Phishing
Chinese scammers imitated legitimate ad companies
By Gina on September 2, 2010 | Phishing
Recently Chinese scammers were caught for rogue advertising. They attempted to pretend to be legitimate media agencies. The culprits were using rogue advertisements for making users to believe in their legitimacy and force to spend their money or even to get personal information. This kind of scam is very noticeable because of its increase in the number. One of scammers was traced back to China. Read more.
New Facebook fraud uses iPhone and iPad for bait
By Gina on August 31, 2010 | Phishing
It looks like a new scam circulating across the Facebook is not big news nowadays. Users are also saying that it happens all the time. It is because that Facebook is a notorious social network which has many users that contain personal data in it. It is a great plot for hackers to use it for their malicious intentions. The latest scam was discovered that says “Test a New iPad or iPhone 4 and Keep It“. Read more.
Online identity theft is not a problem for cybercriminals at all
By Gina on August 24, 2010 | Phishing
It is usual to think that phishing and identity theft includes only the theft of funds. This is not quite true. Information is more valuable in this case. It allows them to create and sell illegal documents.There are also better paid online activities, such as selling malware, renting botnets, or launching denial-of-service attacks and delivering falsified documents. Such a business site exists according to Francois Paget , a senior virus research engineer at McAfee Avert Labs. Read more.
‘Dislike’ feature is another scam spreading on Facebook
By Gina on August 17, 2010 | Phishing
Another Facebook scam is on the run. The latest scam is spreading through the network, that’s why users should be wary of this fraud. There are numbers of varieties of this scam, which sees users stubbornly update their Facebook status encouraging others to get the "official Dislike button".According to Sophos, two versions of scam were found that include text like this:"I just got the Dislike button, so now I can dislike all of your dumb posts lol!! Read more.
Online Credit Card Processor Company is compromised
By Gina on August 16, 2010 | Phishing
TrendLabs reports that a group of hackers announced about the compromised data of an underground credit card company. On 23 of July information was released stating a server of an online credit card processor company was breached. At first it was not known how much the data is discredited. However, it seems like the damage done is quite big.The report of leaked data includes employee emails and recorded phone calls. Read more.
