'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates 

'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 15 April 2011 9:52 AM
Trusteer experiment found half of social networkers would go to a landing page if asked.
#Wikileaks vector for phishing attack 

#Wikileaks vector for phishing attack

In Hackers - 9 December 2010 12:02 AM
Be careful to whom you donate online (when the time comes).
New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year 

New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 27 January 2010 11:44 AM
Grum and Cutwail botnets ramp it up.
Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam 

Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 9 December 2009 11:32 AM
Messages appear to come from trusted web hosting providers.
'Verified by Visa' phishing scam detected 

'Verified by Visa' phishing scam detected

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 20 November 2009 10:49 AM
Fake site more sophisticated than most phishing sites.
Bogus Facebook page harvests login details 

Bogus Facebook page harvests login details

In Messaging - 18 November 2009 10:48 AM
Fraudulent URL tricks users into revealing credentials.
New ICANN rules trigger phishing fears 

New ICANN rules trigger phishing fears

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 4 November 2009 10:17 AM
Cyrillic characters could be mistaken for Latin characters.
Opinion: Three steps to better browser security 

Opinion: Three steps to better browser security

In Crypto - By Steven Willoughby, 21 October 2009 10:52 AM
A cheap and cheerful public key infrastructure will stop phishers.
Password breaches lead to rise in email spam 

Password breaches lead to rise in email spam

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 12 October 2009 11:25 AM
Researchers point to Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! password exposures.
New 'SMiShing' spam targets WAP and smartphone users 

New 'SMiShing' spam targets WAP and smartphone users

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 8 October 2009 11:32 AM
Users need to read the fine print.
FBI takes down US/Egyptian phishing ring 

FBI takes down US/Egyptian phishing ring

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 8 October 2009 10:42 AM
Gang transferred cash to bogus accounts.
FBI warns of growing attacks using Facebook 

FBI warns of growing attacks using Facebook

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 2 October 2009 12:11 PM
Scammers and phishers run riot.
Australia shows poor resistance to phishing 

Australia shows poor resistance to phishing

In Web/client - 30 June 2009 10:01 AM
Around 86 per cent of Australian web users are at risk from online fraud, according to research by security vendor VeriSign.
Twitter hit by major attack as cybercriminals monopolise trending topics 

Twitter hit by major attack as cybercriminals monopolise trending topics

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 5 June 2009 11:24 AM
Spammers are using the trending topics section on Twitter to spread malware.
McDonalds phish being dished out 

McDonalds phish being dished out

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 December 2008 9:47 AM
A new phishing scheme leveraging the McDonald's name is part of a trend that plays on the economic downturn.
Phishing volumes drop while notorious gang upgrades technology 

Phishing volumes drop while notorious gang upgrades technology

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 8 September 2008 9:36 AM
A highly organised gang of phishers took some time off to rebuild its botnet infrastructure -- but experts expect the scams to return with a vengeance.
Threat forecast predicts more Storm, spam, phish 

Threat forecast predicts more Storm, spam, phish

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 6 June 2008 10:13 AM
Expect more malware, unwelcome email, and social engineering threats this season.
Italian police fry Phish & Chip gang 

Italian police fry Phish & Chip gang

In Messaging - By Clement James, 23 August 2007 7:16 AM
A 26-strong European phishing gang has been broken up following the arrest of its members.
New attack blends rootkits with HTML-injections to phish users on the fly 

New attack blends rootkits with HTML-injections to phish users on the fly

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 5 March 2007 12:10 AM
An organised crime network is distributing new malware that takes advantage of rootkits and a state-of-the-art HTML injection to phish consumers on the fly as they browse the ...
Three-quarters of phish hit Paypal, Ebay 

Three-quarters of phish hit Paypal, Ebay

By René Millman, 31 July 2006 1:26 PM
Three-quarters of the net's phishing attacks target eBay and Paypal users, according to new findings.
Symantec unveils Phish Report Network  

Symantec unveils Phish Report Network

By Dan Kaplan, 1 May 2006 9:14 PM
Symantec today unveiled its Phish Report Network, a community-based service that provides paying members with updated lists of fraudulent web addresses.
Five phish a day for fifth of email users 

Five phish a day for fifth of email users

By René Millman, 21 February 2006 11:53 AM
More than 20 percent of email users receive more than five phishing emails every day, according to a new report.
Workers don't know a phish from a fish 

Workers don't know a phish from a fish

By David Quainton, 18 May 2005 5:08 PM
Employees are still blissfully unaware of the threat of phishing, a survey has revealed.
China is full of phish 

China is full of phish

By David Quainton, 29 March 2005 11:19 AM
Chinese phishing websites have rocketed in the last year, with 223 reported in 2004 according to a new report.
“Evil Twin” allows hackers to phish for wireless data 

“Evil Twin” allows hackers to phish for wireless data

By René Millman, 20 January 2005 2:14 PM
Hackers are setting up fake wireless base stations and websites to trick laptop users into giving out sensitive information according to a cyber-crime expert.
Phish Pharming bad for user's wealth 

Phish Pharming bad for user's wealth

By Marcia Savage, 18 January 2005 10:44 PM
The next generation of phishing attacks will maliciously redirect users to bogus web sites when they try to visit legitimate sites, email security firm MX Logic warned.
Hackers phish traders first customers second 

Hackers phish traders first customers second

By Dan Ilett, 16 March 2004 4:19 PM
Hackers are stealing thousands of identities from online traders in a sophisticated cyber-scam scam.
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