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[/caption]Do Your PCs Come With For Rent Signs for Cyberthieves?
Cybercriminals commonly present themselves as someone else who is somewhere else on the Internet, and sometimes even from a well-known and -respected Internet e-mail addressand they are emailing your employees. Find out how cybercriminals hack and take remote control of corporate PCs by using sophisticated techniques. Get the latest scoop on
Cybertheives
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Phishing: Malware Infected Web Sites Experience Explosive Growth
Many organizations use URL blacklists and content filtering to try to protect their users against phishing or malware-infected sites, but they keep popping up with incredible frequency (an average of 41,667 new sites per month last year). Its clear that users and organizations should take as many steps as possible, and use as much appropriate technology as they can bring to bear, to control this looming threat. Get the facts to protect your network and keep the bad guys out of your bank accounts.
Keep the Bad Guys out of your Bank Account.
M86 Security Documents Clever New HTML-based Phishing Scam
In the ongoing game of cops-and-robbers that network security so often involves, the cops have recently upped the ante on phishing detection in modern Web browsers. These days browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox have become more adept at catching phishing attempts at work, and warning users that they might be subect to attack. This has put the onus on attackers to figure some way around such detection.
Human ingenuity being what it is (ingenious and persevering), attackers have come up with a clever new ploy that avoids this type of detection as reported on March 15 on the M86 Security Labs website.
When that button is clicked, the page issues an HTML request that doesn't get checked in the browser, and the scam is back on. A PHP script on a hacked or malicious Web server extracts the account info, then redirects the browser to PayPal's home page, and browsers detect no signs of malicious activity and issue no warnings.
What a rude and crude phishing email looks like.
Cyberheist 'FAVE' LINKS:
* This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
Superfave! A dramatic video showing how the new "Curiosity Rover" will land
on Mars in August 2012 using a "sky crane":
Mars-Curiosity-Rover-Sky-Crane
The "Jet Ski For The Sky" personal jetpack is powered by regular gasoline and
has a range of 31.5 miles at a top speed of 63 mph: I want one:
Personal-Jet-Pack
The coolest shark video you will ever see:
Taming a shark
