by Matt on March 24, 2010
Google added a new feature to Gmail which will detect suspicious activity in your account and notify you when an intruder has attempted to login to your account. If Google detects a possible intrusion, it will display the following warning in your inbox that your account was accessed from a specific location. By clicking on [...]
by Matt on November 29, 2009
Below is an excellent article from Fox News about cyberscams during the holiday season. Getting a bargain on Cyber Monday seems compelling. But with online shopping comes the risk of cyberscams. According to Consumer Reports, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion from consumers in the past two years. And as Americans open their wallets and their [...]
by Matt on November 25, 2009
There is a new Facebook worm which will direct you to a link containing pornography. The following are the details of the worm: The hook to the new Facebook worm appears in a friend’s profile as the racy image at left. Click the image, and you are brought to a Web page with the same [...]
by Matt on November 25, 2009
Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software. Scareware, which generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages, usually purports to be antivirus or antispyware software, a firewall application or a registry cleaner. The messages typically say that a large number of problems — such [...]
by Matt on August 27, 2009
How ATM card skimming and PIN capturing scams work. View more documents from worldstuff.
Glenn Beck: Cars.gov allows government to takeover your computer. “This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government.” DO NOT GO TO THE CARS.GOV WEBSITE!
Don’t fall victim to social networking hackers!
Alissa Atkinson reports on nine online scams used by scammers to con Americans out of millions. The scammers are so successful is because of the high number of unsuspecting victims and because of the amount of information available on the web. “The problem now is that so much information is available on the Internet,” FBI [...]