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Cyber Criminals Utilize Social Networks to Control Bots

Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 11:14 in Cyber Policy | viewed 20 views times | 0 Comments
Cyber Criminals Utilize Social Networks to Control Bots

Researchers at RSA FraudAction Research Lab have recently discovered a banking Trojan being hosted by a public social networking site. Any site which allows users to upload any type of content is vulnerable to the Trojan’s configurations, RSA says. “The Lab... (Continue reading)

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Facebook Message Saying Robbed and Stranded? Don’t Fall For It, Says FBI

Written on 2 Jul, 2010 at 11:35 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 103 views times | 0 Comments

FBI’s cyber-crime complaint center IC3 continues to receive reports of email or social-networking accounts being compromised and used in a social-engineering scam to swindle consumers out of thousands of dollars. Pretending to be the victim, the hacker uses the victim’s account... (Continue reading)

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DoD Releases Policy on Internet Use, Social Media

Written on 1 Mar, 2010 at 8:26 in Cyber Policy | viewed 616 views times | 0 Comments
DoD Releases Policy on Internet Use, Social Media

The Department of Defense has released its new policy on the safe and effective use of Internet technologies, including social networking and other Web 2.0 technology. The outline of the policy is in recognition of the integral role that “Internet-based... (Continue reading)

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Who Develops Malware and Where Does it Come From?

Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 16:41 in Cyber Policy | viewed 601 views times | 0 Comments
Who Develops Malware and Where Does it Come From?

Malware, short for malicious software, seems to be more and more prevalent, assaulting users via social networking sites, email and infected web pages.  However, we rarely touch on where it comes from and who develops it from a business perspective.... (Continue reading)

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Researchers Find Massive Botnet

Written on 18 Feb, 2010 at 14:56 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 344 views times | 0 Comments

Security researchers with NetWitness Corp. have discovered a massive botnet which includes at least 75,000 infected computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies throughout the world. The Kneber botnet has been used by cyber criminals to acquire login credentials for... (Continue reading)

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Social Networking Scammers Utilize Porn

Written on 15 Feb, 2010 at 15:54 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 1,079 views times | 0 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... (Continue reading)

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Infection by Social Networking

Written on 2 Feb, 2010 at 13:16 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 173 views times | 0 Comments

The past year has seen a sharp increase in cyber attacks against social networking users according to a report released by Sophos. Users of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook have experienced a 70 percent increase in spam and... (Continue reading)

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Beware of Social Networking

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 at 12:01 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 287 views times | 0 Comments

The UK Ministry of Defense has experienced the leaking of classified information via social networking sites 16 times in the past 18 months, according to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by F-Secure and Lewis Communications. The majority of computer... (Continue reading)

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What’s In and Out in 2010

Written on 6 Jan, 2010 at 17:02 in Featured Stories | viewed 604 views times | 0 Comments
What's In and Out in 2010

The past year has seen a variety of issues arise throughout the cyber security community. As we look into the New Year, here are our predictions surrounding what will be “in” and what will be “out” in 2010. In Social Networking on... (Continue reading)

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BitDefense Top Security Predictions of 2010

Written on 30 Dec, 2009 at 14:30 in Cyber Policy | viewed 416 views times | 1 Comment
BitDefense Top Security Predictions of 2010

In a study released yesterday, Botnets, malicious applications and social networking malware top the future threats of 2010. In a study released by BitDefender, cyber criminals will be looking to expanding platforms, target multiple operating systems and mobile devices. “2009 saw... (Continue reading)

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