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PayPal update email 'violates own anti-phishing advice'
Oopsie PayPal UK has sent out an updated user agreement email to its customers that manages to violate its own tips on how to avoid phishing scams. The payments process outfit disputes the accusation.…
Cybercriminals Creating Nearly 60,000 Fake Websites to Trick and Infect Users Each Week, Reports PandaLabs
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PandaLabs, Panda Security's anti-malware laboratory, has discovered that hackers are creating 57,000 new websites each week that exploit approximately 375 high-profile brand names worldwide at any time. These findings are based on a three-month long study conducted by PandaLabs of its global malware database. Notably, eBay and Western Union-related URLs ...
Microsoft legal beats up on botnets
Microsoft is on verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in Waledac spam botnet.
Microsoft legal punch may change botnet battles forever
The software giant is on the verge of getting a court to grant it ownership over domains used in the Waledac spam botnet.
What You Need to Know About Malvertising
On September 14, 2009 New York Times readers were automatically redirected to a site hosting malmare thanks to an ad containing malicious code. On July 15 2010, TweetMeme was the victim of a similar attack and began sending its users to a "scareware" site. These are just two examples of "malverstiing," one of the fastest growing security threats on the web. It's particularly scary because ...
Adobe Warns Of Attack Exploiting Zero Day Flaw
Adobe issued an advisory warning users that hackers have launched a malicious, in-the-wild attack exploiting a critical vulnerability in the latest versions of Reader and Acrobat.
Trend Micro bets on the cloud
Trend Micro redone security suites for 2011 introduce new names for their products and a new emphasis on cloud-based protection. Trend Micro Antivirus+ , Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security , and Trend Micro Maximum Security include the overhauled cloud-based Smart Protection Network proprietary engine to protect against viruses, malware, phishing attacks, and other threats. The suites are ...
CyberDefender Issues Top 10 Online Security Tips for Parents During Back to School Season
LOS ANGELES -- CyberDefender Corporation , a provider of Internet security software, utilities and Live PC Support services that work together to maximize online safety for consumers, today announced 10 very important tips for parents looking to keep their children safe online during the back to school season.
The Silent Epidemic: Cybercrime Strikes More Than Two-Thirds of Internet Users
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The next time you surf the Internet, consider this: You might be just one click away from becoming the next cybercrime victim. A new study released today from security software maker Norton reveals the staggering prevalence of cybercrime: Two-thirds (65 percent) of Internet users globally, and almost three-quarters (73 percent) of U.S. Web surfers ...
Canadians expect to be victims of cyber crime
Nearly every Canadian who uses the Internet believes they will be the victim of cyber crime, a new report shows.
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