Zeljka Zorz
Beware of the fake FBI fingerprint scanner
According to information popping up in some online forums, an application that supposedly allows you to enter and search the FBI fingerprint database will be released in a few …
Phishing spam from “Bank of Nevada”
What seemed like a typical phishing email was received by TrendLabs for analysis, but turned out to be just a ploy to get users to visit a malicious site with adult content. …
US unable to win a cyber war
The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in the exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington’s Mandarin Oriental …
Intel admits to being targeted in January attacks
Among the 34 companies that have been targeted by “sophisticated” attacks in January was Intel. The fact was acknowledged in the company’s annual report for …
IT firm falls victim to online bank fraud, loses $100,000
The latest company to fall victim to a plundering of their account by the hands of cyber criminals is Cynxsure, an IT consultancy firm based in New Hampshire. The criminals …
Windows Live ID phishing spam
Joe Wilcox warns of what seems to be an attempt to phish his Windows Live ID and password. Here is the contents of the email purporting to come from the “Windows Live …
The need for global cooperation on cyber security
When the Internet was in its teens, it was hard to imagine it evolving as far as it has. Yesterday I was chuckling over an article from 1995 in which the author adamantly …
Phishers target Blogger users
Users of Google’s Blogger, a free blog publishing tool, are the targets of the latest phishing email campaign: The text of the message couldn’t be simpler, and the …
Warrantless cell phone tracking on the horizon?
There is no doubt about the fact that real time or historical tracking of criminals’ movement via their cell phones can come really handy to law enforcement officers. It …
Twitter users targeted by BZPharma phishing attack
The latest attack on Twitter users took the form of the fascinatingly curiosity-raising phrase “Lol. This you??” and it’s variants “Lol. this is …
School allegedly spied student at home via webcam
Some very disturbing news has surfaced regarding an alleged invasion of privacy in a Philadelphia suburb. An underage student of one of the high schools in the Lower Merion …
Google attacks linked to two Chinese schools
New findings regarding the origins of the January attacks on Google and some twenty other US corporations have come to light, and they point to two academic institutions in …