World Cup Email Scams on the Rise
Cybercrooks have begun punting World Cup ticket and HD TV viewing scams as a successor to earlier lottery-based cons. Read the full article. [The Register]
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TJX Hacker to Enter Guilty Plea for Heartland
Admitted TJX intruder Albert Gonzalez has entered into a plea agreement
on charges that he hacked into Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford
Brothers, 7-Eleven and two other unnamed national retailers. Read the full article. [Wired]
Capital One Sued for Online Theft Hack
An electronics testing firm in Louisiana is suing its bank, Capital One,
alleging that the financial institution was negligent when it failed to
stop hackers from transferring nearly $100,000 out of its account
earlier this year. Read the full article. [Washington Post]
In the first half of next year the German government plans to set up an advisory center
which will help users purge their computers of viruses and bots. Read the full article. [The H Security]
Compromised (zombie) machines accounted for more than four in five
(83.4 per cent) of an estimated global volume of 107 billion junk mail
messages sent out every day during 2009. Read the full article. [The Register]
The Cisco Cybercrime Return on Investment Matrix identifies the
innovative and lucrative banking Trojan Zeus, as well as successful Web exploits that have dominated cybercrime as
“rising stars.” Read the full article. [TechTarget]
Citing a rising tide of complaints from people
who unknowingly bought counterfeit software infected with malware,
Microsoft announced the launch of educational initiatives
and enforcement actions in over 70 countries to raise awareness of
counterfeit software and to protect consumers. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
Google filed a lawsuit Monday against a U.S. company it alleges runs
work-at-home scams that unnecessarily charge people’s credit cards and
spoof Google’s brand name. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Researchers expect Conficker to get worse in the coming year in a number of specific ways including the corruption on defensive systems, keylogging, DDoS, mass identity theft, and more. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
As 2009 draws to a close, one thing has become clear: The most dangerous piece of software on your PC isn’t a banking Trojan or a bot; it’s your Web browser.
