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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 290 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: fake prez campaign video spreads malware comments Discuss  
Spammers are taking advantage of public awareness about the U.S. presidential race to trick people into installing malicious software. A recent blast of spam purports to contain links to a video of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) on the campaign trail, links that in fact lead to software that tries to turn the viewer's PC into a spam-spewing zombie. The spam campaign, detailed in a brief writeup by researchers at Symantec Corp., encourages recipients to click...Please click on the title to continue reading t read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: fbi agents lured suspects fake child porn hyperlinks comments Discuss  
'Click here for an armed raid on your home'CNET has uncovered an unusual and controversial investigative technique in which FBI agents post hyperlinks that purport to lead to illegal videos of minors having sex and then raid the homes of people who click on them.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn callers fake fraud gain credit card security codes comments Discuss  
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/04/14/ot-fraud-080414.htmlCBC NewsApril 14, 2008A new kind of telephone scam is taking advantage of people's awareness of credit card fraud, police warn.Ottawa police Sgt. Mike McCormick said fraudsters are now calling customers claiming to be from the fraud department of their credit card company."We know as a general public that there's a lot of fraudulent activity on credit cards and debit cards, so when we start hearing . your financial institution callin read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 228 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: fake subpoenas harpoon corporate fat cats comments Discuss  
From phishing to whalingA highly targeted email scam that singled out as many as 20,000 senior corporate executives on Monday resurfaced Wednesday as attackers sought to replicate their success installing identity-stealing software on the PCs of some of the world's most powerful individuals.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 202 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: online sellers beware fake check scams comments Discuss  
If you sell enough stuff online at sites like Craigslist and eBay, eventually you will receive an offer for your wares that far exceeds your asking price. Such offers are often the first stage of a scam in which the fraudster sends a counterfeit check along with some elaborate explanation for offering such a high amount. The scam artist then asks the seller to wire back the difference after the check is deposited. It should...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 195 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: use fake name jail comments Discuss  
A digital advocacy group has blasted the federal government's prosecution of a Missouri woman whose fake MySpace profile allegedly drove a 13-year-old neighbor to suicide. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 170 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: avg scanner blasts internet fake traffic comments Discuss  
You're not that popular after allExclusive Early last month, webmasters here at The Reg noticed an unexpected spike in our site traffic. Suddenly, we had far more readers than ever before, and they were reading at a record clip. Visits actually doubled on certain landing pages, and more than a few ho-hum stories attracted an audience worthy of a Pulitzer Prize winner. Or so it seemed.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 164 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: avg fake traffic spares google adwords comments Discuss  
You may pay. But not for clicksYes, AVG's Linkscanner is spewing fake traffic across the internet, messing with the log files and bandwidth budgets of web sites large and small. But there's one thing it doesn't mess with: search engine paid clicks.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 132 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: banking trojan hides fake alonso f crash story comments Discuss  
Crash test dummiesFabricated news of a supposed car accident involving Formula One star Fernando Alonso is being used to distribute a new banking Trojan.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 117 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: researcher elvis bin laden fake epassports comments Discuss  
Claims they'll fool e-readers. Uh huh huhThe 'fraud-proof' e-passport can be copied and altered, a Dutch security researcher has demonstrated. In tests conducted for the Times, Jeroen van Beek of the University of Amsterdam changed the chip data in a normal UK e-passport to contain a picture of Osama bin Laden. The paper also reports that van Beek has contrived to have a passport in the name of Elvis Presley accepted by a public e-reader in a Dutch town hall.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 83 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: fake twitter profile punts orkut attack comments Discuss  
Tainted tweets target twitsMiscreants are using a fake Twitter profile in a bid to spread malware that harvests login credentials for Orkut.… read more »
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