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Email scams: So long Nigerians, hello polite Brits

Email scams: So long Nigerians, hello polite BritsCall?Sure, call them if you want. :) hahahaWow! Such good luck for us both!Well, when you collect your 30 million please contact me about my humanitarian efforts. I could distribute half of it to the needy for you, as I am sure you...

Tags: Email Scams, Brits, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

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News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-11-03

News to know: Google, IBM; AMD; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., E-books, Desktops, Networking, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Time to ditch Windows for online banking and shopping

Instead of a live CDWould I be able to install Linux in Windows and do the same?Amen! Happened today to a gov't computerhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/10/computer_hacker_steals_479000.htmlYet another infected computer stealing OUR money.Absolutely ridiculous and irresponsible article!Show me an instance where a flaw in Vista/7 has led to a user being compromised? ...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, exploit, phishing, Linux, operating system, Adrian, online banking

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements

It's about time!It's only fair that if somebody refers you to a product or a service through their blog, and they have received any sort of remuneration, that they reveal this information to you.won't workhow are you going to find the ofenders?padded reviews, stuffed 'online polls' is just something we...

Tags: Blogging, FTC, advertisement, blogger, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Fake PayChoice e-mails deliver malware

partial passwords included?wow... sounds like someone's security needs a serious looking intoi've forwarded many spoof emails to spoof@paypal.com ...why doesn't every site have a similar address to report to? people will *always* fall for such scams so it's up to the rest of us to at least get...

Tags: Financial services, Cyberthreats, bank, e-mail, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Bad ethics in the wild: Twitter spamming and site stealing

Interesting......a guy who has no problem violating copyrights complaining about a lack of ethics.Carl RapsonSPAM on Twitter!!! Say it isn't so!!Why is this worthy of a ZDNET blog entry. Is your next entry going to be about how you hate to get those EMail's that say "You've Won $15,000,000" or...

Tags: Spam, E-mail, Twitter Inc., Twitter spamming, BAD ETHICS, spamming

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

419 scammers using Dilbert.comYou know, you'd think 419 schemes would be famous by nowWhy do people *still* fall for them? Quite aside from the cynicism factor this has been going on for years. Surely everybody's heard about it by now???Sometimes they're nearly believableI'm as suspicious about these spam letters as...

Tags: INTERNET, Spam, Dilbert.com, scammer, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started  using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...

Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading

The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on. With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...

Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Spam, Michael Jackson, Malware Campaign, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Running Microsoft Security Essentials

Running Microsoft Security EssentialsI suspect "primitive" was the pointMS has to be able to defend this to the EU. By pointing out that this is meant to be a very basic package and that 3rd party AV vendors can show that, for money, they offer a better product, then everyone...

Tags: Performance management, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Running Microsoft Security Essentials, Running, MSE, performance

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading

Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email. The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...

Tags: Patch Management, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Malware Campaign, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Trend Smart Surfing 1.0 (Mac)

Trend Smart Surfing for Mac protects your identity and personal data from malicious threats when you shop, bank, or surf online. Enjoy online freedom with the built-in protection of Trend Smart Surfing, which blocks IM and email links that lead to dangerous websites, protects against phishing scams that can trick...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trend Micro Inc., IM, Threat, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Instant Messaging, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-06-10

Attachment Spam - The Latest Trend: Spammers Using Common File Formats as Attachments for Pump and-Dump Scams

This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead...

Tags: Spammer, GFI Software Ltd., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2009-06-05

419 scammers using NYTimes.com 'email this feature'

What do Burkina Faso and the New York Times have in common? As of recently, a peak of 419 scams promising you the Moon and asking you for advance-fees via emails sent through the NYTimes.com's 'email this feature' in order to successfully bypass anti-spam filters. The tactic...

Tags: New York Times Co., E-mail, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-03

A tragic tale of cyber crime: This could be your mom

Security firm McAfee showed me a documentary it had commissioned as part of an educational program teaching people about scams that owe more to social engineering than to technology such as stealing passwords. The documentary was made by director Seth Gordon and it tells the story of...

Tags: Mom, Credit Card, E-mail, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Mortgages, Online Communications, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-18

GhostSurf Platinum 5.5 (Windows)

GhostSurf Platinum makes you invisible on the Internet and ensures a secure surfing experience. GhostSurf enables even novice PC users to erase all traces of their online activity, encrypt their Internet connection and remove aggressive spyware automatically. Additional features provide a secure location to store confidential files and eliminate online...

Tags: Tenebril Inc., Microsoft Windows, GhostSurf, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-04-30

News to know: Wolfram; Microsoft's Pink; Swine Flu; Facebook; RealDVD; Ellison;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analytics Mary Jo Foley: Could Verizon be a (or 'the') carrier for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Flu, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, E-mail, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Swine flu email scams circulating

Swine flu email scams circulatingSwine Worms..Thanks for the heads up. Whenever opportunity arises, scammers are never too far away are they. It's sort of amusing that this time around it's a "real" virus we are afraid of instead of Conficker. http://www.justaskgemalto.com/en/search/node/malware is a valuable link if you...

Tags: e-mail, email scam, H1N1 flu, Swine flu email scam

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Swine flu email scams circulating

Opportunistic scammers and spammers are actively exploiting the swine flu buzz across the web by spamvertising links to pharmaceutical scams, and bogus 'Swine Flu Survival Guides' using search engine optimization of typosquatted domains related to the outbreak. The event-based social engineering campaign is similar to the recent...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Outbreak, Cybercriminal, SARS, Cyberthreats, Spam, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail, Search, Marketing Research, Security, Spam And Phishing, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-28