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I found a malicious website embedded in Malware spam. What should I do?
An email is using social engineering to get users to click on a malicious URL that downloads javascript and then runs malicious code.
Who should I report these malicious URLs to? (Microsoft ...
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E-mail Server Security
In recent news, Bitcoinica was compromised by an e-mail server infiltration. The hacker then applied social engineering, using one of the administrative e-mail accounts to reset the root credentials ...
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Are Facebook, Yahoo, Google, etc. hackable?
Just to be clear, I am not asking how to hack in these services, I am just curious. Let me try to explain.
Since I know a little bit about computers, people automatically assume I know how to have, ...
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Why would someone register a Facebook account with a stolen email address?
I witnessed an interesting attack today. Someone was able to register a new Facebook account with the email address of a friend of mine. We don't know how it happened, because Facebook requires you to ...
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Detecting and Responding to Email Account Compromise (regarding FINRA 12-05, ISAC/IC3 alerts)
FINRA, the ISAC and IC3 issued an alert regarding e-mail based attacks that attempt to obtain client contact information. They then use social engineering / persuasion to complete the attack.
What ...
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How to catch a gmail hacker/money-scammer? (in conversation with one right now!)
My friend's GMail account was recently hacked and the perpetrator sent out one of those classic "help I was mugged, I need money" style e-mails. (Edit: I know it's legit; my friend called me to tell ...
