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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 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 February 2, 2010 |
Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events. |
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 November 10, 2010 |
New Harry Potter Flick Attracts Malware Scams Security experts are warning fans of the Harry Potter series to be on high alert for malware scams praying on their keen interest in the latest movie. |
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 July 20, 2009 |
Microsoft, Sophos: Most Spam Comes From U.S. Where does spam come from? If you guessed the U.S., you'd be right. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Rich Duprey |
We Heart Hannah The pint-sized Disney character Hannah Montana is a money-making machine for the studio. |
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 September 13, 2010 |
Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form. |
InternetNews January 12, 2011 |
U.S. Leads Pack in Spam Traffic in 4Q PCs and mobile devices in the U.S. accounted for nearly one in five spam messages in the fourth quarter, according to security software vendor Sophos. |
InternetNews September 8, 2010 |
Apple Spruces Up Ping Social Net New social network on iTunes attracts more than 1 million users and more than its fair share of spam. |
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 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 April 5, 2010 |
Facebook Scam Takes Aim at Whole Foods Fans Scammers target Facebook fans of Whole Foods Market grocery store, promising a $500 gift card, but they're really out to swipe users' personal information. |
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Fake Microsoft E-Mail Carries Real Malware Security experts are warning of deceptive e-mails that claim that Microsoft Outlook needs an update. |
InternetNews November 29, 2010 |
Malware Authors Hold Users' Data for Ransom A new twist on an old crime is making it possible for online thieves to extort cash from victims who are afraid they'll lose their data and photo files. |
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. |
PC Magazine October 31, 2007 Lance Ulanoff |
Deep-Sixing CAPTCHA The most popular challenge-response system on the Web is officially useless. |
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 February 11, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Hijack Facebook Group of 1.5 Million Facebook site is taken over by get-rich-quick and other familiar spam. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Facebook Seen as Biggest Threat to IT Security New survey from Sophos highlights concerns about using social media sites inside the enterprise. |
InternetNews December 2, 2010 |
Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems. |
InternetNews October 22, 2009 |
Balloon Boy, Windows 7 Latest Malware Draws Spammers, phishers continue to capitalize on popular search subjects to spread their malware. |
InternetNews August 16, 2010 |
Symantec Uncovers Another Sneaky Spam Scam Latest Trojan conceals itself in innocent-looking attachments designed to get you or someone you know to open up the offending file. |
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 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. |
InternetNews January 21, 2011 |
Phishing Scam Preys On McDonald's Customers A new phishing scam targeting McDonald's customers attempts to elicit credit card and other personal information for identity theft. |
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. |
InternetNews April 29, 2010 |
China Slides Out of Spam Top 12 While China is widely regarded as the unofficial headquarters for hacking and digital espionage, the country doesn't even crack Sophos' Top 12 for spam production. |
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 December 29, 2009 |
Security 2010: What Threats May Come Dawn of a new decade promises a new wave of cybersecurity challenges. |
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 October 21, 2010 |
Facebook Sues Alleged Spammers Facebook charges two individuals and a company with engaging in deceptive spam campaigns. |
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 August 4, 2010 |
Spam Looking More Like Legitimate Email With spam levels surging, it's also becoming harder for users to identify it, according to a new survey. |
InternetNews July 1, 2010 |
Malware Leverages 'Twilight: Eclipse' Mania Fans of the 'Twilight' vampire movies had best be careful when searching the Web for movie information. |
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 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 January 19, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Get Ready for Inauguration Spam As Obama prepares to be sworn in, hackers and spammers are gearing up for a field day. |
InternetNews July 21, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Erin Andrews Virus Infects Search, Blogs The taping of the original video was a Peeping Tom crime that criminals are now exploiting to infect PCs. |
InternetNews February 23, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Malware Authors Exploit Facebook App Is a bogus application making the rounds on Facebook just a failed marketing ploy? Or something more dangerous? |
InternetNews July 29, 2009 |
Spam Learns a New Language While spam levels are at their highest levels in years, much of it is the same - just translated for different countries. |
InternetNews November 24, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Links Latest Recipe for Malware CA is warning Internet users searching for the perfect pumpkin pie recipe or turkey-cooking directions to be on high alert for the latest batch of socially engineered malware traps. |
InternetNews November 2, 2010 |
Sophos Serves Up Free Security App for Macs Sophos firm is giving away free anti-malware software for the Mac OS. |
PC Magazine October 16, 2007 Larry Seltzer |
Microsoft on the .Info Block Note to software giant: applying blanket rules isn't good security. |
InternetNews February 2, 2011 |
Rustock, Phishing Scams Boost Spam in January A flurry of new malicious spam campaigns and the return of the Rustock botnet elevated spam activity in latter half of January. |
InternetNews January 20, 2011 |
New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on. |
InternetNews July 27, 2010 |
Microsoft: IE8 Thwarted 1B Malware Downloads With Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft set out to build a more secure Web browser, and 16 months into its launch, the company is touting a major security milestone. |