Phishing scams target Waco explosion 

Phishing scams target Waco explosion

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 22 April 2013 10:21 AM
Ducks anti-virus.
Boston Marathon blasts breed malware ruses 

Boston Marathon blasts breed malware ruses

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 18 April 2013 2:10 PM
Fake charities pop up.
Bitcoin hacker hunted 

Bitcoin hacker hunted

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 April 2013 5:38 PM
Online sleuths match high school student with MtGox phishing site.
Android malware again targets Tibetans 

Android malware again targets Tibetans

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 April 2013 10:00 AM
Could be built by entity with access to mobile core technology.
South Korean attacks used spear phishing  

South Korean attacks used spear phishing

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 26 March 2013 9:33 AM
Malware activated after research.
Westpac spam serves trojan to hundreds of thousands of Aussies  

Westpac spam serves trojan to hundreds of thousands of Aussies

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 14 March 2013 2:12 PM
Huge phishing campaign hits inboxes.
Phishing mail uses fake Mandiant spy report 

Phishing mail uses fake Mandiant spy report

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 25 February 2013 9:40 AM
Japanese organisations targeted.
Twitter stops phishing with DMARC 

Twitter stops phishing with DMARC

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 25 February 2013 7:21 AM
Email security.
Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked 

Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 13 February 2013 11:33 PM
Yahoo! 'assures' password changes kill spam.
Adobe Reader zero day used in phishing attacks 

Adobe Reader zero day used in phishing attacks

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 13 February 2013 9:21 PM
Drops dll backdoor.
Spammers stole Yahoo Xtra contact lists: exec 

Spammers stole Yahoo Xtra contact lists: exec

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 11 February 2013 5:47 PM
Users smashed.
New phishing tool mimics logged in dashboards 

New phishing tool mimics logged in dashboards

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 6 February 2013 1:41 PM
Plays on TSURT.
Facebook in-house programming language squashes spam 

Facebook in-house programming language squashes spam

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 25 January 2013 10:00 AM
Language is lightweight and extremely efficient, coder says.
Phishers duck researchers with filtered victim lists 

Phishers duck researchers with filtered victim lists

In Messaging - By Danielle Walker, 18 January 2013 4:33 AM
Bouncer list phishing redirects outsiders to 404 pages.
Survey: Some staff phished ten times a day 

Survey: Some staff phished ten times a day

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 17 January 2013 9:25 AM
Tech controls failing.
Telstra bill scam hits customers 

Telstra bill scam hits customers

In Messaging - By Ry Crozier, 16 January 2013 3:44 PM
A 'cut above' average phishing emails.
Industry groups issue web, mobile messaging best practices  

Industry groups issue web, mobile messaging best practices

In Risk - By Danielle Walker, 29 October 2012 7:52 AM
Mobile, malware and phishing covered.
Thousands scammed by .gov open redirect flaw 

Thousands scammed by .gov open redirect flaw

In Web/client - By Danielle Walker, 24 October 2012 9:47 AM
20,000 victims follow malicious shortened URLs.
Spear phish uses Windows HLP files to skirt detection  

Spear phish uses Windows HLP files to skirt detection

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 18 October 2012 7:32 AM
An increase in spear phishing, where trojans are hidden inside Windows help files, is assisting attackers in stealing information from a variety of industries.
Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam 

Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 15 October 2012 11:40 AM
Online fraudsters smell opportunity.
Ransomware and phish cons target Skype users 

Ransomware and phish cons target Skype users

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 11 October 2012 12:24 PM
Lol is this your new profile pic?
Google Aurora attackers continue online crime spree 

Google Aurora attackers continue online crime spree

In Networks - By Danielle Walker, 11 September 2012 11:49 AM
Google hackers mix up new attacks against US biz.
SMS phishing attacks spike, Cloudmark claims 

SMS phishing attacks spike, Cloudmark claims

In Messaging - By Danielle Walker, 11 September 2012 7:49 AM
Researchers cite boom in voicemail phishing scam.
Phishing emails targeting BlackBerry, iPhone users  

Phishing emails targeting BlackBerry, iPhone users

In Messaging - By Danielle Walker, 27 August 2012 9:32 AM
Delivers backdoor.
Spammers send more malicious attachments 

