Fake browser plug-in "shares" Facebook scam

Fake browser plug-in "shares" Facebook scam


Fake browser plug-in "shares" Facebook scam

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST

Facebook survey scams mostly follow the same pattern: they lure users in with offers of watching a funny/amazing/adult-themed video, directly ask them to "share" and "like" it, then complete a survey ...

Hackers steal $6.7 million in bank cyber heist

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST

A perfectly planned and coordinated bank robbery was executed during the first three days of the new year in Johannesburg, and left the targeted South African Postbank - part of the nation's Post Offi...

Threat incidents and security wins in 2011

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST

Having spent much of the year battling data breaches that led to huge information and financial loss, the security industry was likely relieved to see 2011 come to a close. In its annual threat r...

Arachni: Web application security scanner framework

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:38 AM PST

Arachni is an open source Web application security scanner framework, a modular framework that allows fast, accurate and flexible vulnerability assessment. In order to maximize bandwidth utilizat...

Brazen Brazilian hackers opening cybercrime schools

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 08:28 AM PST

Brazilian hackers are known for their preference for stealing and misusing phished banking credentials and credit card numbers, but also for their penchant to openly brag online about their illegal ac...

Astaro brings UTM to the cloud

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:48 AM PST

Astaro announced the availability of version 8.3 of the Astaro Security Gateway (ASG). With the ability to launch the ASG in the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud and connect to the Amazon VPC using loca...

Identities of likely Koobface gang members revealed

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:13 AM PST

It was a well-known fact in security circles that some researchers were involved for quite some time in an investigation aiming at revealing the identities of the individuals behind the Koobface worm ...

Security challenges for the finance sector

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:18 AM PST

As the migration to Windows 7 is proving a catalyst to organizations, banks are stepping up to the challenge to protect themselves against malware attacks abusing admin rights. In its dealings with...

PCI pitfalls for retailers

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 03:40 AM PST

Businesses that process, transmit or store cardholder data must implement security controls as defined by the latest PCI DSS standard. The following are the nine common PCI DSS compliance pitfal...

Optical transaction signing device limits ebanking fraud

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 03:18 AM PST

SafeNet announced the eToken 3500, an electronic signing and strong authentication token-based device that will enable financial services organizations to achieve risk mitigation and usability when se...

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