/// Tag Archives: scammers
2012 Will Be Rife With Cybercrime Tricks
January 10, 2012
According to a report for December 2011, phishing campaigns once again proved to be among the most significant threats, with scammers targeting Chase and Barclays...
Basic Email Security Is Lacking At Many Companies
November 24, 2011
When it comes to your email security, it’s no secret that your biggest liabilities are those using the email: senders and receivers. The first step...
Men more likely than women to take risks on Facebook, Twitter
November 04, 2011
Men are more likely than women to accept friendship requests from strangers, announce their location, ignore privacy settings, leave their account searchable to all and...
Can reputation save you from online threats?
October 13, 2011
Reputation is everything in business. A single blemish, a negative report, or a poor review of a product, could bring a company to its knees,...
Scammers are now targeting children online to steal parents’ data
September 21, 2011
Scammers and hackers are increasingly attacking children, including many too young to read, with a series of online games that trick them into installing malicious...
Is your business ready for the largest wave of 9/11 hacks and scams ever?
September 08, 2011
As millions of people around the world pause to remember the heart-wrenching moments of Sept. 11, 2001, hundreds of hackers, spammers and cyber-criminals are launching...
As easy as A, B … erm?
July 18, 2011
When I was in Junior school, we used to have ‘spelling bees’ every Friday – for me, at least, a fun and effortless way to...
VoIP hacking to hurt businesses
June 02, 2011
Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a subculture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as...
7 Simple Rules For Staying Safe Online During The Holidays
November 23, 2010
As the 2010 holiday season gets into full swing, and retailers and consumers get ready for the biggest shopping days of the year—”Black Friday,” the...
Is Google’s Latest Move Another Too Far?
September 10, 2010
So after monochroming its home page to pre-empt the announcement, Google has brightened our lives once again with colour and a new look search to...
Tax Hackers Demonstrate The Power And Skill Of The Social Engineer
August 13, 2010
The closure of 180 websites responsible for an income tax ‘phishing’ scam over the past three months represents another stage in the ongoing rise of...
U.S. FTC Stops Canadian Domain Name Registration Scammers
August 10, 2010
Four people who reside in Canada have settled 2008 charges brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that charged them with scamming small business owners...
I’m Starting With The Man In The Middle
June 15, 2010
Researchers at the Technical University in Vienna have published details of an important evolution in Automated Social Engineering and proved the concept using IRC and...
Facebook Users: Raise Your Mallets
June 10, 2010
Niket Biswas posted an entry in the Facebook Developers blog yesterday entitled “Confirming Developer Accounts“. It seems that they are asking application developers to attach...
8 Tips For Filing Taxes Online Safely
April 16, 2010
Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and...
