Internet Security

Shady Reshipping Centers

October 14, 2011

Krebs On Security offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at a organized crime operation that uses stolen credit card numbers to purchase and launder high-end electronics. Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed, Part I There are dozens of businesses in the criminal underground engaged in merchandise laundering, known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. The “drops” are [...]

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Rejected Federal Tax Transaction Scam

October 4, 2011

A malicious scam which continues to do the rounds with three caught by my spam filter, the transaction ID changes. How does IRS e-file work?A. You or your tax professional, prepare your tax return. In many cases, the tax professional is also the Electronic Return Originator (ERO) who is authorized to file your return electronically [...]

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Ach ‘payment canceled’ spam

September 28, 2011

Resurgence of malicious ACH spam, the digit number changes randomly from email to email. Keep your anti-virus application up-to-date and if the spam does arrive in the email box don’t click on links within or open any attachment. The bad guys goal is to install a Zbot variant of a password stealing Trojan that also [...]

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Microsoft removes Gold Partner Comantra

September 21, 2011

Graham Cluley Naked Security Blog Comantra, based in India, are said to have cold-called computer users in the UK, Australia, Canada and elsewhere, claiming to offer assistance in cleaning up virus infections. The bogus support calls came from Comantra employees who claimed to be representing Microsoft, and used scare tactics to talk users into opening [...]

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DigiNotar Files Bankruptcy

September 20, 2011

VASCO Announces Bankruptcy Filing by DigiNotar B.V. VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com) today announced that a subsidiary, DigiNotar B.V., a company organized and existing in The Netherlands (“DigiNotar”) filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under Article 4 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act in the Haarlem District Court, The Netherlands (the “Court”) on Monday, [...]

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TDSS botnet sophisticated threat

September 7, 2011

Krebs on Security The TDSS botnet is the most sophisticated threat today, according to experts at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab. First launched in 2008, TDSS is now in its fourth major version (also known as TDL-4). The malware uses a “rootkit” to install itself deep within infected PCs, ensuring that it loads before the [...]

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Symantec Intelligence Report: August 2011

September 7, 2011

Latest Intelligence Reports Report highlights  Spam – 75.9 percent in August (a decrease of 1.9 percentage points since July 2011): page 13  Phishing – One in 207.7 emails identified as phishing (an increase of 0.48 percentage points since July 2011): page 16  Malware – One in 203.3 emails in August contained malware (an increase of [...]

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DigiNotar SSL Certificate Hack

September 1, 2011

Microsoft Security Advisory (2607712) Fraudulent Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing Published: August 29, 2011 | Updated: August 29, 2011 Microsoft is aware of at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar, a certification authority present in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities Store, on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Although this is not a [...]

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Remote Desktop Worm “Morto”

August 30, 2011

F-Secure We don’t see that many Internet worms these days. It’s mostly just bots and trojans. But we just found a new Internet worm, and it’s spreading in the wild. The worm is called Morto and it infects Windows workstations and servers. It uses a new spreading vector that we haven’t seen before: RDP. RDP [...]

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Stolen Bank Cards Vendor Hacked

August 17, 2011

Krebs On Security Brian Krebs recently wrote about an online service that was selling access to stolen credit and debit card data. “The real news is that few of these fraud shops are secure enough to keep their stock of stolen data from being pilfered by thieves’, said Krebs. A prime example is the shop [...]

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