Articles about Phishing

Once attackers have FTP credentials, they can access the accounts and turn the sites into host phishing pages targeting users of online banking sites and other financial services. Continue Reading »

The messages ask visitors to the bogus site to create a profile to receive a vaccination for the swine flu. Continue Reading »

Recently, I wrote about the importance of securing portable devices like laptops and external hard drives, in which encryption can play a large role in protecting data if the device is lost or stolen. Continue Reading »

The site will use the Websense ThreatSeeker cloud to analyze content of the millions of shortened URLs created daily to protect users from emerging Web 2.0 threats. Continue Reading »

As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season. Continue Reading »

The slick and clean appearance of the site no doubt reassures users that the page really belongs to Visa. Continue Reading »

The wealth of sensitive information that law firms and public relations firms have about their large corporate clients, many of which do business overseas, is attractive to hackers, according to an Continue Reading »

Traditionally, malware has tended to originate mainly from countries like Brazil and America, with other nations such as Korea and India joining them in the top 10 malware charts in recent years. Continue Reading »

For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false sense of trust and use that against their victims in phishing or other scams. Continue Reading »

CEOs and other C-level executives are becoming victims of sophisticated phishing attacks. Continue Reading »