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Press One if by LAN, Two if by Sea
Aryeh Goretsky • 21 May 2012
Support Scam Poll
Internet Storm Center is running a poll on Fake Tech Support Calls, also the topic of a paper for VB 2012.
David Harley • 01 May 2012
Support Scammers (mis)using INF and PREFETCH
As well as misusing Event Viewer, ASSOC or a system CLSID, scammers hijack "prefetch" and "inf" to con victims into believing they have malware.
David Harley • 15 Mar 2012
Modern viral propagation: Facebook, shocking videos, browser plugins
Robert Lipovsky • 13 Mar 2012
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 Harley • 14 Feb 2012
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 Harley • 24 Jan 2012
Anonymous and the Megaupload Aftermath: Hacktivism or Just Plain Ugly?
ESET Research • 20 Jan 2012
HTML/Scrinject: surfing for cheap thrills at XXXmas?
Do Xmas shopping and porn surfing account for a spike in Win32/Scrinject detections?
David Harley • 12 Jan 2012
Irish 419-er seeks Spanish Lady
ESET Ireland's Urban Schrott has found an Ireland-targeted 419 with a Spanish twist.
David Harley • 09 Jan 2012