FDIC phishing scheme      
Imagine getting an email from the FDIC that not only claimed your bank account was in jeopardy, but warned that you were under investigation by the the likes of Tom Ridge, the Department of Homeland Security and various state and local law enforcement agencies. Sound scary? That's just what's been happening to some folks, who've received a strongly worded email claiming their account was used in violation of the Patriot Act and stating that the FDIC has withdrawn Federal Deposit Insurance as a result.
 
Citibank phishing email      
Criminals exploiting a flaw Internet Explorer can easily dupe unsuspecting users into believing they are on one website when in fact they are on another. The exploit involves inserting the hex 0x01 between the legitimate site's address and the actual hosting address. This causes the legitimate website address to appear in the address bar, but the actual site being displayed is that of the criminal.
 
Webber Trojan Targets Wells Fargo, Citibank Customers      
A Trojan disguising itself as correspondence from reputable banking entities Wells Fargo, Citibank, and E-Loan has been plaguing users since its discovery on July 16th, 2003. The Trojan, dubbed Webber by antivirus vendor F-Secure and TrojanProxy.Win32.Webber or W32/Heloc-mm by some vendors, compromises infected systems and downloads other infected executables.
 
Webber: Downloader Trojan      
According to analysis conducted by antivirus vendor F-Secure, the Webber Trojan consists of three components: an EXE downloader, an EXE Trojan, and a DLL component. Both the main Trojan components and the DLL are randomed once dropped or copied onto the system.
 
'Slave Reparations' Scams Target Black Seniors      
Old scams targeting elderly black people keep resurfacing, exploiting false rumors that African Americans are due tax refunds based on a decades-old "Slave Reparations Act" and raising fears among authorities that con artists are bilking victims of money and personal information.
 
Best Buy 'Fraud Alert' Email Scam      
Netlore Archive: An email claiming to be a 'Fraud Alert' from Best Buy is actually a scam designed to trick people into divulging their personal information to identity thieves via bogus Websites
 
OSX/Inqtana.A Description      
OSX/Inqtana.A is a Java-based worm that exploits the directory traversal vulnerability in the Bluetooth file and object exchange services in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). (For details on the vulnerability, see CVE-2005-1333).
 
Leap.A aka Oompa-Loompa virus      
The Leap.A worm has no similarities and is not related to March 2007 reports of the oompa loompa song repeatedly playing on Windows PCs. For details and a fix of the Oompa Loompa song on startup problem, see the "Oompa Loompa Song on Startup" entry. The following description is of the MacOSX Leap.A worm:
 
Mac OS X flaws      
According to Apple, Mac OS X Panther "offers breakthroughs in innovation, ease of use and reliability". Apparently, these breakthroughs are also providing fertile ground for malware. Since its release in October 2003, Panther has been found vulnerable to several possible exploits. The first involves executing code via the ID3 tag rendered when an MP3 file is opened in Finder. The proof of concept Trojan demonstrating this vulnerability has been dubbed MP3Concept by antivirus vendors. A second Trojan was discovered spreading on the P2P filesharing networks LimeWire and Gnutella and involved a fake Word 2004 demo that erases the user's Home folder.
 
Top 6 Macintosh Antivirus Software      
Though fewer viruses have been written specifically targeted the Macintosh OS, Mac viruses do exist. Cross-platfrom threats, such as many of the Office macro viruses, can also be a problem for Mac users. The following antivirus software is well-suited to defending Mac users against the threat of viruses.
 
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