 flaws

Dan Kaplan July 14, 2008

The second version of the iPhone, released Friday, includes faster internet, GPS functionality and an application store — as well as 13 security fixes.
 

Online auction site goes to war on spam

Chuck Miller July 11, 2008

Google and eBay have joined forces to protect users from spam and malicious emails by leveraging an authentication technology called DomainKeys.
 

Cybercriminals move with the times

Clement James July 10, 2008

Cybercrooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn.
 

Multiple vendors cooperate to issue DNS design flaw fix

Dan Kaplan July 09, 2008

A massive domain name server (DNS) design vulnerability that could permit cache poisoning - effectively allowing an attacker to direct users to the website of his choosing - is set to be fixed by an unprecedented synchronized series of multivendor patches.
 

Confirmed: London is an ID fraudster's paradise

Richard Thurston May 28, 2008

A nationwide report based on thousands of cases of identity fraud has confirmed that the Capital has a serious ID problem, while some local governments seem to have given up helping residents
 

Sophos signs up execs from two of its rivals

Richard Thurston May 27, 2008

The security company has appointed senior executives from both Trend Micro and Symantec in order to bolster its marketing efforts
 

SonicWALL extends unified threat management line

Richard Thurston May 22, 2008

The security vendor is to offer a UTM appliance to the SME market after it reported sales up nearly a quarter year-on-year
 

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