In a clear warning to mobile users from the East, Russian cybercriminals have started distributing a new wave of premium rate malware from rogue marketplaces, including one disguised as an Android Flash Player. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
CERT warns of targeted gas pipeline firm ‘spear phishing’ attacks
The United States Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued a warning about an active “spear phishing” campaign targeting companies in the natural gas pipeline sector. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
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SpywareLady: Wes Craven’s producer partner targeted by hacker http://t.co/FbN2nBXy View full post on Twitter / SpywareLady View full post on National Cyber Security
SpywareLady: Syrian activists targeted with fake Skype encryption tool that installs … http://t.co/yvYwulno
SpywareLady: Syrian activists targeted with fake Skype encryption tool that installs … http://t.co/yvYwulno View full post on Twitter / SpywareLady View full post on National Cyber Security
Google passwords targeted in new phishing campaign
A new phishing campaign is targeting users of Google's services such as Gmail, a computer security firm warned this week. View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
EU clamps down on cybercrime, but file-sharers won’t be targeted
The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime, but won’t target illegal file-sharing, it revealed on earlier today. The Commission proposes to set up a European Cybercrime Centre as part of the European police force, Europol, in The Hague in the Netherlands. The centre would have a separate governing…
EU clamp down on cybercrime, but file-sharers won’t be targeted
The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime, but won’t target illegal file-sharing, it revealed on earlier today. The Commission proposes to set up a European Cybercrime Centre as part of the European police force, Europol, in The Hague in the Netherlands. The centre would have a separate governing…
Android Devices Highly Targeted by Malware: Report
The surge in malware targeted at Android devices has surpassed the Google Android operating system’s rise in market share, according to the findings of a new report from Total Defense, a malware detection and anti-crimeware specialist. The “2011 Internet Security Threat Intelligence Report” reveals that, in total, more than 25…
Android apps targeted by malware
Click photo to enlarge Lurking amid the flood of games, tax guides and other applications being downloaded onto mobile devices using Google’s (GOOG) popular Android software is a fast growing array of apps that can slap the gadget’s owner with unanticipated fees, rifle their bank accounts and cause untold other…
Fake YouTube site targeted Syrian activists, digital watchdog EFF says
A fake YouTube site purporting to show videos supporting the opposition in Syria has been taken down after it tried to infect visitors with malicious software, according to digital watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF is “deeply concerned about this pattern of pro-government malware targeting online activists in authoritarian…