Eight people have been arrested in St. Peters for similar scams since February. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
TicketWeb issues second warning following fake Adobe spam hack
TicketWeb issued a second warning late last night following the weekend security breach by spammers purporting to offer an Adobe Acrobat upgrade. The online ticket seller, who acknowledged the breach of their email database on February 12, issued a statement advising customers not to click the link after they had…
TicketWeb security breached by fake Adobe scammers
TicketWeb has suffered a security breach which saw emails containing malicious links purporting to be from Adobe sent to its customers. On February 11 customers of the British ticketing site reported receiving up to four emails all with the subject ‘Action Required: Update Your PDF Application’. The email claimed that…
Warning About Fake IRS Emails
The IRS wants to warn you about an email scam making its way around. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
DO NOT install Microsoft patches or updates sent by email (They are fake)
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Facebook hackers use fake attack on Iran to spread malware
A “worrying number” of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the US has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos claims. If users who follow the link then click to play what purports to be video coverage of the attack, they…
Fake Firefox update delivers malware, exploit kits
Malicious webpages masquerading as browser updates are being used by attackers as launch pads for Trojan viruses and exploit kits. <img alt="Fake Firefox update delivers malware, exploit kits, Blog, Fake, UPDATE, malware, Exploit, Firefox, Delivers, kits"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News…
Fake iPhone app snuck through Apple approval process
Apple let a fake app slip through its approval process for the iOS App Store, the makers of the popular Camera+ program said over the weekend. Security researchers who noted the slip-up did not know whether the bogus app contained malware because they had been unable to grab a copy…
Stratfor warns of fake emails sent to subscribers (Reuters)
Reuters – Two weeks after disclosing that its website had been hacked, a private intelligence analysis firm on Friday warned subscribers that hackers were now circulating false emails offering the company’s services for free. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Twitter verifies fake Wendi Deng account
A spoof Twitter account impersonating Wendi Deng Murdoch was verified by Twitter, and taken as real by News Corp’s media communications team and members of the public. The spoof account of the wife of media baron Rupert Murdoch is being seen as a prime example of how people’s identities can…