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IE7 linked to possible phishing scam
News Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cybercrooks launch phishing scams, the company said on Wednesday. Phishing attacks are a prevalent internet threat that typically use fraudulent websites and...
[March 15, 2007, 8:33]
Britons fall victim to Internet scams
News Five percent of those surveyed said they had lost money to scams, such as rogue diallers, 419 scams - which claim to offer the recipient the chance to share a large amount of cash, in exchange for their bank details and often a 'handling fee...
[May 3, 2005, 11:45]
iPhone 'winners' become zombies
News Because of the popularity of the iPhone brand, this is the first in what's bound to be a series of scams involving the iPhone," Henry said. This threat is particularly insidious in that scripts within the HTML code returned to the user contain...
[July 2, 2007, 12:30]
Education, not legislation will reduce e-crimes
News Virgo added that there is already plenty of legislation to address many of the crimes committed using computers and the Internet: "The fraud scams come under the fraud laws, the vast bulk of pornography can be dealt with under the obscenity laws...
[December 11, 2003, 16:40]
Phishing costs 'overestimated'
News Many e-commerce experts have warned consumers to be on the watch for fraudulent Web sites and phishing scams this holiday season. For the most part, phishing attacks only succeed with a small number of online users and represent a nuisance -- much...
[December 2, 2004, 7:55]
Identity thieves strike eBay
News While Fraser's credit card number could have been filched anywhere, the fact remains that con artists are using stolen numbers to set up a growing number of increasingly convincing scams intended to part eBay buyers and sellers from their...
[November 22, 2002, 14:45]
Storm botnet 'services' could be sold
News Oddly enough, Storm isn't doing much, so far, except gathering strength," Schneier wrote, adding that: "Aside from continuing to infect other Windows machines and attacking particular sites that are attacking it Storm has only been implicated in...
[October 16, 2007, 15:25]
Protect your domain names!
News To avoid becoming the victim of these types of scams or other common security and connection problems, you should take a quick inventory of the common problems you're likely to encounter: domain ownership issues, domain access issues, and domain...
[July 18, 2002, 10:48]
MasterCard fights back against phishing
News MasterCard, the second largest provider of credit cards in the United States, said it is teaming with NameProtect, a maker of security software, to pursue individuals involved with various forms of Internet scams.
[June 22, 2004, 16:35]
Businesses urged to address VoIP threats
News These future threats include voice spam, where voice messages inundate company networks, and phishing (or vishing) scams which use this voice spam to gain personal information. Spam, phishing and denial of service could all soon be threatening VoIP...
[November 13, 2006, 14:01]
Symantec launches security as a service
News It will offer protection against viruses, spam, spyware and phishing scams, and stop hacker attacks with intrusion prevention technologies and a firewall, Symantec said. Symantec plans to introduce a security product later this year that will take...
[February 2, 2006, 8:15]
Nigeria renews efforts to stop 419 scammers
News The Nigerian government has launched a new crackdown on organised criminals who attempt to con email users with get-rich-quick schemes. According to BBC News Online, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's political leader, announced an inquiry into...
[November 27, 2003, 10:10]
Organised crime behind Sobig - virus expert
Talkback Since this "new" technology is used around the globe, all nations will have to get together & fashion some kind of laws against abuse, scams, spam, viruses & other forms of internet misconduct. Over the next few years, the internet will have to...
[August 24, 2003, 3:13]
Viruses pack triple threat
News PayPal is a common target of phishing scams and has posted advice online to tell customers how to avoid becoming a victim. Customers of eBay, Amazon.com, Microsoft and banks are also popular targets of such scams.
[January 19, 2004, 10:10]
Barclays claims card-reader has eliminated fraud
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among...
[July 18, 2008, 17:04]
