Over a billion people visited social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter last month so it’s not surprising that hackers have these sites in their cross-hairs. The attacks come in many forms: spreading Trojan viruses including key loggers, phishing for passwords and sniffing out packets of sensitive information. In fact, according to recent research …
Category Archive: hacking
Feb
11
The Rise of Caller ID Spoofing
By Andy Jordan February 5, 2010 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/05/the-rise-of-caller-id-spoofing/ Applications that let users change or “spoof” their Caller ID are gaining in popularity in mobile phone app stores, even as Congress considers stalled legislation to outlaw particular uses of the technology, and criminals use it to engage in nefarious activity. Caller ID spoofing technology allows a user …
Feb
06
How Wi-Fi attackers are poisoning Web browsers
By Ellen Messmer Network World February 3, 2010 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9151979/How_Wi_Fi_attackers_are_poisoning_Web_browsers?source=CTWNLE_nlt_security_2010-02-04 Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can intercede over wireless to “poison” users’ browser caches in order to present fake Web pages or even steal data at a later …