Banks and Top Websites Develop New Spam Fighting Techniques

February 3rd, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

In a new effort to fight spam, major financial firms such as Bank of America, FidelityInvestments, and Paypal are partnering with popular internet fixtures Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to create new industry standards designed to make it more difficult for …

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FBI Declares ‘Gameover’, Link to ZeuS

January 31st, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Malcolm James

Malware developers seem to appreciate a little humor when it comes to naming their schemes. One of the latest email scams to invade inboxes everywhere is no exception, it seems, and the FBI has been quick to let businesses know …

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FBI Declares ‘Gameover’, Link to ZeuS

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January Spam Roundup

January 30th, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Along with a new year, January brought with it a new wave of spam campaigns, most ofthem malicious in nature. Here’s a look at some of the top headlines for the month: Nokia Fined For Spamming Their Customers: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/nokia-fined-in-australia-for-spam-texting-its-own-customers.ars Top 9 Domains …

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Phishing Scam Targets Victims Using Better Business Bureau

January 27th, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Jeff Orloff

This past holiday season showed that spending in brick and mortar stores was significantly off targeted projects. People just weren’t spending as much money in the malls and department stores. However every single study of consumer spending did show that …

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Several New Phishing Campaigns Going Strong

January 26th, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Several new phishing campaigns have been spotted in the wild. The first one is a new incarnation of an old scam. Emails that look like they’ve come from your friends arrive with an urgent message about them being on a trip to …

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Week in Review: You Can’t Spell Twitter Without ‘Twit’

January 25th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Malcolm James

The year’s off to a rousing start, with all sorts of interesting security news this week: Wikipedia led a temporarily successful foray against SOPA and PIPA by joining numerous websites that went dark for a day; the founder of Megaupload …

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Fake LinkedIn Emails Delivering Spam

January 24th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

A new spam campaign is brand jacking popular social networking site LinkedIn to spreadlinks leading to shady domains. The emails, which look like notifications from the site telling the recipient they have a message waiting, contain links that allegedly lead …

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Fake LinkedIn Emails Delivering Spam

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Fake LinkedIn Emails Delivering Spam

January 24th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

A new spam campaign is brand jacking popular social networking site LinkedIn to spreadlinks leading to shady domains. The emails, which look like notifications from the site telling the recipient they have a message waiting, contain links that allegedly lead …

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Zappos Data Breach Could Result in New Phishing Attacks

January 19th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Early Monday morning I received an email from Zappos, the popular online retailer.  Theemail informed me that they had been hacked and my personal info, along with that of 24 million other customers, had been compromised: First, the bad news: …

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Security Vulnerability Found in Facebook and Google – A Spammer’s Paradise

January 18th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

An open redirect vulnerability has been found on both Facebook and Google. This could easily be used to redirect users to a phishing page or a malicious domain. In a phishing attack, users wouldn’t even realize they’d been redirect, they’d just …

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