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Scammers Take Advantage of Buzz Around Toy Story 3
Written on 21 Jul, 2010 at 10:17 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 23 views times | 0 Comments
Scammers are notorious for jumping quickly on the latest trends, including the World Cup and iPad launches. They have now turned to using the buzz surrounding Toy Story 3 to lure in unsuspecting victims to bombard them with pop-up software... (Continue reading)
Scareware among Fastest-Growing Online Scams, Says FBI
Written on 9 Jul, 2010 at 14:12 in Cyber Policy | viewed 104 views times | 0 Comments
Pop-ups telling you your computer has been infected with a virus and then insisting on buying a certain anti-virus solution are not only incredibly annoying but they can also masquerade as carriers of malware. Called scareware because they scare consumers into... (Continue reading)
Indonesian Government Hacked over World Cup
Written on 14 Jun, 2010 at 9:25 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 40 views times | 0 Comments
Spammers and other cyber miscreants are already taking advantage of the World Cup, spreading malware and spam featuring World Cup related ads and emails. However, a security researcher at Kaspersky Labs has discovered a new attack, that appears to not... (Continue reading)
World Cup Good for Spammers
Written on 11 Jun, 2010 at 9:28 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 31 views times | 1 Comment
The World Cup begins today and spammers have already joined the party, releasing spam messages that target individuals searching for World Cup information. Presently, the amount of World Cup-related spam is relatively small compared to total spam amounts but it... (Continue reading)
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