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April 8, 2010

Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:45 PM/CST

Phony eBay Security Warnings on the Prowl

Attackers continue to combine technical and social engineering attempts, including hacked pages of well-known sites such as eBay, to successfully target end users.

March 25, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:42 AM/CST

People Still Tasting Spam Despite Getting Burned

End users continue to imperil themselves by interacting with spam despite knowing the risks, according to the latest survey conducted by industry watchdogs MAAWG.

February 28, 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:00 PM/CST

RSA Preview: Five Years In and Going Strong

RSA Conference is always an interesting show, what 2010 will bring should be no exception, and it's about that time again.

February 26, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010 6:52 AM/CST

Social Networking Risks Reduced by Frequency, Vigilance

Abandoned or unmanaged social networking accounts have become a major point of risk related to the applications.

February 23, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 AM/CST

Researchers Show Off Smartphone Attacks

Researchers from Rutgers University are demonstrating a new proof-of-concept for loading rootkits on smartphone devices, attacks that could allow for eavesdropping or even tracking of users.

February 20, 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:32 AM/CST

Phishers Making A Bid With Auction Marketing Tools

Phishers are using fakes of online auction marketing sites to lure in unsuspecting end users as they continue to broaden and diversify their efforts.

February 11, 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:55 AM/CST

Report: ID Fraud Grows At Record Pace

Identitiy theft continues to spiral out of control as a lagging world economy and even more sophisticated attack schemes combine to push the problem even farther and deeper than ever before.

January 30, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:55 AM/CST

StopBadware Researchers Graduate from Harvard

The Stopbadware.org project has graduated from a university-backed effort to a full-time nonprofit, backed by its longtime partners Google, PayPal and Mozilla.

January 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:03 AM/CST

Unnamed App Stalks Facebook Users

Attackers are trying to lure Facebook users into infecting themsevles by circulating information about a nonexistent threat over the networking site in hopes that people go looking for information elsewhere and stumble upon poisoned URLs.

December 30, 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:29 AM/CST

Rogue AV Scammers Span Cultural Divide

Attackers have become pretty skilled at finding ways to channel their work at very different audiences.

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