Amazon customers are the latest victims of an email scam, warns Get Safe Online. Fraudsters claiming to be from Amazon have sent out thousands of emails to consumers, telling them that there is a ‘problem’ with their order. To resolve the alleged issue, the email asks customers to confirm ‘certain information’ by clicking on a … More New Amazon email scam
Eight years ago, on November 21st, 2008, Conficker reared its ugly head. And since then, the “worm that roared” – as ESET’s distinguished researcher Aryeh Goretsky puts it – has remained stubbornly active. Targeting Microsoft Windows, it has compromised home, business and government computers across 190 countries, leading experts to call it the most notorious … More The odd, 8-year legacy of the Conficker worm
UK mobile company Three has fallen victim to a major data breach, with up to six million customers reported to have been affected. Data that has been accessed includes names, phone numbers, addresses and birth dates. Three said that fraudsters were able to retrieve the information by logging into a database listing the names of customers … More Three mobile network experiences data breach
Year-end celebrations are close and many people are looking to book their plane tickets to visit relatives and friends. As expected, cybercriminals are looking to exploit users over the festive period – social engineering techniques are frequent over the holidays, as demonstrated by a scam that is promising people free flight tickets. What is the … More New airline scam promises free Emirates flight tickets
The financial repercussions of a data breach have been highlighted by the $1 million fine handed out to Adobe Systems for a 2013 security incident. Roy Cooper, attorney general of North Carolina, said that businesses and government “must do more” to protect sensitive data from getting into the hands of cybercriminals. The 2013 data breach … More Adobe fined $1 million for 2013 data breach
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