Twitter Hack Jabs Celebrities. Twitter Hack Phishing Security. Over the weekend, the popular micro-blogging tool, Twitter, was hit with a series of phishing scams. Celebrity users were among the affected and had their accounts compromised.. Two simultaneous...

malware threats, such as phishing scams. The magazine zeroed in on Apple’s web browser and said that users should use Firefox or Opera until Apple improves the security features of its web browser. Consumer Reports found that Mac users fall prey to phishing...

long as you know what you're doing." Open University psychologist Graham Jones said that middle-aged surfers are actually most vulnerable to phishing scams and other malicious activity."I think children, teenagers and people under their mid-20s have grown up...

MySpace has been awarded a record breaking $234 million payout in a lawsuit it filed against an organisation which plagued MySpacers with spam. Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines created accounts with MySpace and used phishing scams to steal the usernames and...

to customers running a genuine and properly licensed copy of Windows," reads the disclaimer. "Using Genuine Windows can help avoid the risks associated with counterfeit software, such as malware, viruses, spyware, and phishing scams." Ars added that while the...

consumers whether to turn the Suggested Sites feature on, or leave it off. The browser also offers SmartScreen protection, filtering out malicious software, fraudulent websites, and those pesky phishing scams. Graphically, Internet Explorer 8 can actually make...

users to “proactively” change their passwords themselves. The company also warns users that the information obtained could be used against them in phishing scams. Manzo clarified that Monster would never send an unsolicited email asking users to confirm...

users in a phishing scam. Police in the United States and Romania yesterday indicted 38 members of a global crime ring for stealing the names, social security numbers, credit card information and personal details of internet users in a phishing scam. Deputy...

of two different offensive assaults towards the micro-blogging community, the second consisting of a more standard phishing scam rather than a hostile takeover. The DigitalGangster forum appeared in the spotlight before, posting photos of Miley Cyrus after...

agreed to acquire Fraud Sciences, an Israeli security company, for $169 million. Paypal is by far the most widely used online payment service, and as such it is one of the biggest targets for phishing and other Internet scams. Fraud Sciences has developed technology...