Members of DuPont Community CU were being warned to ignore an e-mail that invites them to share their account information. The phishing attempt reads, "Dear DuPont Community C.U. Cardholder, You have 1 new Security Message Click here to Login and resolve Members of DuPont Community CU were being warned...
BEIJING, Aug. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- ImVajra is pleased to announce the release of ImVajra Password Manager on August 15, 2008. ImVajra Password Manager ( http://www.imvajra.com/password-manager.html ) is a professional personal information protect software that keeps all confidential data in top security that prevents unauthorized accessing and viewing. The...
The Quad City Times provided coverage of IH Mississippi Valley CU’s ongoing fight to keep online scammers from stealing from its members and the credit union. The paper noted that the CU has had to fight off 85,000 scam attempts, such as phishing. The story included insights from the CU’s...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Commtouch[R] (Nasdaq:CTCH) today released its second quarter 2008 Email Threats Trend Report, based on the automated analysis of billions of email messages weekly. The report examines recent trends in email threats, especially the role of millions of dynamic zombie computers actively sending spam and...
Elaborate social engineering techniques, advanced malware technology and intricately blended threats further an already-booming underground cybercrime economy. CUPERTINO, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated , a global leader in Internet content security, reported today that cybercriminals are not only leveraging new technologies...
Keystone Authentication([TM]) Solution for Online Applications CARLSBAD, Calif. -- AP Technology announced today the availability of a state-of-the-art, tri-level authentication and verification solution. The solution, called Keystone Authentication, provides three security components for a multi-layered approach to front-end authentication and maximum protection against data-corrupting man-in-the-middle...
Frost and Sullivan Report Says Trusteer Addresses the Need to Protect Information from the Keystroke to its Endpoint NEW YORK -- Trusteer, the customer protection company for online businesses, today announced that Frost & Sullivan, a leading technology research firm, released a Market Insight report...
Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader incarrier-grade messaging security, today puts e-mail security one step aheadof spammers by announcing Cloudmark ActiveFilterTM, the first and onlysolution to efficiently clean up unwanted messages delivered to the serviceprovider mail store, thus dramatically improving the user experience andfreeing valuable storage capacity. With the...
StrongMail Systems,Inc., the leading provider of on-premise solutions for marketing andtransactional email, and Ponemon Institute, a privacy and informationmanagement research firm, today announced the results of a new researchstudy that found significant gaps in perceptions between marketers andprivacy professionals in terms of how email marketing practices affectconsumers' privacy...
QUESTIONS OF CASH ***Ever since typing my name into Google out of idle curiosity, I have been receiving emails from it demanding money or it will stop my ads. I do not have any ads, but its emails are non-reply and attempts to...
TURIN, Italy -- Critical Path, Inc., a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced that ITnet, the application infrastructure provider owned by Wind Telecomunicazioni, has selected Critical Path's Memova[R] Anti-Abuse C-2000, integrated with Cloudmark Authority, to protect its growing subscriber base from inbound and outbound...
Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grademessaging security , today announced the results of a nationwide pollconducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive®, which revealed that, inthe past twelve months, more than four in five social networking siteusers(1) (83 percent) received unwanted or spam "friend" invitations,messages or...
With More Women Shopping Online Than Men, It is No Wonder Spammers Have Started Targeting Women with Spam against Shoes, Clothing, Bags and Perfumes BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Spammers are targeting the Internet's top user, female online shoppers, with spam attempting to sell designer labels to unsuspecting e-mail...
Phishers Use Tax Rebate Checks from the IRS as Bait to Defraud Unsuspecting Victims SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- As taxpayers eagerly await their economic stimulus rebate checks from the IRS, phishers are using the opportunity to defraud consumers. The checks are supposed to start mailing in May, but...
A recent Internet security threat report issued by Symantec concludes that the Web is now the primary conduit of attack activity, as opposed to network attacks, and that online users can increasingly be infected simply by visiting everyday Web sites. The report is derived from data collected...
Hearing Impaired System In Scam AUSTIN–The Credit Union Information Services Professionals Association CUISPA is reporting it has received at least two notices in the last six weeks from credit unions experiencing voice-phishing attempts from hearing- impaired relay services. Callers use an Internet relay phone service...
Barracuda Spam Firewall Blocks Email Containing Malware That Collects Usernames and Passwords CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security appliances, today announced that its Barracuda Spam Firewall has implemented specific countermeasures to block the phishing malware attacks targeted at salesforce.com users. These attacks...
Massive Phishing Attack Leads To Site’s Shutdown LAKEWOOD, Colo.–Jeffco Credit Union temporarily shut down its online banking service following what it described as “multiple phishing attempts” targeting the credit union’s members. E-mails sent to members by the phishers fraudulently claimed account access was being suspended or limited and then provided...
First the good news. The estimated cost of attempted check fraud jumped 122% over the last three years to $12.2 billion, but actual check losses rose just 43% to $969 million, according to ABA's latest Deposit Account Fraud Survey Report. That suggests that banks'...
Just when you think you're too smart to get taken by net fraud, the next great generation of attacks is on its way The incidence of Internet-based fraud is not new but it is rising at an ever-increasing rate. One such scam plaguing the world of e-business and technology is...
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