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Social Networking Scammers Use Porn
Published on 15 Feb, 2010 at 15:54 in Cloud | Viewed 1,124 times | No Comments
Pornography is a favorite medium used by cyber criminals to attract potential victims, with fake pornographic sites collecting data from unsuspecting users and infected sites distributing malware to visitors. Scammers who seek to exploit victims using social networking are now employing this tried and true method as well, according to an article on The Register.
According to the latest security report from Symantec, 92 percent of adult phishing scams,…
Cyber Scammers Beware, the British are Coming
Published on 15 Feb, 2010 at 14:43 in Cyber | Viewed 740 times | No Comments
The British government has launched a counter cyber scam team and plans to invest 4.3 million pounds within the next three years to combat cyber scams. Online scams, usually initiated via email, currently hit 3 million victims in the UK per year for a total loss of 3.5 billion pounds, according to an article on TheRegister.co.uk.
The new team…
