December 22, 2010 - As a security professional, I'm generally happy to receive spam. Not directly into my inbox, of course, but into a special folder where I can look at it later. For, ah, research purposes only, you understand. Call me an old traditionalist, (continue reading...) Read more
December 21, 2010 - Forget WikiLeaks - Australia is currently embroiled in a data leakage saga of its own, dubbed "DickiLeaks". In short, the story is that a young woman has published (continue reading...) Read more
December 21, 2010 - At the weekend I received a curious email with the subject line "Important ecard notification". Having worked in the computer security industry for many years, I knew it was likely to be up to no good, but I was quite bemused (continue reading...) Read more
December 21, 2010 - At the beginning of the month I spotted a specialist US insurer's website infected with Mal/Iframe-Gen. The detection name alerted me to the fact that the page should contain obfuscated JavaScript because, this identification relies upon the JavaScript emulation within (continue reading...) Read more
December 20, 2010 - No, not really... but someone wants you to think so. At least that's how it's starting to look. On December 14th, the Spamhaus (continue reading...) Read more
December 20, 2010 - What are the odds that you and your friends posted your very first messages on Facebook on precisely the same day? May 2nd 2008. Wouldn't it be even more remarkable if you posted that very first message at the same (continue reading...) Read more
December 20, 2010 - Thousands of Facebook users have been hit by a scam which claims to give them early access to a facebook.com email address. Messages, appearing in the news feed of users who have fallen for the scam, read: (continue reading...) Read more
December 20, 2010 - Members of a far-right organisation have been told to remain vigilant after hackers stole a database containing names and addresses from an online store. The controversial anti-Islamist English Defence League has (continue reading...) Read more
December 20, 2010 - Facebook survey scams continue to be a big problem. Just this weekend we estimate that hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have been hit by a resurgence of the "Girl killed herself" scam. Judging by messages we're receiving from (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2010 - The survey scammers just won't stop, will they? Here's the latest one that some Facebook users have fallen for, believing that a friend is sharing with them a video of pop star Miley Cyrus taking drugs. The surfeit of scams (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2010 - With Christmas just around the corner, plenty of people will be buying last minute presents from online stores like Amazon. As you buy presents for loved ones online, you're always slightly nervous if the gift is going to arrive (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2010 - The European Union (EU) is examining a plan to use "crowd sourcing" to fight internet crime, allowing members of the public to connect directly with police and report internet security attacks and (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - The latest enhancement - or, at least, the latest new feature - announced by Facebook is increased automation for photo tagging. Unlike graffiti tagging, where you spray-paint your name (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - Scams continue to be a nuisance on Facebook, with the latest posing as a way to get free cash for your farm in the popular online game FarmVille. If you've seen messages like the following, don't click on the link: (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - Every year we run an investigation into how many of you are being hit by threats (such as spam, malware and phishing) on social networks. Well, it's that time again! This year, to encourage you to help us, we're offering (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - Right now, many Facebook users are seeing messages from their online friends saying: wow I just got a Free Dancing Snowman for my farm grab yours from If you click on the link you (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - Do you recognise this man? If so, Marc Fisher, a reporter and editor at the Washington Post would probably like to hear from you. The photograph shows a man, wearing Marc's brand new winter coat, and holding (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2010 - When most people hear the term "phish" in relation to email, they tend to think of big banks and financial institutions, or services like PayPal and eBay. The (continue reading...) Read more
December 15, 2010 - OpenBSD is the poster boy of secure operating systems, which is why it was an enormous surprise when allegations were leveled yesterday that the FBI had planted backdoors in the source (continue reading...) Read more
December 15, 2010 - Since the very earliest days of computer viruses, malware authors have been inspired by the Christmas holidays when developing attacks. Here's a quick, and probably incomplete, history of some of the Christmas-related malware that we have seen over the years. Christmas 1987 (continue reading...) Read more