File for ‘Weekly News Wrap-Up’ Category
IN THE HEADLINES: New Facebook Scams to Watch Out For
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● February 1, 2012
It’s been another busy week for Facebook scams, with all kinds of dangers to watch out for. And many of these scams are based on pitches for free gift cards that end up taking instead of giving. First up is the “One Free Amazon.com Gift Card (limited time only)” scam. This has been popping up [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New Malware Being Developed Around Impressive Business Model
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 31, 2012
In yet another sign of how once-disorganized cybercrooks are evolving into professionally run businesses, crooks that develop and sell data stealing Trojans are now offering the kind of support that a legitimate software developer would be envious of. Security expert Brian Krebs recently reported on his blog about how the developer of one such Trojan, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: 12 Things You Can Do to Avoid Banking Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 30, 2012
With the recent news of the emergence of new and even more potent forms of banking Trojans, it’s time to start taking this threat seriously. Banking Trojans are a highly sophisticated type of malware capable of attacking and emptying online bank accounts without leaving much of a trace; or much in your account. If you [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Data Breaches Off to a Great Start
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 27, 2012
The New Year is barely a couple of weeks old and already we’re seeing some brazen and possibly huge data breaches. Fans of the Huffington Post were greeted a couple of days ago with a Twitter message from the Post that said simply “Sorry about that, Twitterverse! We know we’ve been hacked and are working [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Celebrate Data Privacy Day
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 27, 2012
In case you didn’t know, January 28th is Data Privacy Day and an opportunity for consumers and businesses around the world to think more about the issues of privacy and the protection of data. The event has been running for a couple of years now, under the stewardship of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Gangs Move Into Identity Theft
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 26, 2012
In what’s being widely seen as a very troubling pattern, law enforcement across the country are reporting that street gangs are making a notable shift off the street and into something even more shifty – identity theft. Police in Florida recently raised the alarm about a move by local gang members from traditional gang activities, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Fake Landlords Can Lead to Fraud and Identity Theft
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 25, 2012
Consumers across the country are reporting a growing number of scams that trick renters into paying upfront fees for apartments that don’t exist or the advertiser of the apartment doesn’t have the right to rent it. Here’s how the scam works. The scammer will copy an ad for an apartment rental from a public site [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: 10 Security Threats You Might Not Know About
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 24, 2012
If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you’ll probably be familiar with some of the more common security threats, like phishing emails, banking Trojans, and drive-by downloads. But in an effort to educate consumers about some serious risks they might not know about, a web site called Security News Daily has compiled a [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Lessons Learned from the Zappos Hack
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 23, 2012
As facts become clearer about the recent massive hacking attack on online retailer Zappos, experts are speculating on exactly what the hackers will do with that mountain of data. The attack happened about a week ago and the company admitted that hackers had managed to steal the personal information of as many as 24 million [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Zeus Trojan Strikes Again
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2012
It’s been a couple of years since I first started writing about Zeus, a very dangerous new type of banking Trojan that was blamed for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts across the country. And only last week I wrote about Zeus again, and how a dangerous new variant added a whole [...]
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