A vulnerability in Firefox could make users of the open source browser more likely to fall for phishing scams.
The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) from the University of Queensland, has issued an alert after discovering a number of fraudulent 'phishing' e-mails that lead victims' to Web sites that exploit a newly patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Social networking Web sites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report.
"Lighter" is the key word Symantec hopes customers will feel when installing Norton 360 version 2.0, which is the company's security and backup system for small business and home users that was launched today.
In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.
Discerning thumbs for BlackBerry users are essential to keep away a new threat which can compromise the security of the popular smartphone. Well that's according to Research In Motion's (RIM) Ian Robertson, senior manager of security and research.
In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.
special report Phishing attacks may have slowed, but their sophistication is increasing at a rapid pace.
Phishing attacks have increased in quantity and quality over the past two months, according to research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group on Monday.
Microsoft has rejected claims from security researchers that a recently discovered spoofing technique on Internet Explorer is a security vulnerability
The software giant has released its January batch of patches but has failed to fix an Internet Explorer 'phishing' vulnerability.
Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn old lessons.
Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award.
If you haven't looked at Netscape in a while, version 8 is worth it for its added security and extra features.
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