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Unique malware URLs increased 89 percent

Websites loaded with malware increased a massive 89 percent in the third quarter compared to Q2 2011. According to an IID report, the most impersonated organizations include …

Fake Apple notifications lead to phishing site

When changes are made to an Apple ID account, Apple sends a notification about it to the user so that he can react promptly if the changes weren’t made by him. …

“So i googled your name” Twitter phishing scam

Some Twitter phishers prefer to scare or worry their targets into clicking on the offered link, others put their money on pure, unadulterated curiosity. The latest phishing …

Hijacked phishing page warns users about phishing

hen you follow security news daily like I do, it is tough to keep a positive outlook when day after day you hear and read of users falling for basically the same scams simply …

Don’t worry about zero-days, says Microsoft

Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), which found that less than 1 percent of exploits in the first half of 2011 were against zero-day …

“I saw a real bad blog about you” Twitter phishing scam

Twitter has been warning users not to fall for the latest phishing scam that takes the form of a DM from someone you know warning you to check out a “real bad blog about …

Cloud-based anti-phishing software platform

FraudSense announced a public demo featuring its proprietary real-time anti-phishing detection algorithms. FraudSense identifies and disables fraudulent websites in real-time. …

Mail-borne polymorphic malware soars

Approximately 72% of all email-borne malware in September could be characterized as aggressive strains of generic polymorphic malware, says Symantec in its September 2011 …

Clever phisher almost tricks PhishTank

PhishTank is an anti-phishing site run by the OpenDNS team and offers the possibility of submitting suspected phishing sites for community-based review. In short, other users …

Email marketing companies web accounts sending out malicious spam

The breach of the Atlanta-based Silverpop Systems back in December 2010 has resulted in the compromise of (some confirmed, some not) corporate mailing lists of over 100 big …

Fake Diablo beta invites hitting inboxes

Since the third installment of the popular Diablo game franchise has been announced in 2008, fans all over the world have been impatiently waiting for it to become available. …

Phishers up their game

An unusually well crafted phishing site posing as the site of a well-known software company has been recently spotted by Symantec. Pushing software products at extremely …

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