The saga continues … and there’s a new Facebook attack that started last night, so be very careful not to click links in Facebook mail! This week : *StarCraft 2 Phishing Scams Deploying Via Email * Why you shouldn’t store and process medical records online * Phishing gang given court date * Phishers nab 10,000 bank accounts * Zeus botnet plundering the masses and snatching certificates * Web attacks can find where you live * Antivirus Software: Do You Really Need It? * Hackers Birth Automated Phishing Kit that Never Dies … and more
StarCraft 2 Phishing Scams Deploying Via Email
Malware in “StarCraft 2″ may only be a problem with illegally pirated copies, but emails phishing for passwords have been circulating, and Battle.net users should be on the lookout for fraudulent messages that come bearing fake product keys.
The scam will insert a malicious URL in place of legit Battle.net login and proceed to request personal information, so be sure to vet any unsolicited email claiming to be from Blizzard before clicking through to any unsavory links.
more :: Brian Warmoth
Why you shouldn’t store and process medical records online
For the first half of 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights has reported 119 instances of medical record breaches which have put at risk some 5 million patients’ healthcare information, says Cathy Leahy, CEO of Datamed Health Informatics based in Bellingham, Wash. in a recent Hospital Impact posting.
The breaches span from coast to coast. Some of the most egregious offenders are health insurance companies and state agencies. Breaches include intentional hacking, improper disposal, unauthorized access and phishing. more :: Sandra Yin
Phishing gang given court date
Three men suspected of being part of a phishing gang which stole hundreds of thousands of pounds have been given a date to appear in crown court.
The three men, at least two of whom police believe are Nigerian, will appear at Southwark Crown Court on 5 October. Two other people, a man and a woman, have been given police bail. The five people were arrested as part of an investigation called Operation Dynamophone carried out by the Metropolitan Police Central eCrime Unit and the Garda. more :: Tom Espiner, zdnet.co.uk
Phishers nab 10,000 bank accounts
The alleged cyber gang are thought to have compromised 10,000 online bank accounts and are also believed to have taken control of 10,000 credit cards, from which it is estimated they gained over �3 million, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said.
more :: Tom Brewster –
Zeus botnet plundering the masses and snatching certificates
The Zeus Trojan has been busy this year. Just this week alone there have been three incidents and studies related to Zeus that have made headlines, and each one only proves the power this Malware has, and the chaos it can cause.
Version 2 of the popular Zeus Trojan is responsible for 100,000 infections in the U.K. according to Trusteer. The Malware is being used to control the U.K.-based botnet, and has been harvesting all sorts of data from its victims, including banking credentials. more :: Steve Ragan –
Web attacks can find where you live
Visiting a booby-trapped website, the bogus webpage designed for phishing, means inviting cyber attackers to your home, a hacker turned security researcher has warned. The attacker exploits the shortcomings in many routers — the device which forwards data packets to their destinations – to find out a key identification number that can reveal the victim’s whereabout in minutes
Once the victim clicks the attacker’s link, the attacker can manipulate geo location data from Google to pinpoint a victim’s precise location, the BBC reported. more :: www.hindustantimes.com
Antivirus Software: Do You Really Need It?
Do you wish you could do without antivirus software? There are certainly plenty of good reasons not to like it. After all, antivirus programs invariably slow down your computer, annoy you with false positives or status pop-ups, and of course most of them cost money –
Today’s browsers have a lot of security controls built in, and these tend to do a fine job of preventing phishing attacks or the automatic downloading of potentially malicious software. Antivirus tools add little to their already robust protections. So if you want to be free of antivirus software, be sure to use to latest version of your browser. more :: Jay Dougherty –
Hackers Birth Automated Phishing Kit that Never Dies
That said, the way a phishing attack is executed is somewhat complex. Up until now, most fraudulent phishing sites have been fought by taking down their main server, which essentially removes the fraudulent website and the point where data is collected.
With the cloud computing format, however, the data collection space is hosted separately from the actual phishing website, and hence, never dies. more :: Carlo Orlando – infopackets.com
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