Exposing Scams

Are you watching your online accounts? After a lull at the start of this year, phishing attacks suddenly spiked 200% from May through September, according to IBM's X-Force research team. Phishers are going after log-ons to Web mail, social networking and online gaming accounts. And most people use the same password on all of them.  

Offering a popular website or web service is not always a blessing. This especially becomes apparent when you have to deal with security related issues like phishing attacks. Facebook is without doubt one of the most popular sites on the Internet these days and it therefor comes unsurprisingly that the service is regularly attacked. Trend [...]  

So, there are these apparent MySpace phishing e-mails going around ("...please be informed that you are required to update your MySpace account, Please update your MySpace account by clicking here...")When you follow the link, you end up to this MySpace look-a-like page, hosted on various .uk domains:Once you log on, the bad guys gain access to your MySpace credentials.Why do they want them?So they can pose as you on MySpace and send malicious...  

MANHATTAN BEACH -- A Romanian national is under arrest after police say he tried to install a "skimming" device on a bank ATM in Manhattan Beach. George Puflene, 26, is believed to be part of an organized crime ring that "skimmed" $70,000 from customers' accounts, police said. (Read on Source)  

Can you believe it's nearly the end of October already? Amazing. This week has seen quite a few new Web search developments, so let's get right to it: Pew: Almost 20 Percent of Internet Users Update Status With Twitter (Or Other Social Net): This statistic is almost unbelievable, isn't it? If you Twitter, let us know in the comments below (I'm @wboswell on Twitter). Full Circle In Sight As Inventor Of The World Wide Web Signs Up For Twitter...  

Rogue anti-virus products are among the latest phishing instruments to appear, and many are quite convincing. Bearing names like Antivirus 2009, AntiVirmin 2009, and AntiSpyware 2009, they have interfaces similar to those of real antivirus apps.  

Fraudsters frequently pretend to be from official or official-sounding organizations and companies to perpetuate their scams, but one group has kicked the chutzpah level up to a whole new level. They're running a sweepstakes scam by pretending to be real people from the FTC, one the very organizations charged with stopping them. Red Tape Chronicles reports: In one case, a 67-year-old building inspector from Washington state named Ralph (he...  

What better way to mark National Cyber Security Awareness Month than by throwing a phish phry?! Each October, the Department of Homeland Security highlights the importance of protecting cyberspace - trying to enlist your help.  

With all the newspaper, TV, magazine, and Internet warnings out there, it's astonishing that so many people still fall victim to the many high-tech con games. There are several email and web pages scams that will fool you into typing your private information. "Phishing scams" are very convincing to the untrained, but with just a little bit of guidance, you can easily spot when you are getting scammed online. Check out Jeremy's phishing article...  

There is a warning about a new scam that could cost you big bucks. It involves text messages claiming to be from Chase, but they're not. When Ken Gordon got an urgent text message from his bank he quickly responded. Since Gordon signed up for his bank's alert system he called the number and entered his account information. Gordon is among countless cell phone users who have been targeted by scam artists. Posing as banks, they send texts trying...  

Wilkes county deputies are investigating the reported loss of more than 22-hundred dollars by a local man though an apparent Internet scam. Alex Alvarado reported Friday afternoon that he'd discovered his debit card had been used by an unknown person to buy $2,240 worth of event tickets on the StubHub.com website. The purchase was made last Wednesday. Alvarado tells authorities when he contacted the merchant, he was asked if his first name was...  

Jack straw's hacked email, hotmail password leak in listThe eBay email fraud campaign, which took place in May this year, and aimed to get users of the online auction site to disclose their bank details has been named this year's scariest email blunder by Proofpoint.  

Most computer-savvy consumers are very familiar with e-mail phishing scams. They are extremely popular with con artists as a means to obtain personal or financial information. In addition, they may contain viruses that can serious damage your...  

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Yesterday, I, along with hundreds (if not thousands) of others received an email that appeared to be from Google. The email's subject line read "Google Adsense Account Disabled" and the email's from to looked to be from Google Adsense ....