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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 276 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: counterfeit vans online grocery scam comments Discuss  
Careful - they want to get into your fridgeUpscale online supermarket Ocado has alerted its customers to the hitherto unknown threat of fake delivery vans and drivers. Its "security-conscious customers", says the company in an email, can now arrange to be sent the registration number of the van and the name of the driver a few hours before the deliver is due.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: the monaronadona extortion scam comments Discuss  
Online tech support forums are starting to light up over an increasing number of PCs sickened by something called the "MonaRonaDona virus," a piece of malware that threatens to trash host computers. As it happens, MonaRonaDona appears to be a relatively innocuous invader that was created to scare people into purchasing a fake new anti-virus product. I first read about MonaRonaDona in a discussion thread over at the excellent DSL Reports Security Forum, where members...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: monaronadona pure social engineering scam comments Discuss  
We have analysed samples of malware that is calling itself 'MonaRonaDona', and is creating a buzz on Internet forums. In a nutshell, it seems the sole purpose of the malware is to prompt the user to enter the term "MonaRonaDona" into a search engine. This is an attempt to lead them to an application that can remove the unwelcome threat - a fix that has obviously been conveniently provided by the very people who created the virus in the first place. When the Trojan executes, it creates the file SRVSPOOL. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: exantivirus chief spyware scareware scam charges comments Discuss  
Double bluffThe ex-chief of a South Korea-based anti-virus firm has been charged with using bogus security warnings to shift anti-spyware software of questionable value.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 251 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: the anatomy vishing scam comments Discuss  
A series of well-orchestrated wireless phone-based phishing attacks against several financial institutions last week illustrates how scam artists are growing more adept at fleecing consumers by exploiting security holes in seemingly unrelated Internet technologies. The scams in this case took the form of a type of phishing known as "vishing," wherein cell-phone users receive a text message warning that their bank account has been closed due to suspicious activity, and that they need to call...Please click read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 242 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ico queries heathrow ts huge fingerprint scam scan comments Discuss  
National security now wholly funded by shoppingThe government, the British Airports Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office are arguing over fingerprinting at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, which is due to open on Thursday. T5 is to use a 'count them all in, count them all out' biometric system to log entry and exit to the departure lounge, but the ICO thinks the move may breach the Data Protection Act, and has demanded an explanation from BAA.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 231 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: beware targeted datastealing tax scam comments Discuss  
A fresh round of targeted e-mail attacks is underway, arriving in messages that personally address both the recipient and his or her employer. One pretends to be sent from the IRS requesting more information about company tax filings. Another set of targeted e-mails purport to be sent from Microsoft, urging recipients to download and install a new security update. Both try to trick the user into installing software that steals personal and financial data from...Please click on the title to continue reading read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 218 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: ceo subpoena scam fires anew comments Discuss  
After tricking several thousand executives into downloading malicious software earlier this week, online scammers started up their subpoena phishing scam again Wednesday, but on a much smaller scale. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 192 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: tjx credit card heist suspect others accused scam comments Discuss  
Dave and BustedThree men - one of them suspected of playing a role in the heist of 45.6 million credit cards from retailer TJX Companies - have been accused of hacking into cash register terminals belonging to a restaurant chain and installing software that sniffed credit card numbers.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 192 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn tjx credit card heist suspect others accused scam comments Discuss  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/13/trio_accused_in_carding_scam/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register13th May 2008Three men - one of them suspected of playing a role in the heist of 45.6 million credit cards from retailer TJX Companies - have been accused of hacking into cash register terminals belonging to a restaurant chain and installing software that sniffed credit card numbers.According to a 27-count indictment unsealed Monday, the scheme was carried out in part by Maksym Yastremskiy. In Jul read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 184 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: phishers aim scam apples itunes comments Discuss  
Phishers have targeted users of Apple's iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time, a security company said Tuesday. read more »
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