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The rise of the insider threat

The bank insider threat is on the rise. Patrick Romain, head of solutions in Barclays Information Security Group, calls it a “power threat” – obviously …

Spam and virus trends according to Google

Postini – the spam engine that powers Google’s e-mail security and archiving services – handles some 3 billion e-mails per day, so it’s fair to say …

WoW players continually targeted by phishers

WoW players are continually targeted by phishers, since account credentials can be easily sold. There are many variants of phishing e-mails and in-game messages, and it pays …

Fake “Reported Attack Page!” warnings leading to fake AVs

Peddlers of the rogue AV solution named Security Tool have demonstrated a predilection for masquerading their solution as a Firefox update, and it’s obviously a …

Thief returns stolen laptop contents to owner

A surprising case of theft has been recorded in Sweden – a thief stole a laptop belonging to a university professor, but “returned” its contents to the …

The rise of Java exploits

Sifting through the data collected and analyzed in order to compile the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, senior program manager Holly Stewart came to an …

Kaspersky download site hacked, redirecting users to fake AV

Kaspersky’s USA download site was hacked. For three and a half hours on Sunday, it has been providing download links that redirected users to a malicious web page where …

Assange runs into more problems in Sweden

Julian Assange has been denied a Swedish residence and work permit. As one of the founders and the editor-in-chief of whistleblower site Wikileaks, Assange applied for the …

Bogus Adobe employees sell fake PDF program

A series of e-mails purportedly sent by Adobe Acrobat Reader Support employees in which the users are urged to activate their “new Adobe PDF Reader” have been …

Phishing tax refund sites pop up in wake of deadline extension

Phishers taking advantage of the extended deadline for Indian taxpayers to file their income tax have cleverly thought of a way to trick customers of various banks with the …

Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies

Some five months ago, news broke that social networks were sending users’ ID numbers and/or names to advertising agencies every time the users click on the ads, by way …

Seven Deadliest Microsoft Attacks

Part of Syngress' "The Seven Deadliest Attack Series", this book introduces the reader to the anatomy of attacks aimed at Microsoft's networks and software: Windows, SQL and …

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