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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.
Miguel Torres, 24, of Mira Loma, was pronounced dead Friday at 10:08 PM at Riverside County Regional Medical Center after the compact car he was driving collided head-on with a full-sized truck on Old Elsinore Road, just north of Marie Street in Mead Valley (Perris), according to the Riverside County Coroner.
BBB issued an alert to everyone for remaining vigilant of a phishing e-mail that masquerading as American Express is extraordinarily sophisticated and currently circulating online, published krmg.com dated March 16, 2012. It maybe noted that American Express, which’s headquartered in the USA, is a financial services company operating across multiple countries. The fake e-mail with …
The email looks like it’s coming from the Department of Homeland Security. It says they’ve intercepted a cashier’s check with your name on it and they just need a little information. At first glance the email looks authentic, with a colorful letterhead and a government address, but when you examine it closely the red flags …
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 recently completed. Researchers say it was …
La Crescenta (Los Angeles County, California, USA) resident John Lajeuness, an ATT subscriber along with more customers lately got one phishing e-mail posing as a message from ATT the highly-reputed company on telecommunications, reported latimes.com dated March 15, 2012. Describing the e-mail as appearing very legitimate, Lajeuness stated that it was well crafted to make …
FRIDAY, MAR. 23: The Department of Consumer Affairs, the Bermuda Monetary Authority and the Bermuda Police Service have recently come together to raise consumer awareness of three financial scams targeting local residents – phishing, pyramid schemes and the passing of counterfeit Bermuda notes. While we do monitor a variety of scams that can leave consumers …
Police have arrested a voice phishing gang who allegedly stole 40 million won (35,400 U.S. dollars) a day on average. With the money, the con artists are known to have earned profits by buying clothes and shoes and reselling them in China. In Seoul’s Songpa district Thursday, police said 11 people were booked on the …
A new phishing scam is distributing bulk electronic mails supposedly from LAN Airlines pretending to be certain notice to the recipient that the Airlines couldn’t keep his request for flight change as there’s no credit card contract by it with the MasterCard Company, published softpedia.com dated March 19, 2012. Here it maybe mentioned that LAN …
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is bewaring Canadian taxpayers to remain cautious of tax-themed phishing email that are outgoing in internet and targeting them. The e-mail resembles an official mail and mostly connects to a website looking the same as the legal business website, which might be a bank or a government department. Instances of …