Scams


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Scams

Cybercrime, Cyberpolicing, and the Public

Cybercrime, Cyberpolicing, and the Public

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Cybercrime, Cyberpolicing, and the Public

Security can't be purely the responsibility of the government, the police, the security industry, the ISPs, the public sector, private industry, or any permutation thereof.

David Harley14 Feb 2012


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Facebook scam: the hours I spend...

Facebook scam: the hours I spend...

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Facebook scam: the hours I spend...

Facecrooks has flagged a scam that has apparently already tricked 300,000 people into Liking a scam page.

David Harley24 Jan 2012


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Anonymous and the Megaupload Aftermath: Hacktivism or Just Plain Ugly?

Anonymous and the Megaupload Aftermath: Hacktivism or Just Plain Ugly?

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Anonymous and the Megaupload Aftermath: Hacktivism or Just Plain Ugly?

ESET Research20 Jan 2012


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HTML/Scrinject: surfing for cheap thrills at XXXmas?

HTML/Scrinject: surfing for cheap thrills at XXXmas?

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HTML/Scrinject: surfing for cheap thrills at XXXmas?

Do Xmas shopping and porn surfing account for a spike in Win32/Scrinject detections?

David Harley12 Jan 2012


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Irish 419-er seeks Spanish Lady

Irish 419-er seeks Spanish Lady

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Irish 419-er seeks Spanish Lady

ESET Ireland's Urban Schrott has found an Ireland-targeted 419 with a Spanish twist.

David Harley09 Jan 2012


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Facebook Worm: ZeuS is not your (FB) Friend

Facebook Worm: ZeuS is not your (FB) Friend

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Facebook Worm: ZeuS is not your (FB) Friend

CSIS have reported a worm that really does spread through Facebook...but it's unsafe to use VirusTotal to compare product detection.

David Harley01 Dec 2011


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Breaking Dawn, Taylor Swift, Image Search: Poisoning, survey scams on the rise

Breaking Dawn, Taylor Swift, Image Search: Poisoning, survey scams on the rise

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Breaking Dawn, Taylor Swift, Image Search: Poisoning, survey scams on the rise

Stephen Cobb23 Nov 2011


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Facebook video scam: 15 seconds? Don't watch it at all

Facebook video scam: 15 seconds? Don't watch it at all

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Facebook video scam: 15 seconds? Don't watch it at all

David Harley13 Nov 2011


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Stolen password checking: a question of trust

Stolen password checking: a question of trust

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Stolen password checking: a question of trust

How do you know a service is legitimate and safe? We all have to trust by proxy sometimes, but it just doesn't feel right to encourage people to accept reassuring statements as gospel.

David Harley04 Nov 2011