Cybercriminals are moving aggressively to take advantage of an unanticipated chink in corporate defenses: the use of social networks in workplace settings. They are taking tricks honed in the spamming world and adapting them to what’s driving the growth of social networks: speed and openness of individuals communicating on the Internet. Read more click here
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How Cybercriminals Invade Social Networks, Companies
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Tags: botnets, cybercriminals, facebook, internet, myspace, social networks, spam
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Change Passwords: Crooks Want Keys to Your E-mail
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Phishers are back with a vengeance, armed with some alarming new trickery.
Those e-mail scammers who try to fool you into typing your user name and passwords at faked financial Web pages have been around in force since 2002. They remain active, though many Web users have gotten adept at spotting, and avoiding, ruses to get their financial account log-ons. Read more…
Tags: accounts, cybercrime, email scammers, financial websites, passwords, phishing attacks, social networks
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