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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 890 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hmrc data debacle bait phishing lure comments Discuss  
Poetic justice restricts success of feeble ruseA phishing attack targeting victims of the HMRC data loss debacle has been spotted on the net. The bogus emails offering recipient the false opportunity to claim a tax refund of £215 from the UK Government over the potential exposure of confidential data. The email contains a web link to a suspect site, reports security firm McAfee, which spotted the ruse.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 624 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: half life hacker refused fbi sting bait comments Discuss  
German cracker now faces US DDoS-for-hire chargesGames developer Valve worked with the FBI to set up a sting operation to capture a suspected hacker soon after source code for Half Life 2 leaked onto P2P networks in 2003.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 499 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: richardson death bait scareware traps comments Discuss  
Off-pisteCriminal hackers are exploiting interest in news of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson on Wednesday to bait scareware traps.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 373 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: total eclipse bait scareware scam comments Discuss  
Ruse targets geographically-confused stargazersWednesday's total solar eclipse over India and China has been exploited as a bait for sites punting scareware.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 305 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: apple iphone sms bait rogue antivirus scam comments Discuss  
Cyber-criminals are using interest in MMS or SMS on the iPhone to trick users into downloading rogue antivirus software. According to security company Websense, attackers are abusing Google's search engine to get users to click on links leading to a malicious page pushing scareware. - Cyber-criminals are taking advantage of interest in Apple's new Multimedia MessagingService capability for the iPhone by poisoning some of the top related Googleresults. Accordingto Websense Security Labs, scammers are abu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 185 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: phantom app risk bait scareware trap comments Discuss  
The non-threat with no nameScareware scammers are staking advantage of rumours about an "unnamed app" that supposedly poses a security risk to Facebook users in order to trick users into sites slinging rogue security software packages.… read more »
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