Tag Archive for: attacks

Microsoft Windows Smartphones Target of Hacker Attacks – Channel Insider

Hackers are now targeting the devices via viruses planted in video games for the phones. Victims of the attacks may find their bill … encourage customers to follow all of the steps of the ‘Protect Your Computer’ guidance of enabling a firewall …
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More Facebook Users Hit by Second Wave of Video Attacks – Kansas City infoZine

image courtesy of Sophos The rogue Facebook application then posts the same message to users’ Facebook friends, spreading the video link across the social network. Sophos estimates that hundreds of thousands of Facebook users found themselves under …
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Gang called Avalanche blamed for most phishing attacks – Computerworld

IDG News Service – A new report blames a single Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attacks conducted in the second half of 2009. The phishing group — named Avalanche by security researchers because of the large quantity of …
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Phishing attacks more than double in 2009’s second … – InternetRetailer.com

Phishing attacks more than doubled in the second half of 2009 from the first half of the year, increasing to 126,697 from 55,698, according to the global phishing survey released earlier this month by the Anti-Phishing Working Group. One criminal …
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