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Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users

Posted by Oyya-Info on Thursday, October 29, 2009, In : Security

On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data.

In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, a legitimate-looking Facebook notice asks people to provide information to help the social network update its log-in system, said Fred Touchette, a senior security analyst at AppRiver. When...

SANS report: IT Security defenses misdirected

Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, In : Security

Organizations are finding it difficult to prioritize defense strategies against cyberattacks because most of them do not have an Internet-wide view of the attacks, according to a report from SANS Institute, the security training organization.

As a result, two security risks--Web applications and phishing--carry the greatest potential for damage, even though users instead tend to concentrate on less-critical risks.

The report, published by security training organization SANS Institute, amalg...

Symantec Phishing Report - Attacks rose 52 percent

Posted by Oyya-Info on Thursday, August 6, 2009, In : Security

Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month.

The State of Spam (PDF) and State of Phishing (PDF) reports were released Thursday.

With some fluctuations, spam averaged around 89 percent of all e-mail in July, noted Symantec. That compares with about 90 percent for the month of June. There are dist...