phishing

The Olympic Scams Medal Winners

Such crafty Olympic-themed scams as our medal winners are going to be rife across the Web this week, so watch…

12 years ago

Black Hat Cringes As Its Users Get Phishing Email

Black Hat USA 2012 conference attendees hit by apparent phishing attack

12 years ago

Two Men Jailed For £1.5m Student Phishing Scams

Two men from Manchester and London sentenced for scams that fleeced students

12 years ago

Google Identifies 9,500 New Malicious Sites Every Day

Google discovers over nine thousand new malicious websites every single day, according to new statistics

12 years ago

Super Security Club Proposed With .secure Domains

A group of super safe websites with the gTLD .secure aims to make the Internet a nicer place to play

13 years ago

Five Disturbingly Simple Ways to Steal Facebook Logins

There are some simple ways to hack Facebook accounts, so users should be wary about what they hand over to…

13 years ago

iTunes, Amazon Fraud Gang Members Jailed

Apple and Amazon lose £1 million, but the crooks are caught and jailed

13 years ago

Met Arrests 14 Over £1m Phishing Scam

PCeU strikes again, taking in 14 people during an investigation into a major phishing operation

13 years ago

Trojan Targets Defence And Government With Fake Conference Emails

To steal sensitive data, attackers targeted defence industry and government officials with fake Trojanised conference invitations

13 years ago

Facebook IPO Exposes Hacking And Spamming Business Risks

Facebook identified hacking and spam as ongoing issues to comply with US regulations on disclosing IPO-related security issues

13 years ago

Google, Microsoft And Others Announce Anti-Phishing Initiative

An alliance between 15 companies is hoping to set a standard to effectively wipe out email phishing

13 years ago

New Christmas Gadgets Targetted By Cyber-Criminals

Got a new computer or Apple product for Christmas? Beware as cyber-criminals have launched phishing and malware campaigns targetting these…

13 years ago

Police Arrest Six Over £1m Phishing Scam

The Metropolitan Police have busted a phishing ring that defrauded students of £1 million

13 years ago

Zeus Thieves Raid Bank Accounts To Rob Jewellers

FBI warns of spear-phishing that Zeus loots victims' bank accounts, stealing jewellery on the way

13 years ago

A Chilling Message For Well-Connected Social Networkers

Websense sees social media identity theft as a growing threat for 2012. Eric Doyle argues that it is a present…

13 years ago

Symantec: Spammers Create Shortened URL Services

Spammers are now using their own publicly available shortened URL services to spread their scams

13 years ago

Check Point Points To Social Engineering Blind Spot

IT needs to become more aware of the dangers posed by social engineering, warns Check Point’s Terry Greer-King

13 years ago

Twin Tower Attack Anniversary Fuels Scams

Attackers are taking advantage of the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Centre attacks to spread scareware

13 years ago

No Room For Trust On The Social Internet

Hackers choose the path of least resistance and manipulating your colleagues is the simplest route to your data, warns Eric…

13 years ago

Content Filtering: Weaving A Safer Web

Content filtering and scanning can help you to enjoy the benefits of the web, while avoiding the pitfalls, says ZyXEL's…

13 years ago

Phishing Scam Harvests Tumblr Passwords

Thousands of users have been compromised by a phishing scam on Tumblr that created fake login pages

13 years ago

IMF Breach May Be Nation-State Phishing Attack

A major attack on the International Monetary Fund appears to have been triggered by a spear phishing attack

13 years ago

Patience And The Art Of Spear Phishing

Like sea anglers, professional phishers hope to make their fortunes by patiently using sprats to catch something bigger, says Eric…

13 years ago

Massive Chinese Phishing Cyber-Attack Targets Gmail

Google has disclosed that a large-scale, spear-phishing attack focused on government officials and activists

13 years ago

Microsoft Warns Of Phishing Rise On Social Networks

Phishing and malware is becoming more and more common on social networking websites, warns Microsoft

14 years ago

Canada Becomes Second-Largest Malware Source

Canada's clean cyber climate appears to be attracting the malware criminals, says Websense

14 years ago

Cyber-Criminals Are Phishing From Free Domains

A survey finds phishing gangs' abuse of free allocations has rocketed an atoll group to be a top country domain

14 years ago

US Nuclear Lab Stops Web Access After Phishing Email

Oak Ridge National Laboratory shut down its Internet and email systems after its network was compromised

14 years ago

Mothercare Emails Exposed By Epsilon Hack

After Marks & Spencer, Mothercare became the second big British retailer hit by Epsilon

14 years ago

M&S Customer Details Exposed In Epsilon Breach

The aftermath of the Epsilon breach is now reaching UK shores, with M&S customer data reportedly exposed

14 years ago