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[http://www.pcmag.com] Reviews News & Opinions Downloads Business Daily Deals Login Register Subscribe Top Categories See all » Trending Tags See all » Follow More Blogs AppScout 'Lord of the Rings: Legends' Begins Its Quest on iOS, Android Forward Thinking Microsoft at Build: 10 Spoken and Unspoken Messages Money Is the Best Bait for Phishers Aug 22, 2014 3:09 PM EST Comments By Abigail Wang PhishLabs' report on phishing kits reveal that crooks are after your money. Read More » Categories: Phish Tags: phishing, cybersecurity Stop Casting the Phishing Bait Apr 24, 2014 10:20 AM EST Comments By Abigail Wang PhishMe explains why phishing attacks are the number one reason for successful cyberattacks. Read More » Categories: Security, Phish Tags: antispam, spear phishing, Phishing scams Cybercriminals' Phishing Methods Apr 18, 2014 10:24 AM EST Comments By Abigail Wang In a recent YouTube video, software company Venafi reveals that PayPal phishing attacks are taking advantage of users' trust in wildcard certificates. Read More » Categories: Security, Phish Tags: PayPal, antiphishing, Phishing scams Beware of Fraudulent Heartbleed Password Reset Emails Apr 11, 2014 10:39 AM EST Comments By Fahmida Y. Rashid The most common advice for end users in all the buzz surrounding the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL was to reset passwords used for sensitive Websites. Users have to be alert for potential phishing attacks on the way, security experts warned. Read More » Categories: Phish Tags: phishing, OpenSSL, heartbleed Hackers Gone Phishin' for EA Games Users' Apple IDs Apr 04, 2014 3:30 PM EST Comments By Abigail Wang EA Games found its' servers compromised in a recent phishing attack that targets its Apple ID account holders. Read More » Categories: Phish Tags: Apple, EA Games, security suite, phishing Gone Phishing For The Holidays Dec 21, 2013 10:03 AM EST Comments By Abigail Wang The holiday season always sparks a flood of emails, but a lot of these could actually be phishing scams. Read More » Categories: Phish Tags: phishing, cybersecurity, e-mail scam Malicious Twitter DM Lead to Phishing Attack Oct 16, 2012 5:42 PM EST Comments By Fahmida Y. Rashid Here at SecurityWatch, we've warned time and time again about scammers masquerading as friends to get you to click on dodgy links. There is a phishing scam currently taking advantage of Direct Messages on Twitter. The attack campaign relies on a simple message, "hey, someone is spreading nasty rumors about you [URL]," wrote David Jacoby, a security researcher with Kaspersky Lab, on the SecureList blog on Tuesday. When users click on the shortened link, they are directed to a page that looks like a Twitter login page. When the user enters their Twitter credentials, the pag Read More » Categories: Social Networking, Social Media, Phish Tags: Twitter, malware, Phishing scams London Olympics Scams: Don't Fall For Them Jul 31, 2012 10:06 AM EST Comments By Fahmida Y. Rashid Millions of similar attacks were reported during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and security experts are warning there will be even security incidents in London 2012. Users need to be vigilant about any online communications claiming to be about the Olympics and be wary of which websites they visit. Read More » Categories: Security, Phish, Spam Tags: Spam, scam, Olympic Games, fake anti-virus, Phishing scams, Olympics Cloudmark Reports 300 Percent Rise in SMS Financial Fraud Dec 06, 2011 10:38 AM EST Comments By Neil J. Rubenking Sending financial fraud messages via SMS is more effective and lucrative than phishing through email, says a new report from Cloudmark. SMS-based fraud is up 300 percent year over year. Read More » Categories: Phish Tags: text messages, spam, fraud Proposal for Universal Computer Authentication Doomed Sep 18, 2011 12:40 PM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer Strictly speaking this is an idea that could work; it could detect e-mail with any spoofed identifying data in the headers. But there are practical problems, not to mention the fact that it's up against the massive forces of inertia. Read More » Categories: Security Software, Top Threat, Malware, E-Mail, Hacking, Identity, Software Patches, Phish, Spam, Servers Tags: spam, MTA, dkim, senderid, spf, smtp, marid Microsoft Updates Windows To Block Rogue Certificates Sep 06, 2011 6:09 PM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer 5 DigiNotar root certificates are added to the Windows "Untrusted Publishers" collection Read More » Categories: Security Software, Top Threat, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Hacking, Identity, E-Commerce, Software Patches, Phish, Servers Tags: ssl, tls, certificate Firefox and Other Mozilla Apps Rev to Blacklist Hacked CA Aug 31, 2011 1:30 PM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer New versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey remove a root certificate that was compromised to create rogue certificates. Read More » Categories: Apple, Google, Linux/Unix, Security Software, Top Threat, Vulnerabilities, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, E-Mail, Hacking, Identity, E-Commerce, Mobile Security, Software Patches, Firefox, Internet Crime, DNS, Networking, Phish, Servers Tags: firefox, mozilla, hack See the RSA Spear-Hack in Action Aug 26, 2011 3:17 PM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer F-Secure has obtained the e-mail used to insert malicious code into EMC/RSA which was later used to compromise the RSA key system. Read More » Categories: Security Software, Top Threat, Vulnerabilities, Malware, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, E-Mail, Hacking, Office, Software Patches, Internet Crime, Adobe, Phish Tags: Flash, Excel, EMC, phish, hack, rsa, 0-day, spear, zero day Facebook Publishes A Guide to Facebook Security Aug 22, 2011 1:26 PM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer Only 'friend' people you know; use good passwords; log out when not using Facebook. These and other basic, good rules to follow are collected in a new document for mainstream Facebook users. Read More » Categories: Top Threat, Hacking, Identity, E-Commerce, Social Media, Internet Crime, Phish Tags: scam, password, phish, social, friend Spam Continues to Decline Aug 16, 2011 11:37 AM EST Comments By Larry Seltzer No other way to put it: Spammers just aren't sending out as much spam. What can this mean other than that it's not worth it to them? Read More » Categories: Security Software, E-Mail, E-Commerce, Internet Crime, DNS, Phish, Spam Tags: symantec, forefront, spam. spamcop Older Posts Subscribe // Most Popular Articles 17 Secret Gems Inside Facebook Messenger The Eerie World of Abandoned Arcade Games 5 Reasons to Play Quantum Break Everything Coming to Netflix in April Black Markets and Secret Thumb Drives: How Cubans Get Online Tax Tips for Last-Minute E-Filers » See More // Discover... 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