- gcluley: RT @NakedSecurity 350,000 users exposed by hardcore porn hack http://t.co/gLuH4hn6about 3 hours ago
- gcluley: Anna at Naked Security received some - ahem! - "romantic" Valentine spam http://t.co/vBBpn684about 5 hours ago
- SophosLabs: RT @gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/8Z51uihkabout 5 hours ago
- gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/I7kYAiwIabout 5 hours ago
Tag Archives: identity theft
Ellen DeGeneres fans targeted in bizarre Facebook scam
Socialbot Network finds it easy to harvest data from Facebook users
National Identity Fraud Prevention Week shares some good tips
Hackers steal credit card details at Wisconsin and Tennessee Wilderness resorts
UK utility company targeted in identity theft scam
4th grade root beer memory foils Facebook chat scammer
Apple, Facebook, Adobe, Firesheep - 90 Sec Roundup - Nov 2010
Privacy threats to dominate security landscape in 2011?
British e-crime police need more funding, says Met Police chief
Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has described how 'traditional' organised crime in Britain is "waking up to the profits and uses of e-crime" and that the authorities need to be properly funded to respond. Writing in the Sunday Read more…
USA charges 60 people as part of international ZBot investigation
The US Department of Justice has charged more than 60 people in connection with a criminal scheme involving the ZBot Trojan horse. ZBot, also known as Zeus, is a family of malware that can hijack your computer, making it part Read more…
Beware malicious LinkedIn invitation reminders
In a world where cybercriminals frequently target users of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter on a regular basis, fans of business network LinkedIn don't get away scot free. Take, for example, this malicious attack that we have seen Read more…
Inside Facebook security, and how to better protect your account
Facebook's Nick Bilogorskiy kicked off proceedings at the Virus Bulletin 2010 conference in Vancouver this morning, giving the social network's view on the scale of the cybercrime problem. Bilogorskiy, who heads up the anti-malware team at the social networking giant, Read more…
Microsoft issues emergency out-of-band patch for ASP.Net
Microsoft has responded to news of a serious security vulnerability in the way that ASP.Net web applications are secured by issuing an emergency patch. And you know that if a problem is serious enough for Microsoft decides to release a Read more…
Criminals pose as Interpol boss on Facebook
Ronald Noble, the Secretary General of Interpol, has described cybercrime as "one of the most dangerous criminal threats ever" in a speech he gave last week at a conference in Hong Kong. In the speech (which can be downloaded as Read more…
Rumours of Facebook privacy changes - but will it be too little too late?
Updated According to media reports, Facebook is planning to announce changes to its privacy settings within the next few days. Benjamin Cohen, a reporter for the British TV's Channel 4, has written on his blog that he has spoken to Read more…
More Twitter users duped by 'More followers' spam
At the end of last week I wrote about thousands of Twitter accounts I had found which were spamming out adverts for a "more followers" website. Either these users had had their usernames and passwords phished from them, or - Read more…
Your privacy, Facebook, and why you should care
In December many of my press contacts were working on their 2009 in review and 2010 prediction stories, providing me a rare opportunity to reflect on the past year. Ordinarily when blogging we tend to focus on a hot topic Read more…
Flash drive manufacturers warn: Hackers can decrypt 'secure' USB sticks
Here's some news that might cause concern for some users of hardware-encrypted USB memory sticks. Many companies and individuals use thumb drives equipped with hardware-based encryption to secure their sensitive data. This is sensible as there have been far too Read more…
Could a rubber duck steal your identity on Facebook?
Two years ago, I took a small plastic frog given to me by my nephew, and used it to demonstrate how easy it was to extract personal information from complete strangers on Facebook. Now, Sophos's Australian office has conducted the Read more…
Sophos Australia Facebook ID probe 2009
Just over two years ago, Sophos UK conducted a Facebook ID Probe to see how willingly social networkers give out their personal data. 43% of those in the probe accepted an invitation to be friends with Freddi Staur – allegedly Read more…


