Tag Archive for: criminals

Osama’s death nets jackpot for cyber criminals! (re-issue) – India Talks

London, May 8: With the world turning to the internet for more details of Osama Bin Laden’s death, cyber criminals are looking to make a killing by leveraging the big news through spam, phishing and malware. The first spam using news of the dreaded …
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Cyber criminals exploit Japan earthquake with SEO attacks – Silicon Republic

Blackhat SEO attacks lure internet users to pages that suddenly infect their computers with viruses and malware. Major security software vendors are warning that SEO Blackhat hackers are exploiting the catastrophe in Japan to infect users’ computers with …
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Google Chases Computer Criminals to Search-Engine Competitors – Bloomberg

Even as Google improved its security, the number of attacks increased … a New York charity event were greeted by a dialog box that said their computer needed to be scanned for viruses. A click on that box triggered animation simulating a scan that …
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Google Chases Computer Criminals to Search-Engine Competitors – BusinessWeek

Even as Google improved its security, the number of attacks increased … a New York charity event were greeted by a dialog box that said their computer needed to be scanned for viruses. A click on that box triggered animation simulating a scan that …
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