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Concealed cyber crime gang uncovered

Concealed cyber crime gang uncovered

Targets lucrative industries, hosted on Dropbox.
Staff Writer Jul 2 2014 6:40AM Security
Social engineering threat tops infosec risks: ASD

Social engineering threat tops infosec risks: ASD

Agencies told to avoid bait.
Munir Kotadia Mar 18 2014 6:14AM Security
'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates

'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates

Trusteer experiment found half of social networkers would go to a landing page if asked.
SC Australia Staff Apr 15 2011 9:52AM Security
Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

Outlook Express and IronPort amongst those breached.
Dan Raywood Jan 8 2010 12:22PM Security
Major smartphone brands fall to spear phishing experiment

Major smartphone brands fall to spear phishing experiment

Smartphones are falling to spear phishing campaigns after they receive a fake LinkedIn invitation from 'Bill Gates'.
Dan Raywood Oct 30 2009 9:58AM Security
Spear phishing now greatest threat to companies

Spear phishing now greatest threat to companies

Client-side vulnerabilities the biggest risk, warns report.
Cath Everett Sep 16 2009 10:35AM Security
23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing

23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing

A new study found that 23 per cent of people worldwide will fall for spear phishing attacks.
Angela Moscsaritolo Mar 11 2009 10:36AM Security
10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack

10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack

A LinkedIn "spear phishing" email scam loaded malicious software to steal usernames and passwords.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 10 2008 9:48AM Security
STMicroelectronics sharpens its Spear

STMicroelectronics sharpens its Spear

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a customisable 65nm chip as part of its Spear configurable system-on-chip platform..
Robert Jaques May 28 2008 12:00PM Hardware
Spear phishers target US students

Spear phishers target US students

A new spear phishing attack is targeting the email accounts of US university students.

Shaun Nichols Feb 5 2008 3:25PM Security
IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives

IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives

The IRS and malware researchers warned this week of spear phishing scams specifically targeting corporate executives.
Frank Washkuch Jun 4 2007 9:50AM Security
Spear phishing reaches epidemic proportions

Spear phishing reaches epidemic proportions

The global plague of highly targeted "spear phishing" is reaching epidemic proportions with new research claiming that some firms are even resorting to launching fake attacks against their own employees to test network security levels.
William Eazel Oct 26 2005 11:55AM Security
User education key defense against spear phishing

User education key defense against spear phishing

Educating users about "spear phishing" by testing them via mock phishing drills can help protect organizations against the new trend in online crime, experts said Wednesday.
Marcia Savage Aug 17 2005 10:04PM Security

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