Two reporters banned from Black Hats conference for hackingAugust 13th, 2008
What should be expected in hackers’ conference? If we put talks about cool tricks and security problems aside, the least you can expect is some action. That’s probably what two French journalists wear seeking for when they virtually stole logins of their colleagues. Ironically, hacking wasn’t allowed in Black Hats conference and curious reporters are going home because they were banned from the event. More on Two reporters banned from Black Hats conference for hacking.
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Microblogging website exploited by Brazilian hackersAugust 7th, 2008
Every popular website is a potential target of scammers, hackers, spammers and all the other bandits of World Wide Web. There’s no surprise that the Twitter, fast growing microblogging website, got hackers attention. They created a scheme to lure Twitter users into downloading malware voluntarily. More on Microblogging website exploited by Brazilian hackers.
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Phishers biting their own baitsJuly 31st, 2008
The most recent trend in phishing society was free phishing kits. Those who thought it could be cool to scam someone could simply download prepared scheme and get to work. However those who got interested in running some kind of phishing strategy ironically become victims of other phishers. More on Phishers biting their own baits.
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Cyber criminals start working fasterJuly 29th, 2008
New vulnerabilities are discovered every day; they are nothing to buzz about. However, when malware creators start using smarter ways to exploit the flaws, vulnerabilities emerge as top threat.
The latest Internet Security Systems X-Force report revealed that the bad guys came up with automatic ways to attack new vulnerabilities. More on Cyber criminals start working faster.
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75 percent of online banking websites are insecureJuly 23rd, 2008
Bank is considered to be safe place; online banking sites are considered to have a strong security as well. But are things always the same as we think they are?
A study in University of Michigan revealed shocking facts: there was at least single design vulnerability in more than 75 percent of online banking websites. And each of those flaws could make customers lose money or even identities. More on 75 percent of online banking websites are insecure.
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Malware rates keep rising upJuly 21st, 2008
We could hope for more secure days of the internet to come, if only security researches forecasted anything positive. Unfortunately, when it comes to safety of the World Wide Web, each computer user is as vulnerable as a fly on spiders net.
ScanSafe Global Threat research reported malware rates were 278 percent higher first half of 2008 in comparison to last year’s data. More on Malware rates keep rising up.
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Switzerland is the most spammed country in a worldJuly 11th, 2008
MessageLabs have just published results of worldwide email research. Those indicated Switzerland as the country that is attacked by spammers the most. In fact, average person in Switzerland receives 10% more spam than average web user from some other country. More on Switzerland is the most spammed country in a world.
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What could happen if you’d replied to every single spam message?July 4th, 2008
Have you ever wondered what could happen if you’d replied to every “Buy V1agra” message, clicked on every link offering weight loss pills or video of Cristina Aguilera naked? Thanks to experiment organized by McAfee, we know what happens.
McAfee recruited 50 volunteers in 10 countries for a job every security expert tells you to avoid at all costs: replying to spam emails and clicking on every shiny pop-up. Every volunteer has been given a new computer for this experiment. More on What could happen if you’d replied to every single spam message?.
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Is your web browser safe?July 2nd, 2008
Large scale survey finds 40 percent of internet users surfing with unsafe web browsers. Researchers from IBM, Google and the Communication Systems Groups combined efforts to find out if computers owners care about safety of their web browsers and the results were not as good as expected.
The study was based on Google logs that recorded names of web browsers used for each search request on Google on time period between January 2007 and June 2008. More on Is your web browser safe?.
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Supervisor of the newest Nigerian scam gets punishedJune 27th, 2008
Although Nigerian scam is one of the most known and most recognized online frauds, there are still people who get into this trap and lose money. But computer users are not the ones to blame – scammers usually make the malicious scheme look so real that even the biggest skeptics fail to resist.
The name “Nigerian scam” usually stands for any online scam that involves cashing fake checks or helping to transfer money from certain country. More on Supervisor of the newest Nigerian scam gets punished.
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