Spammers send more malicious attachments

In Messaging - By SC Staff, 27 August 2012 8:49 AM
But overall spam levels fall.
RSA finds phishing led to $658m in worldwide loses  

RSA finds phishing led to $658m in worldwide loses

In Networks - By Danielle Walker, 24 August 2012 10:36 AM
Tried-and-true phishing scams continue to win a psychological game with victims.
Anti-phishing phone bug trial begins 

Anti-phishing phone bug trial begins

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 9 August 2012 12:12 PM
Banks to freeze accounts during phone phishing calls.
Payroll admins targeted by dangerous Java exploit 

Payroll admins targeted by dangerous Java exploit

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 6 August 2012 11:37 AM
Attacks against recent Java runtime hole spike.
Phishing sites reach record levels 

Phishing sites reach record levels

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 23 July 2012 9:34 AM
More than half of the 56,859 sites were registered in US.
Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak 

Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 18 July 2012 3:29 PM
Says no evidence of hack.
ICS security firms targeted in phishing campaign 

ICS security firms targeted in phishing campaign

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 14 June 2012 2:10 PM
Defence contractors, universities primed.
Security boffins dissect iCode's future 

Security boffins dissect iCode's future

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 13 June 2012 1:51 PM
Metrics and malware on the agenda for Sydney review.
LinkedIn phishing emails surface 

LinkedIn phishing emails surface

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 8 June 2012 1:52 AM
Bad guys would 'drool' over potential stolen LinkedIn intel.
Tibet phishers hit back at AlienVault 

Tibet phishers hit back at AlienVault

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 27 March 2012 1:32 PM
Phishing emails impersonate security researchers.
Pinterest users defrauded by scammers 

Pinterest users defrauded by scammers

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 19 March 2012 8:10 AM
The all-the-rage virtual pinboard Pinterest is home to scammers.
Tibetan organisations attacked by Chinese spearphishing 

Tibetan organisations attacked by Chinese spearphishing

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 15 March 2012 7:38 AM
Messages contained remote access trojan.
Purported Iran nuke document contains trojan 

Purported Iran nuke document contains trojan

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 6 March 2012 12:08 PM
Spreads via Flash vulnerability.
Stratfor subscribers sent malware 

Stratfor subscribers sent malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 February 2012 6:34 AM
Malware alert email delivers Zbot trojan.
11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day 

11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day

In Web/client - By SC Staff, 20 January 2012 7:53 AM
More than 11,000 email addresses were published on Twitter over a 24-hour period.
Spam now using QR codes 

Spam now using QR codes

In Messaging - By Greg Masters, 12 January 2012 9:24 AM
Targets mobile users.
Phishing campaign downs US-CERT email 

Phishing campaign downs US-CERT email

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 11 January 2012 1:03 PM
Attackers target US Government, private sector organisations.
Typosquatting on the uptick 

Typosquatting on the uptick

In Web/client - By SC Staff, 13 December 2011 9:43 AM
Users directed to malicious sites.
BHP Potash takeover targeted by hackers 

BHP Potash takeover targeted by hackers

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 7 December 2011 10:05 AM
Forensics analyst claims Chinese hackers responsible.
US banks warn of over-phishing 

US banks warn of over-phishing

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 October 2011 8:23 AM
Tackle includes auto dialers, SMS and email.
Innocent: Microsoft drops botnet suit 

Innocent: Microsoft drops botnet suit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 October 2011 12:42 PM
Asks former defendant for help.
Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole 

Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 19 September 2011 12:50 PM
Bank business customers warned of invalid certificates.
Steve Jobs gone, phishing? 

Steve Jobs gone, phishing?

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 25 August 2011 2:13 PM
Criminals might capitalise on the resignation of Apple's CEO.
Malware scam targets RSA tokens 

Malware scam targets RSA tokens

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 2 August 2011 7:04 AM
Scammers tell the truth?
Phone scammers exploit carbon tax 

Phone scammers exploit carbon tax

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 14 July 2011 10:18 AM
Savvy pensioner knocks back 'rebate'.
TrendLabs swipes Google freehost ban 

TrendLabs swipes Google freehost ban

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 11 July 2011 11:19 AM
Blacklisting effort is a "paper tiger".
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