http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1246/all xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/64789/e-mail-evidence-madoff-case-includes-another-scam A scam letter appears to have found its way into victim e-mails submitted in the Madoff case. http://www.itworld.com/legal/64789/e-mail-evidence-madoff-case-includes-another-scam#comments Legal News Madoff scam Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:26:45 -0400 ITworld staff 64789 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/63404/brazen-new-e-mail-scam Just when I think e-mail scams can't get any more brazen, or e-mail readers any more careless, I get surprised again. “Job offer at your location” arrived today, combining two amazing scams in one spam. At least they're saving bandwidth by combining scams. No doubt they consider themselves “green” spammers. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/63404/brazen-new-e-mail-scam#comments Endpoint security Security Small business Tech & society Opinion identity theft Nigeria phishing scam spam Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:41:32 -0500 James Gaskin 63404 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/63355/scammers-abuse-google-trends-poison-search-results Cyber crooks are using one of Google Inc.'s own tools to poison search results with links that spread fake security software, a researcher said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/security/63355/scammers-abuse-google-trends-poison-search-results#comments Internet Security News Google google trends scam search Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:52:19 -0500 ITworld staff 63355 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/62157/identity-thieves-beat-obama-stimulus-package-punch Although the U.S. government's economic stimulus package hasn't even gotten out of Congress, scammers aren't waiting; they've launched multiple campaigns that tempt users into revealing personal information, a security researcher warned Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/security/62157/identity-thieves-beat-obama-stimulus-package-punch#comments Security News identity theft scam Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:31:41 -0500 ITworld staff 62157 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/61984/fbi-warns-money-mule-scams The FBI warned Wednesday that its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been receiving "numerous complaints" from people who have become unwitting victims to work-from-home scams. http://www.itworld.com/security/61984/fbi-warns-money-mule-scams#comments Security News FBI scam Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:27:46 -0500 ITworld staff 61984 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers AT&T appears to have made a monumental blunder. Over the past week they sent text messages to most of their customers. The messages were ads for American Idol, and urged customers to watch the season premiere. The backlash has been considerable as angry users accused the company of spamming them. Many used Twitter to express their annoyance. http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers#comments Security News antispam AT&T phishing scam spam spammers Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:33:36 -0500 gzammit 60928 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56619/virus-cracks-open-email-scam This story is near and dear to me. One day I went into a frenzy, because a good friend sent me an email that she was stranded in Ghana and needed me to send her some money. She never mentioned she was going to Ghana. I was taken off guard at first, because I had a couple of other friends who had gone to Ghana to work, about the same time. http://www.itworld.com/security/56619/virus-cracks-open-email-scam#comments Security Feature email security scam virus virus attacks Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:13:33 -0400 gzammit 56619 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-society/54118/forty-one-million-stolen-credit-cards-just-beginning Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with stealing 41 million credit cards, obtained by wardriving. The criminals drove around and scanned wireless networks for vulnerabilities, then installed sniffers that stole credit card information. Was this kind of attack inevitable? I believe it was. And we have more coming. http://www.itworld.com/tech-society/54118/forty-one-million-stolen-credit-cards-just-beginning#comments Security Tech & society Research epidemic pharming phishing scam wardriving Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:55:38 -0400 Markus Jakobsson 54118 at http://www.itworld.com