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Hackers rig Google to deliver malware - Network World

Hackers rig Google to deliver malware The latest malware trend should prompt you to think twice about the links you click next time you search. By Erik Larkin, PC World, 01/28/08 If last November you googled one of thousands of innocuous and common search terms, such as "Microsoft excel to access"...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-31-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing
Microsoft's Windows Live Phished - Donna's SecurityFlash

Microsoft's Windows Live Phished I receive today a Windows Live phishing attack thru email. The phished message states: You are receiving this message from inm or Windows Live because you are a valued member. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online Privacy Statement...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Microsoft Windows, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing, Security
Have you seen this man? - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Have you seen this man? Posted by Mikko @ 10:23 GMT | postCount('00001361'); We've seen some MSN Messenger worms being spread around this weekend. Once you get infected, your Messenger will start to send web links to all of your contacts. If they follow the links and download the prompted...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-14-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing
Identity Theft Made Easy - TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Identity Theft Made Easy December 19th, 2007 by Robert McArdle In today’s world of social networking sites, finding enough information to impersonate someone is trivial at best. The only difficult part of the process is tracking down an individual from, say, their email address to their profile on a...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-20-2007
Filed under: Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing, Security
McAfee Avert Labs Blog - Phishing for Convenience on Facebook

Phishing for Convenience on Facebook Tuesday December 18, 2007 at 2:10 pm CST Posted by Craig Schmugar Trackback We often talk about the trade-offs between security and convenience, especially as it pertains to Web 2.0. Much of the technologies utilized by Web 2.0 sites were built for collaboration and...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-19-2007
Filed under: Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing, Security
SANS Internet Storm Center - Request for info, IPs, exploit examples on PDF mailto documents

Request for info, IPs, exploit examples on PDF mailto documents Published: 2007-10-26, Last Updated: 2007-10-26 18:39:54 UTC by Adrien de Beaupre (Version: 1) Hi all, we are looking for examples of the PDFs being sent out, snort signatures, the IP addresses sending them out, the IP addresses they download...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-26-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing
Symantec Security Response Weblog: When PDF's Attack... Again!

When PDF's Attack... Again! Some months ago I reported on a cross site scripting vulnerability relating to PDF files and browser handling of them. As it turned out, the vulnerability was not used in the wild much at all. Fast forward to October 2007, where we now have a new Adobe PDF vulnerability...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-23-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing
SANS Internet Storm Center PDF mailto exploit documents in the wild

PDF mailto exploit documents in the wild Published: 2007-10-23, Last Updated: 2007-10-23 15:55:54 UTC by Adrien de Beaupre (Version: 1) The vulnerability initially reported here http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3406 and confirmed here (with workaround) http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3477...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-23-2007
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing, Security
SANS Internet Storm Center - Vishing, Skype, and VoIP-Based Fraud

Vishing, Skype, and VoIP-Based Fraud Published: 2007-10-10, Last Updated: 2007-10-10 06:03:57 UTC by Lenny Zeltser (Version: 1) The spring of 2005 brought us early reports of phishing activities conducted over the phone, rather than email. The victims received phone calls from a 727 number, with the...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-10-2007
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing
WORM_SOHANAD spreads via Yahoo Messenger (YM) - TrendLabs | Malware Blog

WORM_SOHANAD spreads via Yahoo Messenger (YM) September 20th, 2007 by Carolyn Guevarra (Technical Marketing) Today, Senior Anti-Threat Researcher Loucif Kharouni, reported of a YM message that is currently spreading in the wild. It was written in English and contained a link regarding some pictures from...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-20-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing

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