Information Protection and Security

Hackers  are placing ads on websites and browsers to trick users into visiting malicious sites.

Twitter suspended the account of a security researcher after he posted a message to his followers warning them about a threat, according to ZDnet.
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It’s reasonable to believe that cyber threats will increase in the future. Organized cybercrime groups have become skilled at coordinating  networks of infected computers (botnets), and configuring them to gather large stores of stolen data. Meanwhile, scammers have become efficient in turning stolen data into cash. As members of a botnet t

In an analysis of a rogue anti-spyware scam, AVG Technologies noted that just 24 hours after a news event, attackers had already gotten their malicious links into five of the top 10 Google search results. The incident highlights the challenges faced by search engines such as Yahoo, Google and Microsoft Bing.

Be on the lookout for suspicious tweets like these and don't follow links indiscriminately.
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'URLZone' calculates how much money to steal from a victim's account without raising suspicion.

Security researcher Roger Thompson, of AVG Technologies, today said his company in recent days discovered numerous Facebook pages that were clearly created in an automated fashion using malware programs. The pages are being used to spam links pointing to malicious sites. Users who click on the link are prompted to install rogue anti-spyware tools on their systems, he said.

In a Sept. 28 e-mail sent to customers, PayChoice indicated that the hackers had obtained e-mail addresses as well as login IDs and at least parts of passwords for account holders using the OnlineEmployer.com web site.

'URLZone' calculates how much money to steal from a victim's account without raising suspicion.
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