by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 1, 2010 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Phishing
First Direct bank in the UK has been the first British bank to embrace Twitter. Does that really surprise anyone? As a 100% online bank, they’ve maintained a business pace a few clicks ahead of competitors in online services. But last weekend their clients and...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 26, 2010 | Phishing
Browsing on the web just became a little more scary. A group of researchers found a way to deploy an attack that can “de-anonymize” the users behind the browser (research paper available in PDF format). Focusing on the users of social networking sites...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 9, 2010 | Cyberthieves, Phishing, Trends
A world wide phishing attack on carbon emissions trading registries forced registries in nine countries to shut down, while in other countries trading was temporarily suspended. Fake registries (phishing sites) were set up by a group of criminals who then sent out...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 3, 2010 | Phishing
2 of my 3 Twitter accounts asked me to reset my password this morning when I signed in. It seems that a third party application may have compromised accounts, but stories abound about what really happened. What I can tell you is that I know enough about where to share...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 27, 2010 | Banking, Phishing
We read stories about phishing and data breaches and we get worried. Some of us start thinking that maybe we’re better off (security-wise) with paper-based banking. Sending checks, receiving statements in the mail, paying bills the old fashioned way –...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 22, 2010 | Banking, Phishing, Trends, Usability
Two studies show that young people are more likely to be victims of online fraud. You’d think that since most of them have not experienced a world without Internet and email, they’d be more knowledgeable about phishing and other schemes. But the insurance group CPP...
