scams target military, families, veterans
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON — Anyone who gets caught by scams loses money, time and security. is usually an unsolicited email that prompts an action, such as divulging secure information, downloading …
‘Google+ next phishing scam target’ – Philippine Star Online
Google’s new social networking service, Google+, is a potential venue for cybercriminals to spread virus, an internet security firm said today. Kaspersky Lab’s Maria Namestnikova said that based on their June 2011 Kaspersky Lab spam report, there could …
Operation Anti-Security: LulzSec and Anonymous target banks and governments – ZDNet
Their targets: Banks and governments. Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Ryan was Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK, leading the magazine’s and Web site’s coverage of Internet and computer security issues and managing the popular SecurityWatch blog …
Intuit, Salesforce.com Team Up to Target Small Businesses (Cari Tuna/Digits)
Cari Tuna / Digits:Intuit, Salesforce.com Team Up to Target Small Businesses — Intuit and Salesforce.com are teaming up to take more small businesses to the cloud. … The two companies on Friday are set to announce a partnership that marries Intuit’s accounting software for small businesses …
Mobile phones now becoming a target for cyber attacks – Monsters and Critics
The biggest threat for PC users in the eyes of the BSI president are botnets, private computers that have been infested with viruses to be remote controlled and misused to attack other computers. That makes it very important to protect your computer …
Phishing scams target students – Notre Dame & Saint Mary Observer
A Phishing scam infiltrated Notre Dame G-mail accounts and sent massive amounts of spam from nd.edu addresses, the Office of Information Technologies ( OIT ) reported Tuesday in an e-mail to the student body. The e-mail warned that other e-mail services …
A.M. Top News: Computer hackers target military, government workers to steal documents – NJ.com
The targeted e-mail attack that surfaced … when at least 74,000 computers were infected with a similar version of the ZueS malware. Analysts revealed the ZueS code can be modified slightly by hackers to bypass anti-virus software and firewalls currently …
Online shoppers become target of phishing scams – China Economic Net
Phishing scams cheated online shoppers out of 15 billion yuan (2.26 US dollars) this year, Yangtze Evening Post reports. More than 100 million Internet users in China have encountered online shopping traps in 2010, according to a report recently released …
Stuxnet computer virus could target many industries – San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON — A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran’s nuclear plants … a-decade occurrence. The virus is so complex and costly to develop “that a select few attackers would be capable of producing a similar threat,” he said.
Stuxnet computer virus could target industries – Philadelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON – A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran’s nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on energy, water, nuclear, and manufacturing plants around the world, making it the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, government …
