Tag Archives: socialengineering

When friends can be your worst enemies

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Erica George

Think a friend’s latest post on your Facebook wall is a little odd? Trust your instincts. Social engineering scams are on the rise. The latest round of attacks on Facebook include messages and comments on users’ walls that appear to … Continue reading →

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Social Networking Sites are Rewarding for Badware Producers

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Laureli Mallek

Social networking sites are fun. I’ve spent unknown hours procrastinating with them and my experiences have generally been favorable. Logging onto my account recently, I found multiple private and public messages from a contact, a high-school friend, who was trying … Continue reading →

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“Fake Shareaza” takes over updates from the real thing

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Erica George

Users of the popular filesharing application Shareaza are reporting that a competitor has taken over a former Shareaza website and is using it to overwrite the real Shareaza application with an impostor posing as an update. How is that possible? … Continue reading →

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Watch out for rogue anti-spyware (even on the Mac!)

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Erica George

According to security vendor F-Secure, MacSweeper is a new player to avoid in the rogue security software game, and is likely the first fraudulent anti-spyware product targeted to Mac users. Rogue security software coerces users into downloading supposedly beneficial software … Continue reading →

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