Security Researchers Finds Phishing Sites on Google Docs – WHIR
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — New findings by security research group F-Secure ( www.f-secure.com ) reveal that online application Google Docs may contain phishing websites, according to the company’s blog post Monday. Using Google Docs, individuals can …
Security Researchers Identify New Phishing Scam – PRLog (free press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 21, 2011 – Security researchers have warned users against a new phishing scam. The scam is allegedly directed at Bank of America, TSB, Lloyds and PayPal users. The new phishing attack, first identified by Rodel Mendrez of …
Apple asks security researchers to dig into Mac OS X Lion – YAHOO!
Apple has never had particularly warm relations with the computer security community, and has been frustratingly tight-lipped about the status of known problems and vulnerabilities in Mac OS X: sometimes Apple jumps right on top of security problems in Mac …
Researchers turn USB cable into attack tool – CNET News
Two researchers have figured out a way to attack laptops and smartphones through an innocent-looking USB cable. Angelos Stavrou, an assistant professor of computer science at George Mason University, and student Zhaohui Wang wrote software that changes the …
Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers – Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) – A powerful virus targeting smart phones in … A botnet is an army of enslaved computers that its controllers can compromise for identity theft, use to launch attacks to shut down websites or turn into spam email servers.
Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers – msnbc.com
A powerful virus targeting smart phones in China … A botnet is an army of enslaved computers that its controllers can compromise for identity theft, use to launch attacks to shut down websites or turn into spam email servers. Still, the emergence of …
Researchers predict new computer security threat for wireless networks: Typhoid adware (w/ Video) – Eureka! Science News
There’s a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It’s called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York …
Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time (Dan Goodin/The Register)
Dan Goodin / The Register:Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time — User uploads and downloads revealed — Researchers have devised a way to monitor BitTorrent users over long stretches of time, a feat that allows them to map the internet addresses of individuals and track the content they are sending and receiving.
Google Search Results Manipulated? Clooney Clue Tips Off Researchers (Donna Howell/IBD Click)
Donna Howell / IBD Click:Google Search Results Manipulated? Clooney Clue Tips Off Researchers — Security researchers say attackers have gotten into Google’s PageRank system to boost their own sites in search results, to reach more victims. And by similar means, attackers have infected major online ad systems.
