Beware the Delta Air Lines attack
Summary: A attack that mimics Delta Air Lines has enough real links to lull you into thinking a bogus email is real. A scam mimics Delta Air Lines and is done so well that it may snare more than a few victims. Below is a …
Nasdaq’s Poor Led To Cyber Attack, Probe Says
A federal investigation into last year’s cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers, people with knowledge of the probe said. The sources did not want to …
Major North Korean Cyber Attack on South – Front Page
The attack on Nonghyup Bank came through the infected laptop of a contractor. The hackers were able to use the laptop to disseminate viruses throughout the bank’s computer networks, and on April 12, half of its servers suddenly crashed.
Phishing email used in serious RSA attack surfaces – The Register
The theft of secret data related to RSA’s SecurID tokens used by 40 million employees to access sensitive networks likely started with a 13-word email, evidence uncovered through a researcher’s dogged sleuthing suggests. “I forward this file to you for …
iCloud Used as Lure in New Phishing Attack – Softpedia
Apple’s upcoming cloud service, iCloud, which will allow users to sync and store their media files, email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists and other data between devices, is being used as lure in a new phishing attack. According to …
Twitter Phishing Attack Uses Weight Loss Video Lure – Softpedia
Security researchers warn of a new phishing attack on Twitter luring users with messages about their weight that claim to include a link leading to a video. The messages are sent from compromised accounts via Twitter’s direct message feature and read …
SKorea: Alleged hacking attack hits Internet users – Indianapolis Star
stealing data such as social security numbers and email addresses, the Korea Communications Commission said in a statement. The regulator said that the operator of the sites, SK Communications, alleged the attack originated from computers in China based on …
DHS Fears a Modified Stuxnet Could Attack U.S. Infrastructure (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:DHS Fears a Modified Stuxnet Could Attack U.S. Infrastructure — One year after the discovery of a sophisticated worm that was used to attack centrifuges in Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told Congress it fears the same attack could now be used against critical infrastructures in the [...]
Google AdWords Account Owners Targeted in New Phishing Attack – Softpedia
Security researchers from Belgian email security company MX Lab warn of a new email phishing campaign that targets Google AdWords customers. Fake emails intercepted by the company pose as official notifications from the Google AdWords service and bear a …
Apple warned of phishing attack threat to iPhone, iPad and Mac OS developers – IT World
June 27, 2011, 5:50 PM — Apple ‘s website for Mac OS X , iPhone and iPad developers has a vulnerability that could lead to phishing attacks, according to a hacker group. The Apple website vulnerability could allow an attacker to specify a link to another …
