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Spam declined in 2011 as criminals favor targeted attacks
In its annual state of security report released this week, Cisco ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) says that criminals have shifted away from the use of massive spam campaigns to the use of targeted attacks. This is in
How an early warning system could protect against cyber attacks
Here's an inspiring idea from InfoWorld's Roger Grimes: To combat escalating online anarchy, let's build an Internet-wide early warning system that alerts organizations immediately when a malicious
Phishers target active online users
A new multi-university study has arrived at the surprising conclusion that users who are the most active online are at the highest risk of falling prey to phishers. Active users are defined as those
Microsoft rolls out disposable Hotmail accounts using aliases
Hotmail rolled out a new feature last week that allows users to create disposable email aliases for their Hotmail accounts. The key benefit of an aliasing system is that users can create additional
Worldwide spam plummets to two-year low in January
The amount of spam encountered in January dropped to just 78.6 percent of all sent email, the lowest amount since March 2009, reports security vendor Symantec. The decrease in spam volume was
Google to take action against content farms
Acknowledging recent criticism that the perceived quality of its search has gone down, Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) Principal Engineer and lead voice on search-quality issues Matt Cutts wrote a post last
Symantec: Retailers hit hard by malicious email
Over the past month, the retail industry became the sector hit hardest by targeted email attacks, beating out the public sector and pharmaceutical business, according to a report from Symantec.
New attack puts a dent on Google's reCAPTCHA
A security researcher has claimed that using a combination of optical character recognition and other techniques allowed him to successfully break reCAPTCHA's CAPTCHA service, which is popular and
Beware domain registration scams
You've been ducking spam at your office and phishing attacks, too. Now here comes a new scheme that can tie your computer systems up in knots: Domain registration fraud. Here are some ways it can
Spam targets financial transfers
Experts have spotted a new spam attack that targets a financial transfer system handling trillions of dollars in transactions annually; it turns out it's yet another case of fake emails. The spam
