I read recently in SC Magazine that Web 2.0 technologies may be Open Seasons for Attackers. Why?
With the advent and uptake of Web 2.0 and its associated server environment of P2P networking, social networking, bookmarking, media sharing, blogs, wikis and RSS feeds, the boundary between the trusted network and the Internet is quickly disappearing.
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From ITWire
With Valentines Day approaching, users are warned of a fresh outbreak of the Storm (Dorf) Trojan that uses romantic themes to infect the unsuspecting.
Targets will receive emails with Subject lines include “Falling In Love with You”, “Special Romance”, “You’re In My Thoughts”, “Sent with Love”, “Our Love Will Last”, “Our Love is Strong”, “Your Love Has Opened”, “You’re the One”, “A Toast My Love”, “Heavenly Love”, “Memories of You”, “Pages from My Heart”, “Eternal Love” and “A Dream is a Wish”.
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According to SC Magazine, for security professionals, there are two new Phishing scams that you should be aware of.
The first scam uses a reference to the recipient’s holiday credit card spending pattern during the Christmas season. The start of this phishing campaign coincides with the arrival of credit card statements and is expected to last until the middle of next month. As usual, social engineering will play a major part in the attack – an email will be received by advising of problems with their credit card transactions and will target the gathering of account information, like account numbers, usernames and passwords. The concern is that people do get confused at this time of year because of the number of transactions conducted over November / December for Christmas.
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‘Phishing’ refers to fraudulent email messages used to gain access to personal information
for illegal purposes such as transferring funds or purchasing goods. These fraudulent messages appear to come from legitimate businesses, most commonly financial institutions. They are designed to lure recipients into disclosing personal data such as bank account numbers, passwords and credit card numbers.
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I’m sure you’ve all heard of Identity Theft and, more recently, Phishing but do you really understand what they are and how they can affect you? Maybe this will help.
Let’s start with the basics.
Personal Information
This is information that allows an organisation to identify you, as you. You know that when you contact the bank, your insurance company or just about anyone that has personal information about you, you are required to prove your identity.
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Hi, I'm Charly Leetham and on this blog I share my knowledge in removing spyware and protecting PCs from the little nasties that are "out there". I also share hints and tips on how to speed up your computer and other such issues.
