How Cisco Spinoff Agari Aims To Finally Kill Phishing
As head of security technologies at the startup Ironport in 2007, Patrick Peterson was once so obsessed with tracking a group of drug-hawking spammers that he spent day and night in front of a computer, following leads and ignoring his administrative duties until he flunked a performance review and lost [...]
Phishing scam 'deletes' Facebook accounts
A computer security firm on Thursday warned against a new "brute" phishing scam that threatens to delete a prospective victim's Facebook account if he or she does not hand over his or her account details in 24 hours. The messages claim the victims had violated Facebook policy regulations by annoying or insulting other Facebook users, Sophos said. "The messages are then requesting personal ...
Microsoft refunds phishing scam victims
Gamers urged to change passwords after accounts hacked Microsoft is refunding or sending out warnings to thousands of Xbox Live subscribers who may have had credit card details stolen as the company steps up its investigation into the scam attack . The US technology company has advised Xbox Live customers to change their passwords after a number of accounts were hijacked as part of a phishing ...
Xbox Live Users Scammed in Phishing Attack
Bringing back memories of the Sony PlayStation hack that compromised thousands of gamer accounts, some British Microsoft Xbox Live users have been scammed in a phishing attack. Although Microsoft insists its network has not been hacked, the phishers have nonetheless fooled some gamers into disclosing credit-card information.
Over 380 phishing incidents from January to October
Over 380 phishing incidents have been reported in the January-October 2011 period and 508 in 2010 to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the government said Friday.
