Tag Archive for: SpearPhishing

Today in Tech: Kindle Fire, ‘spear-phishing,’ SOPA and Carrier IQ – Washington Post (blog)

Today in Tech: Kindle Fire, 'spear-phishing,' SOPA and Carrier IQ
Washington Post (blog)
Carrier IQ: Motorola and T-Mobile responded Tuesday to requests from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) for more details on how they use Carrier IQ software. In its letter to Franken, T-Mobile revealed that it uses the device on some of its premium smartphones

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Spear-Phishing Attacks: Cybercriminals Know Everything About You – Huffingtonpost.com

If you want to know just how sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks can be, consider one so-called spear phishing attack against a well-known public figure. According to Oliver Crofton, CEO of Vigilante Bespoke, which describes itself as the …
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Spear-phishing and crimeware assembling marked second half of 2010 – Help Net Security

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reports that the development of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in December, 2010 with one data contributor registering more than 10 million new malware samples in the period, while other analysts …
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