Have you received an email from Google saying that your Google AdWords campaign may have stopped running? Here’s a sample of such an email: Google AdWords Your Google campaigns may have stopped running today (Monday, July 25, 2011) Dear AdWords Advertiser, For quality services and running your ads without any problems (Innactive account meaning Pausing [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Your Google campaigns may have stopped running today, claims scam mail
Posted: 26th July 2011 by infosecindia in News, ScamTags: Google, Google AdWords, google-oa.net, scam
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US announces strategy to combat transnational organized crime
Posted: 26th July 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, NewsTags: cybercrime, organized crime, President Obama, Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, TOC, US Secret Service
President Obama unveiled his plans to combat what the United States is calling “Transnational Organized Crime” (TOC) in a paper released by the White House this morning. The document is called “Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime” and focuses primarily on encouraging more international cooperation to target organized criminals dealing in smuggling people, smuggling drugs, committing acts [...]
Video: Cloud Security vs Cybercrime Economy
Posted: 15th July 2011 by infosecindia in MalwareTags: cybercrime, cybercrime economy, cybercriminals
Hosting Providers Infested With Malware, Botnets: Report
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: Amazon, AS33182 HostDime, botnet, C&C servers, China, exploit servers, Germany, HostExploit, hosting providers, malware, Phishing, Spam, U.S., ZeuS
A new report from HostExploit, an independent group that monitors the level of relative malicious activity on hosting providers around the world, shows that HostDime, a provider based in Orlando, Fla., had the highest relative levels of malware and phishing and other malicious activity in the second quarter of 2011. The servers hosted by the company [...]
ZeuS-in-the-Mobile targets Android, abuses Trusteer brand name
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, Mobile, NewsTags: Blackberry, cybercriminals, mobile, mTANs, Symbian, Trusteer, Windows Mobile, ZeuS, ZitMo
A new version of ZeuS-in-the-Mobile (ZitMo), malware which targets mTANs has been discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Labs. The mobile malware was discovered in the end of September 2010. Previous versions of ZitMo targeted Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. However, the latest version brings ZeuS-in-the-Mobile to rapidly growing mobile platform, Google’s Android. “The first fact [...]
Anonymous attacks Monsanto, PII of 2,500 employees exposed
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Data Loss, NewsTags: #OpMonsanto, Anonymous, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Monsanto, port 6666, Project Tarmeggedon, the Royal Bank of Scotland
Anonymous has launched what they portray as an opening salvo against international agricultural giant Monsanto. Calling their mission #OpMonsanto, they released the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of over 2,500 Monsanto employees and affiliates. Anonymous didn’t release details on types of systems, flaws or anything else that might explain how they acquired the stolen [...]
Why Your Corporate Network May Be Vulnerable
Posted: 5th July 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: access rights, Firmware vulnerability, IT security policy, malware, mistake, research
Kaspersky Lab has come out with the results of a study conducted by its Global Emergency Response Team – a consulting service for the company’s corporate users. The data that was garnered while serving corporate customers highlights the main IT security policy mistakes that can put an organization at risk.