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What Is The Peter Pan Virus And Why Is It A Threat?

Warning sounded about convincing phishing email dubbed the Peter Pan virus, threatening computer users

10 years ago

Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence

Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India

11 years ago

Government To Fix Jobs Website Security After Hackers Post Fake Ads

DWP on the case after fake job ads raise fears of data theft on the government service

12 years ago

FTC And Sopa Swing Scythes At Spyware Scammers

Scammers caught out as the FTC, SOCA and private companies work together

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

iTunes, Amazon Fraud Gang Members Jailed

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

13 years ago

DOJ Claims AT&T Let Nigerian Crooks Abuse Programme For The Deaf

The US Justice Department is suing AT&T fo failing to act against Nigerian crooks abusing a programme for hearing-impaired users

13 years ago

Scammers Demand Piracy Payouts From Megaupload Users

A fake German law firm is demanding compensation from former Megaupload users for alleged copyright infringement

13 years ago

Scammers Sell Fake Smartphone Spying Tool

A new scam claims to sell access to a spying system that lets users monitor other people's smartphones

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

iTunes Malware Kicks Off Christmas Scam Season

An email pretending to offer $50 of credit on the iTunes Store could take over a user's system

13 years ago

Attackers Spread Typosquatting Scams

Scammers are widely using fake domain names that resemble legitimate domains to collect sensitive data

13 years ago

Facebook Hit By Video Calling Scam

Just days after launch, the scammers have started hitting on Facebook’s video callers with a fake application

13 years ago

Survey Reveals Extent of Internet Phone Scam

A new survey has revealed the true impact from the phone fraudsters who warn users their PCs are at risk

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

Users Failing To Warn Friends Of Facebook Scams

Facebook scams are spreading because most users are not warning their friends, according to a new survey

14 years ago

Millions Stolen In PayPal And eBay Web Theft Scam

Students arrested on suspicion of using stolen credit cards and bogus PayPal accounts to sell on eBay

14 years ago

Cold-Calling Cyber-Criminals Tout Fake Antivirus

Scammers are using call centres to push fake antivirus software, pretending to offer free services

14 years ago

Sophos Names US As Top Spam Relayer

A Sophos report has named the United States as the main culprit, relaying nearly a fifth of the world's spam

14 years ago

eBay Phishing Suspect Arrested In Romania

Law enforcement officials said the suspect launched two phishing attacks against eBay in 2009

14 years ago

Black Hat: Massive Russian Cheque Fraud Disclosed

Cyber-criminals are using a complex, innovative scheme to commit widespread check forgery

14 years ago

Support Scam Is Black Eye For Microsoft Partners

A rogue anti-virus scam run from a call centres in India threatens to tarnish the reputation of Microsoft's genuine reseller…

14 years ago

Police Foil Rogue Anti-Virus Scam

Police have closed down an operation that uses cold-calls to trick users into paying £185 for "support" they don't need

14 years ago

RSA Conference Plans To Show Some Real Hustles

A magician and a scam expert join the technical security pros in October's RSA Conference in London

14 years ago

UK Police Join International Anti-Scam Day

Nigerian scam emails are only the "tip of iceberg", law enforcement agencies warn

14 years ago

US Internet Fraud Tops Half A Billion Dollars, Says FBI

A new report from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre found the amount of losses from cyber-crime doubled in 2009, with…

15 years ago

Ringleader Behind eBay Golf Scam Jailed

The ringleader of a UK-based gang, that made millions by selling counterfeit golf clubs, has been jailed for more than…

15 years ago