First smartphone trojan detected 

First smartphone trojan detected

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 13 August 2010 3:11 PM
Attack runs on Android.
New phishing attack hits Twitter 

New phishing attack hits Twitter

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 23 March 2010 12:21 PM
Direct messages used again.
Twitter users under attack again 

Twitter users under attack again

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 22 February 2010 11:09 AM
Phishing messages hit the micro blogging site.
Facebook users hacked with direct messages 

Facebook users hacked with direct messages

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 7 January 2010 10:28 AM
First Facebook security threat of 2010.
Koobface begins Christmas campaign 

Koobface begins Christmas campaign

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 2 December 2009 10:36 AM
Fake videos and messages used.
New Twitter worm strikes 

New Twitter worm strikes

In Messaging - By Chuck Miller, 24 September 2009 9:40 AM
Uses direct message feature.
Spammers turn to fake non-delivery reports 

Spammers turn to fake non-delivery reports

In Messaging - 15 September 2009 2:09 PM
Method now accounts for one in five global spam emails.
Woman loses US$4,000 in Facebook scam 

Woman loses US$4,000 in Facebook scam

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 7 September 2009 10:23 AM
Hacked page leads to major loss.
Twitter starts scanning for malicious links 

Twitter starts scanning for malicious links

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 4 August 2009 9:50 AM
Finally addresses malware problem.
Facebook users duped into revealing personal details 

Facebook users duped into revealing personal details

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2009 11:17 AM
Users of popular social networking sites have been tricked into divulging personal information, according to the Q1 2009 email threat report from Cyberoam.
Spam YouTube messages contain malware 

Spam YouTube messages contain malware

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 16 January 2009 11:11 AM
YouTube's message sending system has been partly compromised by cybercriminals who are using it to spread malware.
Spam around 150bn messages a day 

Spam around 150bn messages a day

In Applications - 7 August 2008 10:53 AM
Although down in recent months, around 150bn spam messages are sent every day, according to the latest quarterly Secure Computing Internet Threats Report.
Storm makes house calls: New messages lead to bogus medical sites, evade filters 

Storm makes house calls: New messages lead to bogus medical sites, evade filters

In Messaging - By Jack Rogers, 31 January 2008 10:47 AM
The notorious Storm worm botnet, which has mounted phishing attacks on major banks and spawned several waves of holiday-themed messages in recent weeks, is generating spam that ...
Storm worm strikes again on Easter claiming Iran attack  

Storm worm strikes again on Easter claiming Iran attack

In Messaging - By Ericka Chickowski, 11 April 2007 9:47 AM
Security researchers discovered a spate of new variants of the Storm worm making the rounds this weekend through emails reporting fictitious news of the United States attacking ...
Smart malware injects spam into messages 

Smart malware injects spam into messages

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 28 February 2007 9:38 AM
Trojan scans outgoing messages before embedding spam content.
Trojan using SMS messages to relay information, says McAfee 

Trojan using SMS messages to relay information, says McAfee

By Frank Washkuch, 16 October 2006 7:59 PM
A backdoor trojan is using short message service (SMS) text messages to relay stolen information back to malicious users, according to one anti-virus vendor's research wing.
SonicWALL: Users can't consistently identify phishing messages 

SonicWALL: Users can't consistently identify phishing messages

By Ericka Chickowski, 1 September 2006 12:24 AM
A recent test showed that the majority of computer users were unable to distinguish fraudulent emails from legitimate messages when put to the test.
Akonix: Most send business messages via IM 

Akonix: Most send business messages via IM

By Ericka Chickowski, 9 August 2006 10:25 PM
According to new survey results released by Akonix Systems today, more than half of business people today are using instant messaging (IM) as a supplement to email communications.
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