A bank account-raiding worm, Ramnit has started spreading on Facebook, stealing login credentials as it creeps across the site, security researchers have revealed. Seculert’s research lab has discovered that Ramnit recently started targeting Facebook accounts with considerable success, stealing over 45,000 Facebook login credentials worldwide, mostly from people in the UK and France.
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‘Scareware’ Distributors Targeted: 12 Nations Coordinate Anti-Cyber Crime Effort
Posted: 23rd June 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, Malware, NewsTags: Canada, Cyprus, department of justice, FakeAV, FBI, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Operation Trident Tribunal, Romania, scareware, Sweden, two arrests, UK, Ukraine, US
One of the most widespread types of cyber scam being perpetrated against consumers these days involves “scareware”—those pop-up messages you see on your computer saying you’ve got a virus and all you have to do to get rid of it is buy the antivirus software being advertised. And if you don’t buy it? The pop-ups [...]
Suspected LulzSec member arrested for Sony hack, group denies association with the convict
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, Law & Order, NewsTags: arrest, DDoS, Essex, hacker, LulSec, New Scotland Yard, PCeU, Ryan Cleary, UK, UK Census
New Scotland Yard has arrested a 19-year old suspected hacker, Ryan Cleary, in Essex, UK, in connection with a series of hacks and denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of organisations. The arrest is speculated to be in connection with attacks by LulzSec on Sony, the FBI, and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). Officers from the Police Central e-Crime [...]
Asia becomes top spam continent: India contributes 7.1% to worldwide spam
Posted: 16th May 2011 by infosecindia in News, SpamTags: India, Sophos, Spam, UK, US
Security firm Sophos has published its latest report into the top twelve spam relaying countries, covering the first quarter of 2011. Despite remaining at the top, the USA’s proportion of the global spam output fell significantly from 18.83% to 13.7% of all spam relayed from compromised computers. The United Kingdom also saw a drop, with its [...]
New tax year for UK brings new scams
Posted: 13th April 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, News, ScamTags: HMRC, scam, Symantec, Tax year, UK
Symantec has reported a new phishing scam that is taking advantage of the new tax year beginning for people in the UK on April 6, 2011. The message in question was being sent in the name of the HMRC, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in an attempt to lure users into divulging bank account information [...]