phishing
Scam hits more e-mail accounts
The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought.
U.K. Account Takeover Attacks Increased 207 Percent Last Year, Report Says
Online banking fraud increases 132 percent as cybercriminals shift tactics.
Scammers gain access to Downeast Energy's cash, clients
Apple iPhone OS 3.1 Phishing Protection Falling Short, Researchers Say
Security pros say the Apple iPhone OS 3.1's anti-phishing feature falls short, failing to block sites blocked by the desktop version of the Safari browser.
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Phishing Attacks on the Wane
Phishing attacks have fallen out of favor among cyber crooks who make a living stealing personal and financial information, according to a report released this week by IBM.
Phishing apps found on Facebook
A new round of rogue Facebook applications sends notifications that lead users to phishing sites, according to researchers at Trend Micro.
White House Makes Security Changes to Web Site Following Complaints Over E-Mails
The White House on Monday implemented several new changes to its Web site, apparently aimed at reducing the number of people who receive unsolicited e-mails from the administration and at battling charges that it's collecting personal information on critics.
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More Firefox Updates for More Critical Vulnerabilities
Two days after disclosing two vulnerabilities that had been fixed in Firefox 3.5 (which had been released weeks before), Mozilla has disclosed 4 more vulnerabilities, 2 of them critical, and released new versions of Firefox to address them.
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North Carolina Phishing Alarm
North Carolina State University was recently hit with a university-wide phishing email claiming to be from the university's Help Desk. The email read "Mandatory Security Update: July 2009". An embedded link was included to lure users to a website looking exactly like the NC email authentication page.
