8 Tips for Filing Taxes Online Safely

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Mike Kronenberg Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and they’ve got a ... Read more..

‘30 Rock’ Phrase ‘Circulus et Pruna’ Draws Fakealerts

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Every search result on the first page (and most of the second page) of results for "circulus et pruna" leads to a Fakealert trap. Read more..

Social Nets Put Your Privacy at Risk

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Mike Kronenburg Attention Facebook and Twitter users: You’re still at risk. Last year, our survey found that lots of people using social networking sites were taking the risk of financial ... Read more..

Weird New Koobface URLs Use Old Tricks

Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Pretty much since it arrived on the malware scene, Koobface has used the technique of sending messages with Web links — in your name, to your friends — ... Read more..

Fakealert Accurately Mimics Windows Update

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt A new Windows Update-themed stupid malware trick that’s making the rounds appears to be trying to capitalize on the recent frequency of “out of band” Windows patches Microsoft ... Read more..

Twitter Phish Floods Network with Short URLs

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt All day, I’ve been getting reports from my Twitter-using friends and acquaintances that they’ve been receiving tweets of short URLs. I took a look and it looks like ... Read more..

New Research: IT Pros Sound Off On 2010 Security Concerns

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Research from the enterprise security experts at Webroot With the explosion of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook in 2009, it’s no surprise cybercriminals have set their sights on these Web sites ... Read more..

Phishing Campaign Targets Frequent Fliers

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt A variation of a phishing scam aimed at members of American Airlines’ AAdvantage program is circulating again. With links to a phishing Web site embedded in a spam ... Read more..

Ron Paul, Beyonce Tease a Drive-By Rogue AV

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Here’s a mind-bender for you to ponder over the holidays: What do diva musician Beyonce, the massively-multiplayer game World of Warcraft, the anime series Naruto, and Libertarian politician ... Read more..

Visa Targeted (Again) by Zbot Phishers

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt The gang of malware distributors who are currently flooding the Internet with bogus Facebook “Update Tool,” CDC “H1N1 Flu Vaccination Profile,” and IRS “Tax Statement” emails and Web ... Read more..

« Previous Entries