Phishy e-mails falling as scammers switch tactics, IBM security researchers sayAugust 26th, 2009 'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?SAN FRANCISCO — Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. A report being released Wednesday by IBM Corp.
FBI arrests dozens in US and overseas for alleged 'phishing' identity theft schemeOctober 7th, 2009 FBI arrests dozens for 'phishing' ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — The FBI is arresting dozens of people in the United States and overseas to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands of people. Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, says agents are making arrests Wednesday morning in Southern California, Nevada, North Carolina and overseas.
200 Million Facebook users at risk of being robbed of their passwordsMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - In the latest phishing scam to hit Facebook, almost 200 million users of the social networking site are at the risk of being robbed of their passwords. A Facebook spokesman has said that Internet fraudsters have stolen the passwords of a number of members in a successful attack on May 14.
Facebook Hacked!?February 7th, 2009 Facebook has become the most popular social network on the net, even surpassing MySpace. So it is obvious that hackers will now target Facebook more.
Blogger blames Russia for attack on Facebook and TwitterAugust 8th, 2009 LONDON - A blogger who was targeted in a coordinated attack against websites such as Facebook and Twitter has told the BBC that he blames Russia for the assault. According to a report by BBC News, the pro-Georgian blogger, known as Cyxymu, said he had been targeted for "telling the truth about the Russian-Georgian war" in his writings.
Internet highly vulnerable to phishing attacksDecember 30th, 2008 LONDON - You are browsing a particular website thinking that it is perfectly secure, but it may not be the case as experts have uncovered chinks in Internet security. For instance, a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure allows attackers to forge certificates completely trusted by all commonly used web browsers.
7 SKorean Web sites facing renewed cyber attacks, official saysJuly 9th, 2009 Official: 7 SKorean Web sites under renewed attackSEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack. Ku Kyo-young from the state-run Korea Communications Commission said the latest assault began around 6:30 p.m.
7 South Korean web sites facing renewed cyber attacks, official saysJuly 9th, 2009 Official: S. Korea web sites under renewed attackSEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack.
How MySpace Gets Hacked + Protect Yourself From MySpace HackingJune 3rd, 2008 How MySpace Accounts Get Hacked
This video shows how MySpace accounts gets hacked. The modus operandi is simple:
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Hacker attack clamps down Twitter, Facebook also 'looking into' problemsAugust 6th, 2009 Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows downNEW YORK — A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems. Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it was "defending against a denial-of-service attack," in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through.
Cyber attacks on US, S. Korea aimed at registering protest: ExpertsJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The latest cyber attacks against South Korean and American websites are more intended at venting anger than causing damage. The attacks on Estonia and South Korea, for instance, might best be thought of as the 21st-century equivalent of banging a shoe at the United Nations.
Authorities arrest dozens in US, Egypt for alleged 'phishing' identity theft schemeOctober 7th, 2009 Dozens arrested in US, Egypt in ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — U.S. and Egyptian authorities are arresting dozens of people to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands.
Authorities charge nearly 100 people in US, Egypt with 'phishing' identity theft schemeOctober 7th, 2009 Nearly 100 charged in US, Egypt in ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged nearly 100 people with helping an identity theft ring steal money from thousands of bank accounts.
5 FaceBook Source Code SecretsAugust 15th, 2007 I glanced over the Facebook source code for both index and search pages. As an enterprise developer of some experience, source code is always interesting to me as it provides an insight into the health of a company.
Facebook to give its core access to developersApril 27th, 2009 The most popular social networking site on a global scale, Facebook is trying to welcome developers by keeping some of the core floodgates open so that they get familiar with the system in a better way. If you remember well, most of the recent changes in Facebook has brought about agitation from the Facebook crowd.
NEW YORK - For those who have an account with social networking site Facebook - take care not to click on messages urging you to 'check this out'. It could be a worm luring you to provide information. The site has been hit by two phishing attacks on two consecutive days, with a worm prompting users to log in to a fake Facebook page, Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt has said.
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