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  • January 2008

    • Flash Attack Could Turn Routers Into Zombies

      PC World  |  Jan 16, 08 1:11 PM CST

      Flash Attack Could Turn Routers Into Zombies

      (Newser) - Security experts have demonstrated how attackers could use Flash software and the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol to hijack their home routers, reports PC World . Users exposed to a malicious Flash file could have the servers they're trying to reach changed remotely and secretly, meaning a fraudster could redirect the user to phony bank or e-commerce websites even if they typed the right address into their browser. More »

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      hackers  • computer security  • Skype  • instant messaging  • Adobe  • online fraud  • Flash  • routers

    • Online Scammer Impersonates US Colonel

      Military Times  |  Jan 2, 08 12:42 AM CST

      Online Scammer Impersonates US Colonel

      (Newser) - British woman Wendy McKay had been enjoying her romantic online chats with a handsome US colonel deployed to Iraq, but alarm bells started ringing when the "colonel" suddenly needed thousands of dollars sent to Ghana, the Military Times reports. A con man had stolen the real colonel's identity and taken his photographs from a site for military families. More »

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      US military  • identity theft  • online dating  • online fraud

  • December 2007

    • Phishers Adopt New Tactics to Reel In Victims

      CNET  |  Dec 3, 07 5:52 PM CST

      Phishers Adopt New Tactics to Reel In Victims

      (Newser) - Internet phishers are using shorter Web addresses to make their sites seem more legitimate, says IBM's online-security division. The group observed fraudulent URLs dropping from 30-37 characters to an average of 17, reports CNET. "The fact that they felt the need to make this move suggests that they were seeing diminishing returns," said an IBM specialist.  More »

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      Internet security  • phishing  • web surfing  • online fraud

  • November 2007

    • Hacker Blitz Infects Web Search Results

      BBC  |  Nov 29, 07 10:50 PM CST

      Hacker Blitz Infects Web Search Results

      (Newser) - Software security firms believe they uncovered a massive hacker effort earlier this week to "booby-trap" web searches, one which could have rendered Windows and Internet Explorer users vulnerable to fraud. Seemingly innocuous and random search terms, like "Christmas gifts" and "infinity," brought results that included links thousands of malicious China-registered websites, built to fool search engine page rank algorithms. More »

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      Google  • Yahoo  • hackers  • online fraud  • Russian Business Network

    • Now PayPal Is Everywhere MasterCard Is

      Reuters  |  Nov 20, 07 10:16 AM CST

      Now PayPal Is Everywhere MasterCard Is

      (Newser) - PayPal is offering a new way for customers to pay on sites that don't normally accept the service. PayPal Secure Card creates a new MasterCard number for every transaction and retrieves members' payment information from their PayPal accounts. "From a merchant's perspective this looks like any other MasterCard transaction," says a PayPal exec. "And it's just another PayPal purchase to the customer." More »

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      Internet  • eBay  • Internet security  • shopping  • online retailers  • phishing  • PayPal  • MasterCard  • online fraud

  • September 2007

    • Data Thieves Smarten Up, Branch Out

      PC World  |  Sep 17, 07 2:41 PM CDT

      Data Thieves Smarten Up, Branch Out

      (Newser) - Hackers are getting smarter, more international, and increasingly well funded, a new report on Internet security reveals. One scam involves gangs acting as middlemen for other would-be criminals; some rip-off artists use social networking sites to research a mark, then send a personalized email to trick the target into giving up personal data, PC World reports. More »

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      Internet  • Internet security  • hackers  • data theft  • Symantec  • online fraud

  • March 2007

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