Scammers Pushing Fake AV Via Skype

Rogue anti virus software companies have decided to “reach out and touch someone,” according to a new report from Krebsonsecurity.com. Groups responsible for pushing the bogus anti malware programs are using Internet-based phone calls over the Skype network to trick unsuspecting users into...

Cyber crime Complaints in US Fell by 10% in 2010 !

The U.S. agency that tracks complaints of criminal activity on the Internet reported Thursday that fewer people complained about Internet fraud in 2010 than in the previous year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 runs a Web site where victims can report details of any cyberfraud. It shares...

Hackers Steal 100,000 E-mail !

Two attackers were more than 100,000 e-mail users Apple iPad, including politicians and famous journalists, federal prosecutors said Tuesday notifying the prosecution of men. AT & T has revealed a vulnerability of months ago, and U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said there was evidence that the two men...

Undetectable fake ATM keyboard steals PINs in real time !

Thieves and scammers are an inventive bunch, especially when it comes to stealing you money indirectly. And the latest discovery of a fake keyboard that is placed over an ATM's legitimate one and records the typed-in PIN - in conjunction with a fake magnetic strip reader that can be manufactured...

New Google service could be a godsend to scammers !

The Instant Previews service that Google launched last week allows users to click on the magnifying glass icon next to a result's title or on its background in order to see a preview of that result. There is no doubt that this feature is very helpful when it comes to skimming through legitimate...

Survey Scam Offers False Shelter From Surveys

Scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams. Naturally, you first have to fill in a survey to install the script, which is punted through Userscriptsdotorg. Read the full article. The Register...

Facebook: The Money Mule Farm

Scammers and phishers are continuing to adapt their recruitment tactics, now going so far as to create special Facebook groups for their work-at-home scams. Phishers have been using social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for years now as fertile hunting grounds not only for new...

Scareware Scammers Hijack Twitter Trending Topics

Security researchers are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random...

Google to Address Malicious Ads at Virus Bulletin

There are security conferences, and then there is Virus Bulletin. While virtually all of the presentations are from researchers working at antimalware vendors and other security companies, the talks are quite technical and this year’s conference, which starts Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland,...

Scammers use Ford to drive users to scareware

From The Register John Leyden Scareware scammers are trying to game search engines into promoting crudware sites when a surfer searches for information on Ford cars. The Ford scareware campaign pandasecurity.com features around one million links, all targeting the Ford Motor Company, designed to...