Archive for September 18th, 2009

Microsoft going after ad hackers in civil court

Friday, September 18th, 2009
Microsoft going after ad hackers in civil court

Microsoft has filed civil suits in King County Superior Court in Seattle against businesses believed to be responsible for placing advertising that hides malware – sometimes called “malvertising.”The court action was brought against: “Soft Solu... »

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SoftSafeness

Friday, September 18th, 2009
SoftSafeness

Soft Safeness is rogue antispyware, or corrupt security software that is made to look like legit software in an attempt to scam people out of their money.Once SoftSafeness infects a PC it will run a system scan and report numerous infections, which are... »

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“Chat-in-the-middle” phishing attack uncovered

Friday, September 18th, 2009
“Chat-in-the-middle” phishing attack uncovered

Researchers at RSA security research group said they’ve discovered a "Chat-in-the-middle” phishing attack in which a thief uses a chat channel to extract banking Web site security information from victims. Bank customers are lured into entering the... »

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