Fortunately for us, we wouldn’t be hearing about this issue if it weren’t for RSA’s Anti-Fraud Command Center’s discovery. When they stumbled into an online forum that is full of fraudsters and scam artists, they learned about this new kit, which allows anyone to develop their own man-in-the-middle attacks. The kit would allow […]

I found this to be interesting, yet a little amusing at the same time. It seems to be that Christmas decreases the levels at which botnet (and their operators) operate. Could it be because these spammers have holiday cheer, or could it be because they forgot to get gifts for others and did […]

It should be obvious that identity thieves and scam artists are going to put in the time when it comes to the Christmas season, since the pickings are so much better. With that in mind, the people behind the Opera browser have jumped into the fight to protect users from phishing scams by offering […]

Talk about something to be concerned about. The group/person/computer/anonymous entity called ‘Rock Phish’ is known for sending out about fifty per cent of all phishing emails on a daily basis. Knowing that fact as well as the large amount of people who are ignorant to phishing scams, could you imagine how many identities […]

This could be a huge identity and security problem for anyone who has incidentally purchased one of these counterfeit products. While Symantec was able to find the producers of the fake counterfeit software, they will probably have a very difficult time trying to find all of the consumers who purchased the software. Since […]

You could take a wild guess what this post is going to be about. If you guessed phishing, then you are right on the money. It is the Christmas season, which means people love going to new e-commerce stores for the best prices and giving away their credit card numbers without a second thought. But […]

I can really see why scammers target MySpace. It’s ridiculously popular, it is constantly growing, and a large amount of people probably know little to nothing about computer protection, internet security, or scams. Because of this, scam artists are capitalizing on the opportunity and using the Quicktime video player as their vector of […]

If MessageLabs states this, then it is probably true. With the ever growing popularity of VoIP, there is no wonder why they will be the primary target of phishers come next year.
Deadly days are in store for VoIP as the hackers are coming up with most advanced programs to disrupt the IP-based services […]

Identity theft is a massively growing threat that seems to affect more people every day. One of the prime resources scam artists use once they acquire an identity is that person’s bank account. So what are the bank’s doing to stop this?
ZURICH (Reuters)—Banks are pouring money into building formidable defenses against computer hackers […]

These newest forms of phishing attacks take out all of the links in the emails, so you can forget those strategies for detecting phishing scams. So what are these phishing emails giving you now? Phone numbers.
SAN FRANCISCO — And consumers thought they were safe by not clicking on links in unsolicited e-mails.
Now […]