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- Microsoft MSN offers scam detector
- Microsoft MSN offers scam detectorRE: Microsoft MSN offers scam detectorDoes it go off when one enters the Windows update site.Sorry that was too easy to pass up. Never mind.Trying to license for internal use...Although I block most of the well known malicious sites out there (Mozilla, Google, Yshoo, etc.),...
- Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, phishing scammer, MSN, detector, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., status bar
- Discussion threads 2005-08-25
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- House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites
- Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- New scam adds live chat to phishing attack
- Not all live chats are scamJust because there's a web based chat window involved doesn't mean it's scam. There are a couple of live support software that are great for the customer!That's not what they are sayingThey're not saying all live chats are scams. They are saying that scammers have...
- Tags: Instant messaging, phishing, scammer, live chat, IM
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
- Facebook appsI'm already deeply suspicious of facebook apps. Many of them seem to be little more than chain letters ("send this to all of your friends") and many of the "send a drink/snack/smile/ETC" seem to encourage content-free communication. Also, I'm bombarded by "send a drink, ETC" requests from...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Microsoft study debunks phishing profitability
- Microsoft study debunks phishing profitabilityTwo points1. Phishing may or may not be profitable, but the victim loses nonetheless.2. One of the functions of organized crime is to reduce/eliminate competition in illegal enterprises in order to maximize profit.Ergo, if there is too much competition now, then it's only a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., phishing
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- Online brand-jacking increasing
- With the evolving sophistication of online scammers' understanding of social engineering and trust building online, the techniques they use to build authenticity into their scam propositions have started directly influencing a targeted brand's reputation online in the most negative way possible - the loss of a customer's trust into the...
- Tags: Brand, Scammer, MarkMonitor, Phishing, Branding, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Escrow fraud ruining Craigslist?
- There was a time when Bay Area residents could find anything they needed quickly and efficiently on Craigslist. It was great - cars, furniture, apartments, partners, all right there in a revolutionarily simple text format. Then Craigslist expanded to the rest of the US and even the world. Now...
- Tags: Craigslist, Fraud, E-mail, Phishing, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Australia pushes further Web censorship
- Australia pushes further Web censorshipAnd coming soon...to America, courtesy of the Bush Administration, IF they have their way.RE: Australia pushes further Web censorshipI didn't know that Australia was the new China. Nothing on the internet should be blocked by a government. That's something that Hitler would do.RE: Australia...
- Tags: INTERNET, Channel management, Homeland security, Web censorship, censorship, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Cyber crooks: They're out to get you...
- Internet users can receive a cash reward for forwarding messages to test a Microsoft/AOL e-mail tracking system. THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REALSubject: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on GOOD MORNING AMERICA!!!! It was on the news! Kathy South Alcoa - EHS Maintenance...
- Tags: Spam, Security, Scams, Phishing, Email
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activation
- It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activationWhen are those Dells with Ubuntu going to be available?ntAdrian thanx for this story .I'd like to hear what the boys from the Microsoft hood have to say about this one . Man/Woman these stories just keep on getting better by...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, impersonation, Taskmgr, trojan horse, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- eBay CEO: Phishers threaten user trust
- eBay CEO: Phishers threaten user trusteBay phishers sure destroyed my trustI created an eBay account to make a purchase, since I had no prior experience with eBay. Within one hour of registering my account, I received phishing and spam. I found the eBay support process extremely unsupportive, and...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, phishing, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- IE 7 gives secure Web sites the green light
- IE 7 gives secure Web sites the green lightWhat does one cost?I mean the "Microsoft seal of Approval." Sort of like TrustE and the "Good Housekeeping Seal," except that their price lists have been public for quite a while.Firefox the best of themFirefox the opensource web browser is most...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Web technology, Piracy, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., small business, Web site, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison
- AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prisonAOL Users Should Get 101 Years In PrisonSounds about rightWould be interesting to know what sort of witness harrassment he was doing, though.White Collar Crime still paysThere are probably hundreds of separate and related crimes that this man committed, and he's only...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, America Online Inc., AOL phisher, phishing
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Give Microsoft an 'A' for effort
- Give Microsoft an 'A' for effortA technological fix for social engineering?An attack on the site or anything else set up by the phisher is likely to be a case of barn door locking.As you wrote:And thirdly phishing attacks use elaborate social engineering to induce you to hand over your credentials...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Part-of Microsoft, phishing, phishing Web site, Microsoft Corp., redirector
- Discussion threads 2006-03-21
- Thinking about Vigilantism
- Remember Sean Carpenter? There was a great article in Time last summer that chronicled Sean’s activity at Sandia Labs in the Titan Rain affair. (Rather than link to Time’s “Premium Content” here is a link to Tao Security that blogged it at the time). Sean...
- Tags: Sandia
- Blog posts 2006-03-02
- Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams
- Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams"A fool and his money are easily parted.".Excludes Stock market Pension losses?I'm pretty sure elderly Americans lost a lot more than $152 million last year if you include pension fund losses due to accounting frauds.http://home.att.net/~fcwriter/accounting.htmYet you still see lobbying attempts to block Sarbanes-Oxley!This is...
- Tags: Benefits, Internet
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- Going After Phishers
- Going After PhishersSecurity as a whole is the issuePeople get caught in phishing scams because they don't understand security. Common sense should tell you not to go to a website and type in personal information unless you can be certain you can trust the website, but most people will never...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, phishing, password, security
- Discussion threads 2005-02-15
- Vigilantes launch attack on scam sites
- Vigilantes launch attack on scam sitesGood show.These scammers deserve the worst possible treatment. Bring it on - kudos to these 419 guys.GrandstandingDOS attacks will do little or nothing to deter the fraudsters. Efforts would be better spent identifying them and handing real names, addresses and evidence over to the...
- Tags: Phishing, Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, VIGILANTe, scammer
- Discussion threads 2005-02-10
- Microsoft's answer to phishing: Two IDs
- Microsoft's answer to phishing: Two IDsBarking up the wrong tree...Two factor authentication (e.g. something you have: token, something you now: password) is used to authenticate a user to an entity such as a bank.Two factor authentication does nothing to authenticate the entity, such as the bank, to the user.Banks or...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., phishing, Two-Factor Authentication, bank
- Discussion threads 2004-11-17
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