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• I’ll Raise That to a Cool $10

  
  ninme — Authority: 478
  Wheat & Weeds on – in this case – the death penalty: $5 and my undying admiration to anyone who can discuss [insert topic] from the perspective of justice and without stooping to emotional manipulation. See also: Godwin’s Law . The internet might need a new law on the probability of someone saying ...
  15 hours ago

• Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hijacked

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  A group of hackers (or perhaps just one, but they are identifying themselves as "we") have taken control of hundreds of Facebook groups . Thanks to the loose wire blog for pointing out this problem . The hackers explain how they did it on their web site. Click the nearby image to see a full-size image of a ...
  17 hours ago

• Identity Finder Finds (and Hides) Your Secrets

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  You can find dozens of security suites and standalone antivirus / antispyware products that pledge to keep spyware, Trojans, and other data-stealing malicious software out of your computer. Some of them are very, very good, but it only takes one slip to let info-stealing malware compromise your personal data. And ...
  1 day ago

• Koobface Abusing Google Reader

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  According to Trend Micro the Koobface botnet has pulled a new trick out of its sleeve: Its using controlled Google Reader accounts to host images that link to malware . Google Reader is a web-based newsreader that has a public sharing function to allow you to share links with others. Once again, malware authors are ...
  1 day ago

• Who Falls For Twitter Phishing?

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  Thanks to Mykko Hypponen of F-Secure for a statistical graph of the country distribution of users who followed a particular Twitter phishing link .I believe the graph and data come from bit.ly, the URL shortening service, as the link is through them. In fact, it appears to link to yet another shortened URL, and by ...
  1 day ago

• FBI Focuses on Huge Losses From Spear Phishing

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  The FBI has announced intensified interest in "spear phishing" investigations . These directed attacks, which usually involve malware sent through an e-mail which has been personalized to the target and sent "from:" a spoofed address familiar to the target. So far, approximately $100 million in losses have been ...
  2 days ago

• Gov’t warns firms about online robberies

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 150
  Online criminals have used the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system to facilitate the theft of more than $100 million from small and medium businesses, the FBI warned this week. The attacks typically use social engineering via e-mail messages to install malicious software on the computers of managers responsible for ...
  4 days ago

• Cyber Bullying, Death Threats, and Other Cyber Crimes

  
  Mark Aaron Murnahan, Web Guy — Authority: 106
  I was prompted to write this after filing a complaint with the FBI for death threats I received here on this very blog. You may not receive death threats, but surely you have encountered people who became less-than-civilized and abusive online. For most of us, I suspect that it really shocks us how somebody can get so ...
  4 days ago

• What do AVGFree, Natalie Portman and John Cenas Have in Common?

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  Roger Thompson of AVG is blogging about fraudulent Twitter IDs , one of which (AVGfree) uses their trademarks. The others include NataliePortmanS and JohnCents5.Some of these Twitter IDs have links that send you to sites that push malware, some to harmless, but unrelated sites. Its all dishonest, especially when they ...
  4 days ago

• Nidal Malik Hasan: Internet Posts

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 600
  So the Fort Hood mass murderer was known by federal law enforcement officials as a concern months prior to the killings. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal law enforcement officials say the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed ...
  5 days ago

• Should ISPs Be Liable For What Passes Through Their Systems?

  
  Dvorak Uncensored — Authority: 636
  The MPAA and RIAA want ISPs to police their traffic for pirated material. Others wants them to police for child porn. Now this. When are phone companies going to be held liable for chuckleheads drunk dialing when I sleep? When are cable companies going to be held liable for allowing stations to up the volume on ...
  5 days ago

• Proposed Bill Would Make ISPs Liable For Fraudulent Traffic

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill, the Investor Protection Act , which requires to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block any traffic on their networks which fraudulently invokes the Securities Investor Protection Corporation , Failure to do so will make the ISPs subject to court ...
  6 days ago

• Beware Of Startup-Biz Scammers

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 490
  Eve Tahmincioglu at MSN Business has an interesting article about start-up business scammers. Just ask V.M. from the Austin, Texas, area. A longtime entrepreneur in the home-building industry, he had visions of launching his own online travel and health-care insurance business but ended up out nearly $5,000. He ...
  6 days ago

• Cyber Crime Damages Surpass $100 Million Mark

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  In a statement released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the FBI officials have announced and stated a warning for all small- and medium-sized organizations to be on their toes as there has been an increase in the number of cyber attacks on such businesses. Hackers that are perpetrating these cyber ...
  1 week ago

• FBI Says ‘Money Mule’ Scams Now Top $100 Million

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 455
  The hackers looting bank accounts of small and mid-sized businesses around the county are hitting new victims every week, and have now racked up approximately $100 million in attempted losses, the FBI said Tuesday. “The infection vector has not been determined in every case,” the bureau’s Internet Crime ...
  1 week ago

• Beware Wave of Facebook Scams

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  There have been many reports recently of Facebook phishing and other scams. The most serious example appears to be a fake e-mail with a malicious attachment , according to a report in The Tech Herald.The e-mail pretends to be from "The Facebook Team" (support@facebook.com) and has a ZIP file attachment. The message ...
  1 week ago

• Spear Phishing Experiment Succeeds

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  Security consulting firm PacketFocus has issued a report on tests they ran of "the effectiveness of available email security controls to protect against directed/Small-scale email attacks, as implemented in large enterprise environments." In other words, can spear phishing get through common e-mail security ...
  1 week ago

• EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor George Tiller

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 814
  Filed under: Abortion , Crime , Internet EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featured graphic prison art celebrating the murder, and was an effort to raise money for Roeders legal defense. The Kansas City ...
  1 week ago

• EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortionist George Tiller

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 814
  Filed under: Abortion , Crime , Internet EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featured graphic prison art celebrating the murder, and was an effort to raise money for Roeders legal defense. The Kansas City ...
  1 week ago

• Secure Web Hosting

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 565
  Even after the death of the free Geocities service web hosting can be had for very cheap, with real plans starting at even a few dollars a month. But what are you getting for that kind of money? In terms of security, not a whole lot.Most sophisticated attacks against web sites these days arent the sort of thing that ...
  1 week ago

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