Phishing doesn’t stop … it just changes its methods as seen in this week’s phishing update: * 1.5 Million Facebook Accounts for Sale * Porn sites top drive-by download list * Twitter Phishing Scam * Fake Ticket Sites * Google Cyberattack * Facebook virus causes headaches * “Phishing” Phone Calls * Social Networking on Facebook Declared Unsafe … and others
Social Networking on Facebook Declared Unsafe
Remarkably, with almost 400 Million users, Facebook is considered to be one of the most famous social applications across the globe. All these social applications such as Facebook are designed so that users can access online content and share some data as well.
However, unfortunately, over half a billion people on these social networking sites have disclosed huge amount of their private information. There is a great possibility for third parties to gain an access to the information through applications installed on social networking sites like games and social interaction tools.
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1.5 Million Facebook Accounts for Sale
Signing up for Facebook is free. But that doesn’t mean attackers will have trouble turning a profit if they get their hands on your user credentials. Security researchers at VeriSign iDefense can put a price on your Facebook account. As a recent attempt to sell 1.5 million accounts shows, social networking credentials are gaining value in the cyber-underworld.
The hacker, who went by the name “kirllos,” is believed to be from Eastern Europe based on the language being used (Russian) and the forum in question, iDefense reported. It is not known whether or not Kirllos is linked to the well-known Koobface crew or any widespread phishing attacks. continue reading :: Brian Prince www.eweek.com
Facebook virus causes user headaches
Viruses and phishing scams have long been nuisances in e-mail accounts everywhere. Now, it appears social networking sites have joined the landscape of opportunity for spam and other disruptive internet programs.
One of the viruses currently facing social network users appears to be targeting Facebook. It can come as a wall post from someone on your friend list, though that person probably has no knowledge of sending the message. In all likelihood, their account was hacked before the message was sent. continue reading :: Will Frampton www.news10.net
Google Cyberattack Used Run-of-the-Mill Attack Method
New details about the cyberthefts at Google last December seem to prove one thing: even the best of us can fall for routine hacker tactics.
As The New York Times reported yesterday, the initial attack was pretty run-of-the-mill by common security standards. continue reading :: Matthew Harwood www.nytimes.com
Twitter Issues Alert About Phishing Scam
Twitter issued a warning about phishing e-mails that tell users they have unread messages on the micro-blogging site. The e-mails, coming from a support@twitter.com e-mail address, tell members that they have unread, delayed, or undelivered messages on Twitter, and ask them to click a link in the e-mail to view the mystery messages.
“Twitter does not send any messages of this type; support@twitter.com does not send notifications in general,” the company wrote on its status blog. http://status.twitter.com/ continue reading :: Chloe Albanesius
Phishers still find plenty of suckers
After all the warnings that you must never click on a link in an e-mail that takes you to a website asking for your bank login and password, you’d think phishers would have run out of suckers by now.
Unfortunately not, case studies in the Ombudsman for Banking Services’ annual report — Banks have taken a hardline approach to phishing victims, arguing they’ve warned people often enough. continue reading :: Robrt Laing – Money Editor timeslive.co.za
KSP Warns Against “Phishing” Phone Calls
The Kentucky State Police warns residents of phishing scams that are popping up in the area.
Recently, a resident received a phone call from an individual claiming to work for Visa. The caller offered to provide a series of gifts to the resident due to purchases she had made earlier on the credit card. When she informed the caller she did not have a credit card, he asked for personal information in order to receive several alleged coupons. continue reading :: www.wsaz.com
E-Mail Phishing Scam Poses As BBB
The Better Business Bureau said mid-state businesses need to beware of an e-mail phishing scam targeting businesses and posing as the BBB.
This bogus e-mail is causing damage to computers and servers, and the BBB is worried it could get worse. The BBB does contact businesses by e-mail, and Calligan said there will be a phone number attached that will go directly to a staff person that is the assistant counselor on this matter, and it can then be verified that it’s a legitimate e-mail. continue reading :: Aaron Solomon www.wsmv.com/
Spammers Turn Positive on the Economy
Add another to voice to the chorus declaring that the recession that began in December 2007 is over: your spam folder.
Symantec Corp., the security software company behind such programs as Norton, every month cleans out its industrial-sized spam filters and issues a monthly State of Spam & Phishing report based on the result. In its April 2010 report, the company found the tea leaves suggest economic prospects are picking up, at least according to spam email using economic terms. continue reading :: Miguel Gonzalez Jr. – Wall Street Journal
Porn sites top drive-by download list
Porn sites are still the most likely online destinations to be compromised with malware, in spite of increasing attacks on legitimate non-porn websites, according to a report released by security company Commtouch this week.
Porn sites, which have been the top sources of website malware for the past few quarters, top business, computers and technology, forums and newsgroups, education, and health and medicine sites in that order as sources of drive-by download malware, according to Commtouch’s Internet Threats Trend Report for first quarter of 2010. continue reading :: www.infosecurity-us.com
Reading And Leeds Festival Organisers Warn Over Fake Ticket Sites
The organisers of Reading Festival and Leeds Festival are urging music fans hoping to attend either event to only buy tickets from authorised outlets listed on their websites.
The company behind both bashes, Festival Republic, said it closed down two bogus fan pages that claimed to offer free Reading tickets last week. Apparently, both fake sites were ‘phishing’ operations designed to gain personal information from users, such as email addresses. continue reading :: www.spinner.com
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