February 2nd, 2011 → 6:55 am @ John P Mello Jr
Reacting to growing criticism that pollution of its search results with spam has increased alarmingly in recent times, Google has modified its search algorithm to keep spammers at bay.
The changes began taking effect at the end of January. A targeted approach is being used by the company, according to the leader of Google’s web spam [...]
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Google reacts to search spam critics
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January 27th, 2011 → 7:43 am @ John P Mello Jr
Subscribers to the Trapster service may be able to avoid speed traps while driving their cars but they may not be able to avoid spammers when operating their computers. That’s because some 10 million users of the service may have had their email addresses compromised.
In a letter sent to its users last Thursday, the service [...]
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Have 10 million Trapster users been exposed to spammers?
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January 20th, 2011 → 7:10 am @ John P Mello Jr
Phishing finished third behind credit/debit card and check fraud as the type of fraud experienced by financial institutions in 2010. Asked what kind of fraud they experienced in 2010, 82 percent identified credit/debit scams, 63 percent acknowledged check dodges and 48 percent named phishing, according to a survey conducted by the Information Security Media Group.
“It’s [...]
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January 17th, 2011 → 9:00 am @ John P Mello Jr
As all spam fighters know, the enemy’s prime vehicle for choking the Internet with junk mail is the botnet. Those networks of hijacked personal computers are used for a variety of mischief. Not only do they pump out spam, but their computer clients steal confidential information, propagate malware and deny access to Internet services.
Over the [...]
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Want to really study botnets? Build your own
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January 5th, 2011 → 2:20 am @ John P Mello Jr
Despite denials from Google, a security researcher continues to assert that the Search King’s reCAPTCHA system for protecting Web sites from spammers can be successfully exploited by Internet junk mail panderers.
Researcher Jonathan Wilkins published a paper recently that included an analysis of reCAPTCHA’s security. In automated attacks he conducted against the system, he reported he [...]
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December 21st, 2010 → 7:34 am @ John P Mello Jr
Spammers must have been licking their lips after hearing about the recent data breaches at Gawker, McDonalds and Walgreen. They can’t wait for the millions of email addresses–as well as account passwords, usernames and cell phone numbers–filched by hackers to make it into their hands. Fortunately, more sensitive data, such as Social Security, bank account [...]
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Email addresses filched from Gawker, McDonald’s, Walgreen
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December 21st, 2010 → 7:34 am @ John P Mello Jr
Spammers must have been licking their lips after hearing about the recent data breaches at Gawker, McDonalds and Walgreen. They can’t wait for the millions of email addresses–as well as account passwords, usernames and cell phone numbers–filched by hackers to make it into their hands. Fortunately, more sensitive data, such as Social Security, bank account [...]
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Email addresses filched from Gawker, McDonald’s, Walgreen
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December 16th, 2010 → 8:13 am @ John P Mello Jr
White Hat reaction times to phishing campaigns have vastly improved over time, but they may not be improving fast enough.
A recent study by anti-phishing plug-in maker Trusteer shows that 50 percent of all the information harvested in a phishing campaign is harvested within an hour of its malicious mails hitting its guppies email boxes. Since [...]
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December 9th, 2010 → 2:21 am @ John P Mello Jr
If you’re looking for a free and fun way to train people in your organization about avoiding phishing attacks, you might want to point them at the Phishing Game.
The game was developed by PhishMe, a maker of security training software, and is being offered as a public service to consumers shopping on the Internet for [...]
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December 2nd, 2010 → 4:54 am @ John P Mello Jr
A spear phishing campaign directed at email service providers could have far reaching consequences, including increased attacks on online shoppers.
The attacks are organized, deliberate, destructive and clearly aimed at grabbing access to industrial-grade email deployment systems. The potential consequences of the mailing lists of major email service providers being compromised at this time of year [...]
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Spear phishing campaign could have “unimaginable” consequences
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