New Sophos facial recognition technology uses webcams to stop hackers and virus writers in their tracks Sophos appeals for computer users to send in pictures to increase accuracy of new RAPIL system
Spampercentage stijgt weer; zeer sterke groei PDF-spam sinds 9 juli - 97 procent NL mailverkeer bestaat uit spam CleanPort, een Nederlands beveiligingsbedrijf waarvan drie vijfde van het klantenbestand binnen de landsgrenzen is gevestigd, zag in de maand augustus het spampercentage toenemen tot 93,1 procent. Dat is volgens het bedrijf uit Doetinchem het hoogste percentage sinds het eind 2001 metingen op het gebied van ongewenste mail begon bij te houden. Het vorige maandrecord dateert van afgelopen februari. Toen gaf de teller 92 procent aan.
Email con-men are targeting animal lovers in new variants of advance fee fraud scams. Bogus offers that began circulating earlier this week typically pose as hunts for a new home for a puppy called Timi. The purported owners don't want any money themselves, or so they claim, but there's the small matter of export costs, inoculations and other "incidental expenses". Inevitably, the value of such expenses escalate with little sign of the doggy concerned as the scam reveals its true colours.
Topspammer in de kraag gevat UTRECHT - 01/06/07 In de Verenigde Staten is woensdag een van de zwaarste spammers ter wereld gearresteerd. De 27-jarige man Robert Alan Soloway wordt beschuldigd van postfraude, e-mailfraude, identiteitsdiefstal en witwaspraktijken.
Anti-Phishing Browsers Not Working - 14-Apr-2007 A new report from Harvard University finds browser-based anti-phishing warnings have little effect. In the study, 67 customers of a single bank were asked to perform common online banking tasks. As they logged in, they were presented with increasingly conspicuous visual clues that suggested they might be about to enter a phishing or other fraudulent site. In the first test, the researchers "broke" the HTTPS security key. The lock-and-key icon at the bottom of the screen clearly was not in one piece, and the URL showed "http" rather than "https." After seeing these cues, all (100%) of the participants proceeded to log in anyway.
There are now thought to be more than 200,000 malicious programs in existence - the vast majority of which are aimed at subverting Windows PCs. These problem programs can arrive via e-mail, instant messenger, through your internet connection or even your web browser if you visit the wrong website. The threats are so numerous and appear so fast that Windows users must feel under siege. While there is no doubt that attacks on PC users are getting more sophisticated, it is possible to avoid the vast majority of problems by taking some straight-forward steps and exercising some common sense.
