Vishing - phishing through VoIP
Cheap Internet phones are inadvertently helping the cybercriminals conduct new-style stealing. It is also a form of phishing, but they will directly call the victim inst…
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Cheap Internet phones are inadvertently helping the cybercriminals conduct new-style stealing. It is also a form of phishing, but they will directly call the victim inst…
Spammers are slowly giving up e-mail and moving to more efficient channels such as blog spam (splog), mobile messaging, web messages (spim) and social networking communi…
With more and more users turning to check mail, paying and working with Web applications, cybercriminals began to cling to them to exploit account information and other…
Initially, Mockapetris expects DNS to support about 50 million Internet addresses. But this number has expanded to such an extent that it cannot be statistically accurat…
Security company Sophos has issued a warning about a new scam on the Internet impersonating a Coca Cola beverage advertising campaign. The purpose of this scam is to col…
Statistics from security firm Sophos show that in every 91 e-mails sent, only one contains viruses or other types of malware, while last year's rate was
About analytics warnings: Yamanner worm attacked the Yahoo Mail system just recently as a prelude to the new Ajax-based worm generation.
A new worm targeting Yahoo's popular email service is spreading to the Internet, drilling into the hole in JavaScript. Called Yamanner, the worm attacks all versions of…
The number of viruses and worms such as Browaf, Tilebot and Khoobe released through instant messaging systems rose to a record in May. This shows that hackers are viewin…
Millions of users have subscribed to AOL's service for some time, but Barbara Borchers has decided to remain loyal to the ISP.
On June 6, Microsoft issued a trial version of its e-mail security software - Antigen, and is expected to release a full version next month after acquiring Sybari Softwa…
It is expected that by the end of this year, Microsoft will release Windows Live Mail Desktop, and embed ad types into this client email software.
Sweet invitations make money online that draw a simple and easy job. Not a hoax, but the principle
British security firm Sophos said the number of e-mail containing viruses and worms is continuing to decline as hackers have switched to using Trojan to selectively atta…
Confusion in a bunch of spam (spam) referrals provide millions of email addresses for advertising. Many websites specializing in this type of service are also born and a…