Beware of vishing attacks via e-mail.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 302 days ago (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com)
Category: security | Tags vishing, phishing, attacks, fbi, email, Search All Tags
Arun Radhakrishnan reports that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is warning of vishing attacks. These attacks are similar to phishing attacks except they request a phone call to the organiza read more »
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Spammers Abuse Online Storage, File-Sharing Services.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 315 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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Kelly Jackson Higgins reports at Byte and Switch on the trend towards spammers utilizing free online storage/file-sharing services to spread spam and malware. By using the services to redirect to the read more »
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CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 302 days ago (http://news.zdnet.com)
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Tom Espiner reports on a recent disclosure by the CIA that power grid hacking attempts outside of the United States have proved successful on multiple occasions, at least once resulting in a multi-ci read more »
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China breaks 'real-time' Internet porn site.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 302 days ago (http://news.zdnet.com)
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The Chinese government has been fighting an aggressive war against pornography within its own country, including most recently the taking down of a highly popular real-time internet pornography site. read more »
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Steal This Wi-Fi Bruce Schneier Pleas.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 315 days ago (http://www.wired.com)
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Bruce Schneier writes over at Wired about his decision to leave his wireless network unsecured. He argues that it is common courtesy and that one's data is much less secure on more commonly accepted read more »
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Murdoch's chief hacker testifies in CaliforniaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 210 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Christopher Tarnovsky has been testifying in the ongoing case between the News-Corp-Owned NDS and DISH Network Inc, which accuses Murdoch's firm of hacking its pay-TV cond read more »
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Central e-crime unit waits for Home Office approvalOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 210 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Police hope the Home Office will approve plans to create a central e-crime unit in the UK. Ministers are yet to agree £1.3m in start-up funding for a Policing Central E-Crime Unit (PCEU), read more »
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Antivirus vendors pan free research from DefCon contestOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by god 207 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
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A contest in August will encourage hackers to modify virus and malware code to trump antivirus software. The AV industry is already denouncing the idea, but it could be passing up some of the best re read more »
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