Security Fix Archive: Web Fraud 2.0
Hackers exploit Adobe Reader flaw via comic strip syndicate
Hackers broke into an online comic strip syndication service Thursday, embedding malicious code that sought to exploit a newly discovered security flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, Security Fix has learned. On Monday, Adobe Systems Inc. said it was investigating...
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Brian Krebs
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December 18, 2009; 3:45 PM ET |
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Hackers attempt to take $1.3 million from D.C. firm
It has been a while since I've written about online banking fraud against small to mid-sized businesses, but I assure you the criminals perpetrating these attacks have been busier than ever. In fact, from more than a dozen incidents I've...
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Brian Krebs
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November 30, 2009; 1:40 PM ET |
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FDA targets rogue Internet pharmacies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pressuring a number of Internet service providers to shut off nearly 12 dozen Web sites alleged to be selling counterfeit or unapproved prescription drugs. The FDA's office of criminal investigations said it sent...
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Brian Krebs
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November 19, 2009; 4:45 PM ET |
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Eight indicted in $9M RBS WorldPay heist
Eight men have been indicted on charges that they hacked into credit card processing firm RBS Worldpay, and helped steal more than $9 million in a highly coordinated heist nearly a year ago, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. The...
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Brian Krebs
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November 10, 2009; 12:40 PM ET |
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Business e-banking and the 6-figure password
On Monday, Security Fix featured the story of Ronnie Cutshall, a Tennessee man who was caught up in an international money laundering scam after being recruited through a work-at-home job offer. That story mentioned that Cutshall received a $9,600 transfer...
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Brian Krebs
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November 4, 2009; 2:40 PM ET |
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| Tags: ach fraud, money mules, zeus
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FDIC: Uptick in 'money mule' scams
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is warning financial institutions about an uptick in scams involving unauthorized funds transfers from hacked online bank accounts to so-called "money mules," people hired through work-at-home scams to help cyber criminals overseas launder money....
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Brian Krebs
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November 2, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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