Hackers pwn EC on eve of Libya, nukes conference 

Hackers pwn EC on eve of Libya, nukes conference

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 25 March 2011 10:47 AM
Second targeted attack against European nations in two weeks.
Bankers targeted in recruitment site hack 

Bankers targeted in recruitment site hack

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 22 February 2011 2:31 PM
High-value targets.
More than half of critical infrastructure targeted 

More than half of critical infrastructure targeted

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 October 2010 2:04 PM
Many fear politically motivated attacks.
Email spam campaign targets LinkedIn users 

Email spam campaign targets LinkedIn users

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 29 September 2010 1:14 PM
Zeus payload delivered.
World Cup lottery spam, targeted malware discovered  

World Cup lottery spam, targeted malware discovered

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 18 June 2010 10:28 AM
Cybercriminals are actively exploiting interest in the World Cup.
Symantec logs 100 per cent rise in new malware 

Symantec logs 100 per cent rise in new malware

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 21 April 2010 10:43 AM
More targeted and web-based attacks.
Apache.org hit by targeted XSS attack 

Apache.org hit by targeted XSS attack

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 April 2010 10:54 AM
Users advised to change their passwords.
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploy 

BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploy

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 13 April 2010 1:16 PM
New scareware method in town.
Google hackers may have targeted 100+ firms 

Google hackers may have targeted 100+ firms

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 1 March 2010 2:18 PM
New research shows scale of attacks was much wider than at first thought.
McAfee CTO: Google hack was 'watershed' moment 

McAfee CTO: Google hack was 'watershed' moment

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 19 January 2010 11:03 AM
'Targeted and co-ordinated nature of the attack' marks it out, says GeorgeKurtz.
23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing 

23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing

In Hackers - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 11 March 2009 10:36 AM
A new study found that 23 per cent of people worldwide will fall for spear phishing attacks.
10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack 

10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 October 2008 9:48 AM
A LinkedIn "spear phishing" email scam loaded malicious software to steal usernames and passwords.
Google chief exec targeted over privacy policy 

Google chief exec targeted over privacy policy

In Web/client - By Richard Thurston, 5 June 2008 9:58 AM
Fourteen U.S. privacy groups have written to Eric Schmidt arguing that Google is breaking Californian law by not including a link to its privacy policy on its homepage.
CEOs targeted by subpoena spam 

CEOs targeted by subpoena spam

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 16 April 2008 10:33 AM
Thousands of chief executives in the United States were targeted Monday by a new round of phishing emails that claim to contain a subpoena ordering recipients to testify in court.
ANZ Bank targeted in phishing scam 

ANZ Bank targeted in phishing scam

In Web/client - 7 April 2008 5:02 PM
ANZ bank's customers are being targeted in a new hoax email campaign that attempts to steal online banking login information, the bank has warned.
Australian universities targeted in identity stealing phishing campaign 

Australian universities targeted in identity stealing phishing campaign

In Messaging - By Negar Salek, 13 March 2008 3:13 PM
Update: A phishing campaign targeted students and staff of Australian universities last month, according to an advisory from Auscert, Australia's National Emergency Response Team.
SecureWorks: Commercial banking accounts targeted by Prg trojan variant 

SecureWorks: Commercial banking accounts targeted by Prg trojan variant

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 18 December 2007 9:33 AM
A Russian criminal organisation known as UpLevel and its German affiliates are using a version of the Prg trojan to attack commercial banking clients, according to anti-virus ...
RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar 

RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 10 September 2007 6:11 AM
Targeted attacks against financial institutions continued to soar last month, according to the latest report by RSA.
Gang trigger surge in targeted spam attacks 

Gang trigger surge in targeted spam attacks

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 3 July 2007 9:30 AM
June saw a record number of targeted email attacks by an unidentified criminal gang, according to an email security firm.
PCs targeted by hackers every 39 seconds 

PCs targeted by hackers every 39 seconds

In Networks - By Robert Jaques, 7 February 2007 9:31 AM
Most attacks based on automated scripts.
Surge in targeted hacking attacks expected in 2007 

Surge in targeted hacking attacks expected in 2007

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 4 January 2007 4:45 PM
Computer users will see a surge in targeted hacking attacks this year as criminals continue to reap large sums of money from phishing scams, security experts predict.
Human error named in latest SANS Top 20 

Human error named in latest SANS Top 20

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 15 November 2006 9:43 PM
The SANS Institute, (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security Institute), has for the first time named human error to its twice-annual Top 20 Internet Security Attack Targets list, a ...
Gartner: Targeted phishing attacks target the rich 

Gartner: Targeted phishing attacks target the rich

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 10 November 2006 3:11 PM
Fraudsters are targeting phishing attacks at high wage-earners to steal large sums of money, according to new research.
Cell phone users targeted by 'SMiShing' 

Cell phone users targeted by 'SMiShing'

By Frank Washkuch, 28 August 2006 9:35 PM
Cell phone users are the target of a newly discovered phishing attack, which McAfee's Avert Labs has dubbed "SMiShing."
Exploit uses PowerPoint flaw in targeted attacks 

Exploit uses PowerPoint flaw in targeted attacks

By Frank Washkuch, 14 July 2006 9:00 PM
Microsoft PowerPoint users were warned this week about a new exploit that takes advantage of a zero-day flaw in the program to drop a malicious file onto a compromised computer.
European P2P network users targeted in piracy clamp down  

European P2P network users targeted in piracy clamp down

By William Eazel, 5 April 2006 9:49 AM
Illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharers across the world faced a fresh wave of legal actions yesterday as the recording industry announced an escalation of its campaign against ...
Fresh MS vulnerabilities targeted 

Fresh MS vulnerabilities targeted

By Frank Washkuch, 21 February 2006 8:38 PM
Hackers are now threatening the seven vulnerabilities pointed out by Microsoft last Tuesday.
Government in the cross-hair as targeted attacks rise 

Government in the cross-hair as targeted attacks rise

By David Quainton, 4 August 2005 12:03 PM
Targeted attacks are on the rise as criminals seek to make money out of malware, and government is the main sector being hit.
Fur trade targeted in DoS protest 

Fur trade targeted in DoS protest

By René Millman, 15 February 2005 4:43 PM
Animal rights protesters have launched denial of service (DoS) attacks against several companies that work in the fur trade.
Barclays Bank targeted in phishing attack 

Barclays Bank targeted in phishing attack

By Dan Ilett, 13 August 2004 4:57 AM
Barclays Bank customers are falling victim to one of the latest phishing attacks.
ISS customers targeted in worm attack 

ISS customers targeted in worm attack

By Dan Ilett, 22 March 2004 1:21 PM
A malicious worm is targeting customers of IT security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS).
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