The Irish must be truly blessed with good fortune lately. Just a while ago it was British Prime Minister David Cameron emailing them with a notification they are owed millions by their treasury, but now an exiled elderly Irish lady on her deathbed is about to leave her late husband’s millions to some lucky person … More Elderly Irish millionaire in exile is leaving you millions?
Bigger than .org or .uk – but mostly spam and phishing! Google has removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search engine results pages on the basis that most of them are far too “spammy”. Whether or not this is a step in the right direction, we’ll leave to you to decide. Read more … More CyberThreats Daily: Google dumps all 11+ million .co.cc sites from its results
About a week ago reports of an “indestructible” botnet started coming in. Several researchers warned that the sheer number of infected computers forming the botnet would make it impossible to take down. But is that really the case? TDL4: Less hype, more history This is an article by David Harley, ESET’s researcher, on the matter. … More CyberThreats Daily: How destructible is an indestructible botnet?
Survey Reveals Chasm between Users’ Concerns and Behaviour A recent Survey commissioned by ESET and conducted online by Harris Interactive from May 31-June 2, 2011 among 2,027 U.S. adults 18+ found a startling disconnect between user concerns about privacy and security and their actions on social networking sites. The study found that 69% of online … More Monthly Threat Report: June 2011
Targeted malicious attacks worth US$1.3bn to cyber criminals Cyber criminals are shifting their stratagem away from mass spam attacks to more targeted, malicious-style attacks, such as spearphishing. Cisco estimates the overall cost of targeted attacks to organisations worldwide is US$1.29bn annually. A new report by Cisco suggests cyber criminals have made a fundamental shift in … More CyberThreats Daily: Attacks yield $1.3bn to cybercriminals while UK Police hit by Conficker worm
