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Phishing for iPhone Victims
Written on 12 Feb, 2010 at 13:11 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 321 views times | 1 Comment
Scammers are employing a new phishing attack targeting iPhone users. The attacks impersonate Apple.com and attempt to gather sensitive information from unsuspecting iPhone users and could be used for a variety of scams. The emails generally highlight a ‘Free 1 Year... (Continue reading)
Company Sues Bank Following Successful Phishing Attack
Written on 10 Feb, 2010 at 15:05 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 628 views times | 1 Comment
Experi-Metal Inc., a metal supply company, is suing Comerica Bank, claiming that the bank opened its customers up to be victims of phishing attacks, according to a post on krebsonsecurity.com. The lawsuit alleges the Comerica Bank routinely sent email messages... (Continue reading)
Easy to Use Cyber Crime Kits Aid Growth of Phishing Attacks
Written on 20 Jan, 2010 at 13:41 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 219 views times | 0 Comments
The proliferation of ‘do-it-yourself’ kits has extended into cyber crime, according to an article on USAToday.com. The number of phishing attacks in recent years has risen and security researchers claim that the availability of do-it-yourself cyber crime kits are feeding... (Continue reading)
Good Cyber Hygiene for Cyber Monday
Written on 30 Nov, 2009 at 13:22 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 278 views times | 1 Comment
The business community has termed today, ‘Cyber Monday,’ as a number of sales have now gone online. While more people are using the internet to purchase gifts during the holiday season, they would do well to keep in mind some... (Continue reading)
ICANN Internationalized: Potential Security Problems
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 15:58 in Featured Stories | viewed 142 views times | 0 Comments
Late in October, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the use of non-Latin characters in web domain addresses. This move was widely hailed throughout the world, but may have an unforeseen cost. The Information Systems Audit and... (Continue reading)
One Group Responsible for 25 Percent of Phishing Attacks
Written on 26 Oct, 2009 at 9:10 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 142 views times | 0 Comments
According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, one gang of cyber criminals is responsible for 25 percent of the phishing attacks in the first half of 2009. The gang, called Avalanche, attack online services, job listing pages and financial institutions. Avalanche began... (Continue reading)
Nigeria Cracks Down on Cyber Crime
Written on 23 Oct, 2009 at 12:38 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 235 views times | 0 Comments
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, reported that 800 fraud emailers have been deactivated. Additionally, members of 18 cyber crime syndicates have been arrested. The EFCC has been working with Microsoft to help track down the cyber criminals.... (Continue reading)
McAfee Joins Cyber Education Effort
Written on 12 Oct, 2009 at 8:25 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 124 views times | 0 Comments
As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, McAfee, Inc. has outlined its support for the program sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance. To demonstrate its support for the education initiative, McAfee plans to conduct a number of educational... (Continue reading)
“Cyber Arms Race” Nets Close to 100
Written on 8 Oct, 2009 at 8:43 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 450 views times | 2 Comments
The FBI has made a major bust in Operation Phish Phry, an operation to bring down one of the largest phishing cases in history. The operation netted over 50 in the US and close to 50 individuals in Egypt and... (Continue reading)
Scam Compromises Email Accounts
Written on 7 Oct, 2009 at 11:38 in Featured Stories | viewed 432 views times | 1 Comment
The other day, Microsoft confirmed that a number of Hotmail account login information was compromised and posted online. It now appears that the breach is significantly wider, extending to Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink and Comcast email accounts. Over 30,000 accounts have... (Continue reading)
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