KOCO Eyewitness News 5 has a warning for Oklahomans before they answer their next phone call. View full post on caller id spoofing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Store warning over PayPoint con trick
A ‘CLEVER’ credit card scam sweeping the country has landed in Weston, costing one shopkeeper hundreds of pounds. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Chrome 17 beta boosts malware defenses and learns a new speed trick
In recent times all the major web browsers have made serious leaps in terms of speed thanks to improvements in HTML parsing, JavaScript engines, and the arrival of hardware accelerated rendering. As differences in performance become less apparent, it’s becoming more and more important for companies like Google and Microsoft…
SpyEye Malware Borrows Zeus Trick to Mask Fraud
A powerful bank-fraud software program, SpyEye, has been seen with a feature designed to keep victims in the dark long after fraud has taken place, according to security vendor Trusteer. SpyEye is notable for its ability to inject new fields into a Web page, a technique called HTML injection, which…
Hacker cloaking malicious files with Windows extension trick
Hackers are using a new trick to cloak malicious files by disguising their Windows file extensions to make them appear safe to download, a Czech security company warned today. The exploit, dubbed “Unitrix” by Avast Software, abuses Unicode for right-to-left languages, such as Arabic or Hebrew, to mask Windows executable…
Cybercriminals trick Windows users into paying £88 in “ransomware” scam
Cybercriminals are trying to trick Windows users into paying £88 ($143) by claiming that they’re running a counterfeit copy of the operating system, a security expert said today. The scam, a kind dubbed “ransomware” for the way criminals try to extort money, poses as a message from Microsoft that alleges…