Tax Refund Portal Phishing Scam
There are all kinds of phishing scams out there, designed to part you with your money or personal information. Here’s one example of a phishing scam that claims you are getting a tax refund and just to click on the name of your bank to have it deposited. Obviously this is just one type of [...]
Celebrity deaths bring malware installations
I first noticed this trend a few days ago on a SANS blog. Basically, when a celebrity dies or gets in trouble or makes any kind of news, malware distributors spring into action. Basically, they create a new webpage with some kind of “breaking news” regarding this celebrity. They are able to manipulate search engines [...]
Design Flaw in Yahoo! Mail
SANS Application Security Blog has an informative article on the flawed security built-in to one of the most popular webmail clients, Yahoo! Mail. This flaw takes advantage of one of the larger online security holes that exist in most any site that requires a username and password – the password reset mechanism. A similar “hack” [...]
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