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Beward of Fake Email Facebook Warns
Published on 19 Mar, 2010 at 10:16 in Cloud | Viewed 639 times | No Comments
Social networking giant Facebook has issued a warning to users regarding a new scam that tricks users into downloading a Trojan onto their computers. The Trojan enables the cyber criminal to steal a user’s password for the social networking site.
Once that occurs, the cyber criminal is able to use the compromised account to launch spam attacks against other users. Also, the criminal can steal login credentials for other websites,…
Russian Attack Botnet Now Used for Domestic Financial Crimes
Published on 8 Mar, 2010 at 7:57 in Cloud | Viewed 521 times | No Comments
Russian botnets are commonly used by cyber criminals to target victims in predominately Western nations, such as the U.S., Germany, France and UK. However, Joe Stewart, a researcher with SecureWorks, has found that a Russian botnet is now being used to target domestic financial institutions using a plug-in that does not require the hacker to write new source code.
The botnet, termed BlackEnergy 2 by Stewart, was used…
