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Malware, Scams
Supermarket security breach puts 2.4 million credit cards at risk
Up to 2.4 million credit cards may have been compromised after St. Louis grocery chain Schnucks was targeted with malware, the chain revealed this week.
Rob Waugh • 16 Apr 2013
Scams
Beware scammers preying on Boston Marathon tragedy
In the wake of the cowardly and despicable bombings in Boston today, people who want to help need to be wary of appeals for money for victims or schemes like retweeting and "Likes" on Facebook.
Stephen Cobb • 16 Apr 2013
Nine out of ten employees knowingly ignore cyber safety policies
The biggest cyber security problem large companies face could be employees - a survey reveals that nine out of ten employees knowingly ignore or violate their company's data policies.
Rob Waugh • 15 Apr 2013
Malware, Scams, Cybercrime
Android app store has serious clean-up with 60,000 apps removed
60,000 Android apps were removed from Google’s Play app store this February. Categories such as personalization (ringtone apps) were targeted heavily, with 12,277 deletions.
Rob Waugh • 11 Apr 2013
Don’t save that date - bogus wedding invitations are latest spam trend but also deja vu
Emailed wedding invitations have popped back up as a way to distribute malware Will this tactic join other malware-email staples like malicious tax season messages.
Rob Waugh • 28 Mar 2013
Criminal hacking continues to cause headaches for Yahoo members
Malicious spam may still be spreading across Yahoo! Mail accounts. We show you how to turn on the added verification process that Yahoo! offers.
Rob Waugh • 23 Mar 2013
Spammers leverage news of a new Pope and other world events
Major world events always bring with them an upsurge in related spam and the election and inauguration of a new Pope is no exception.
Rob Waugh • 22 Mar 2013
Job Scams: Nice Work If You Can Get It
The new ESET blog format must be striking a real chord with people. At any rate, job offers are just pouring in. Except that they don't seem to be jobs for security bloggers, or for web developers like the team that maintains this site.
David Harley • 21 Mar 2013
Tax-related scams plague IRS and taxpayers
Answers to common questions about tax season scams in America and advice about fending off the malicious activity that seeks to exploit tax matters.
Stephen Cobb • 18 Mar 2013