Security News

French, Italian users targeted with judicial-themed spam leading to malware (Help Net Security)
2015-04-01 06:51

Trend Micro researchers are warning about a clever and very well executed email spam campaign that has been targeting and continues to target French users with the goal of infecting their machine with...

Huge spam operation on Twitter uncovered (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 10:39

What does it take to execute a successful spam operation peddling diet pills of questionable effectiveness? For one spammer, it took some 750,000 fake Twitter accounts. Symantec researchers first s...

Canada's anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 12:55

Canada's fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.

Spam Uses Default Passwords to Hack Routers (Krebs on Security)
2015-02-26 17:06

In case you needed yet another reason to change the default username and password on your wired or wireless Internet router: Phishers are sending out links that, when clicked, quietly alter the...