A security firm found a worm that disguises itself as Office Genuine Advantage, a program Microsoft deployed in the past to validate copies of Office. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Feds’ Use of Fake Cell Phone Tower Turns on Whether it Constituted a Search
Federal authorities who used a spy device to spoof a legitimate cell phone tower have conceded that use of the device can be considered a search, in a surprise twist to the government’s previous stance. View full post on email spoofing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Making fake ID’s lands Whitman College student in jail
Walla Walla police find magnetic stripe-encoder and blank ID cards in student’s dorm room. View full post on id theft jail – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Fake antivirus scareware scams show big summer decline
Good news from the security frontline. The phenomenon of rogue antivirus ‘scareware’ really does appear to be on the wane, at least according to figures from security company Enigma Software. The US-based company’s statistics culled from scans and customer support reports showed a dramatic 60 percent drop in new detections…
Automated Skype calls spread fake anti-virus warning [VIDEO]
As more and more people become acquainted by the tricks used by internet scammers and cybercriminals, so they are pressed to find new social engineering tricks in their hope of tricking the unwary. One of the schemes we have heard of involves unsolicited calls via Skype, where an automated message…
15 Taiwanese in fake credit card scam arrested
Fifteen Taiwanese suspected of cloning credit cards have been arrested by the NBI in Quezon City on Thursday. The NBI said the Taiwanese, who stole credit card numbers to make bogus cards, will be charged for violating the Access Devices Regulation Act. View full post on credit card scam –…
How to avoid the nasty fake antivirus scam
It’s one thing to write about the dangers of malicious software. It’s quite another to have it take over your computer. That’s what happened to me a few weeks ago. I was at work doing a routine online search when all of a sudden my computer went nuts. A pop-up…
BitTorrent web downloads hijacked to push fake antivirus
The publisher of the uTorrent file-sharing program has admitted to suffering a major security breach that allowed attackers to substitute downloads of its client for malware pushing fake antivirus software. Anyone who downloaded its uTorrent program between 4.20am Pacific time (12.20pm BST) and just after 6am on 13 September will…
DigiNotar hacker vows to use more fake certificates
A hacker known as Comodohacker has taken responsibility for the recent attack against Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar and is now threatening to release fake security certificates for other companies that he has hacked. Beyond issuing a phony certificate for Google.com, DigiNotar has admitted that the attack actually caused the company…
Comodohacker: I can issue fake Windows updates
Following his recent attack against Dutch security company DigiNotar, the hacker known as Comodohacker is now threatening to exploit Microsoft’s Windows Update service. In another message posted on Pastebin last week touting his cyberattacks, the infamous hacker claims that he’s able to issue phony Windows updates despite Microsoft’s assertion to…
