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PhishGuru
25 May 2012, 12:08 pm
PhishGuru from Wombat Security helps businesses train employees to recognize phish and other types of
malicious emails via simulated messages and instant feedback. Businesses interested in augmenting their email security training for employees should consider looking at PhishGuru
Five charged in multiple vandalism cases
24 May 2012, 3:58 pm
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement Team recently closed ten vandalism cases and charged five people with
malicious destruction of property, according to a news release from the sheriff's office
malicious Angry Birds copycat app fined £50,000
24 May 2012, 8:34 am
An unnamed Latvian firm has been fined £50,000 for
malicious Android apps based on the Angry Birds, Assassin's Creed and Cut The Rope franchises. The BBC reports that the apps, which showed up last November on the then Google Android Market, looked like the popular games but were actually designed to cheat consumers with expensive SMS charges.
Fake Android apps scam costs £28,000
24 May 2012, 6:21 am
malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
malicious Exes Are So Much More Horrible In The Internet Age
23 May 2012, 7:32 am
After a break-up, it's natural to feel hurt and angry. Hopefully you and your ex are able to vent those painful emotions by talking to friends, eating copious amounts of ice cream, taking up new hobbies, spending hours at the gym to negate the ice cream eating, and/or meticulously cutting each other out of one another's digital lives through de-friending, deletion and detagging. Let's hope your ...
How to protect your smartphone from malicious QR codes
22 May 2012, 12:44 pm
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET) QR codes are a fun way to share information and they're starting to appear in all sorts of places. QR codes often contain Web links, that when scanned, automatically take you to the Web site. As QR codes become more prevalent, however, it might be a good idea to start checking the QR codes, before allowing your browser to load unknown links. Related stories ...
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Spam with malicious attachments rising - Help Net Security
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
While the volume of spam messages is falling, the number of messages containing
malicious attachments increased, meaning that spam is growing more dangerous even as it becomes less prevalent, according to a Bitdefender study. The number of ...
malicious online ads target consumers - San Jose Mercury News
15 May 2012, 10:40 am
One of the sneakiest scams among cybercrooks these days involves
malicious advertisements that can infect a computer with nasty software even if a person merely happens onto a website where the ads appear and doesn't click on them. The sinister ...
