Phishing

India Inc Loses Rs 172 Crore From Phishing Attacks In 2011  CRN Network, March 29, 2012, 1030 hrs RSA has released its findings on phishing attacks in 2011 and estimates that India Inc lost Rs 171.94 crore or $38.2 million last year. Furthermore RSA established that in 2011 the total number of losses was Rs …

SEATTLE, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — It has been four years since the world worried about the havoc a virus called “Conficker” might wreak online on April Fool’s Day, while new threats, including the ramped up spread of botnets, virus-laden advertising and malicious spear phishing are increasing. The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) today …

CIO.in News Phishing Attacks Threaten Maruti Suzuki’s Brand Prameet Kataria( name changed) is a disgruntled man. Just two week the 23-year-old job seeker from Faridabad was ecstatic when he received an employment offer from  the Gurgaon- based auto major Maruti Suzuki. The letter titled Maruti Suzuki’s Direct Recruitment offer was issued in the name of …

You know what happened next, right? Guillaume says she contacted the owner through the Web site, which is owned by the U.S. vacation rental listing site HomeAway, and wired him the money. Then she discovered that she wasn’t dealing with the real owner, but with someone who had fraudulently obtained the owner’s e-mail password, a …

RSA Logo Telecom Lead India: Indian enterprises lost Rs 171.94 crore in 2011 due to phishing attacks, according to RSA, a security division of EMC.   The findings by RSA suggest that India ranks in the top 5 most targeted countries for phishing attacks.   Furthermore, RSA established that in 2011 the total number of losses was Rs 5760 crore …

A cruel new email phishing scam preys on visa holders with the phony promise of a green card in return for cash, FoxNews.com has learned. The emails, under an official-looking U.S. State Department letterhead, tell recipients they are among 50,000 winners drawn at random from more than 12 million entries in the Diversity Immigrant Visa …

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Seniors beware — the Better Business Bureau is warning of phone calls phishing for your banking information. Better Business Bureau President Tom Gallagher is disgusted over the latest scam hitting the Richmond area. The victim: 92 years old. The scam: crooks calling attempting to get her banking information. “If they keep you on the phone …

INLSA On guard: Banking Ombudsman Clive Pillay warns that people are still falling for phishing scams. Picture: Cara Viereckl Mzansi bank accounts, established in 2004 as a means of making banking more accessible and affordable to previously “unbanked” South Africans, have sadly been used to further a rather less noble cause in some cases. Because …

The Okaloosa Sheriff Office (Okaloosa County, Florida) is alerting net users about a phishing scam aiming the gulf coast, as reported in the site of fox10tv on March 19, 2012. The scam initiates right from the inbox of a victim’s account. The news of a victim’s acquaintance in distress is conveyed over the message. It …

Durham, NC – Duke’s IT Security Office (ITSO) and Office of Information Technology (OIT) have received reports of a new phishing scam targeting Duke users. About 2,000 users received a phishing email on Monday asking them to confirm their Duke log-in information. The email, which claimed to be sent “on behalf of Duke University,” said …

A Telecom giant, Verizon is cautioning its customers about two different fake e-mails targeting the company, making rounds in the internet, highlights news in the dailyastorian site on March 19, 2012. The scam mail portraying a Verizon agent, informs the recipient of their Verizon account being locked by the company due to lack of memory. …

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Several people have been displaced by a fire at an apartment complex today in San Bernardino. The fire, which has been knocked down, burned in two units of the Sunset Ridge Apartments in the 1700 block of East Date Street, along Highway 210 in the Del Rosa area, fire dispatch said. The fire was reported …

Technology detects keywords and voice pitch. Japan’s national police agency and a regional bank in the country have deployed a voice recognition technology in mobile phones said to be capable of catching out phishing scams almost every time. Development of the claimed world first technology by Fujitsu and Nagoya University began in 2009 and has …

A WTOP listener received a cellphone call in the middle of the night, waking him from a sound sleep. The recorded message stated that our listener’s bank account had been locked and in order to restore access to the account, he should please press “1.” Since our listener was half-asleep, he complied. However, when the …

Bulgarian media have spread the word about a new email phishing scam. According to reports of private TV channel bTV, scores of Bulgarians claimed that they received an e-mail saying that a complaint had been filed against them with the Commission for Consumer Protection (KZP). To check the content of the complaint, the users had …

Big four bank Nedbank today unveiled “Approve-it”, an Internet banking security feature that the bank claims is a first for SA. According to Nedbank, the cellphone-based transaction authentication system is seen as superior to the current one-time password (OTP) system and forms part of the bank’s campaign to curb online fraud and phishing scams. “Approve-it …

March 23, 2012 — Network World — IBM said it found surprising improvements in Internet security such as a reduction in application security vulnerabilities, exploit code and spam, but it also noted that those improvements come with a price: Attackers have been forced to rethink their tactics. BACKGROUND: From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in …

Air Force Reserve Airman Melissa R. Gonzales graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. She is the daughter of Leticia Gonzales, of Temecula, and granddaughter of Fermina Hernandez, of Fallbrook. Gonzales graduated in 2009 from River Springs Charter School in Temecula.