Nigerian man gets 12 years for $1.3m 419 scam
Hunting ‘mugu’ in America
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in US prison for orchestrating an advance payment scam that bilked victims out of more than $1.3m.…
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Internet Scammer Gets Nearly 13 Years for $1.3M Fraud
A Nigerian man gets sentenced to 151 months in prison for a scam that stole $1.3 million from victims. – Okpako Diamreyan, a Nigerian citizen, was sentenced Sept. 1 to nearly 13
years in prison for masterminding an quot;advanced fee quot; scam that
cost his victims $1.3 million.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Diamreyan was also ordered
to pay more than $1 million in restitution to …
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Malicious Firefox Add-ons Installed Trojans
Two experimental add-ons previously available through Mozilla’s add-on site installed malware on victim PCs.
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Security information sharing is a shared responsibility
Senior Site Editor Eric B. Parizo says infosec pros need to participate in the public dialog for the good of the industry and offers harsh words for companies who silence their own security talent.
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Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams
Quick off the mark
Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple’s new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…
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Microsoft Releases Application Security Tool Kit for Developers
Microsoft updates its EMET tool kit, designed to help developers thwart attacks against their applications. – Microsoft released an updated version of a tool kit Sept. 2 to help
developers make their applications more secure.
With the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 2, Microsoft said, developers
can bring technologies such as dynamic data execution prevention to bear to
improve security, parti…
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Critical Windows Fixes For DirectShow, Network-based Attacks
Microsoft’s regular patch batch closes five critical security holes that could be targeted by poisoned media files or malicious Web pages. File servers need an essential patch as well.
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Microsoft to address DLL load hijacking flaw, issues new tool
Several Microsoft applications are affected by the vulnerability as well as some third party applications. Microsoft issued a new tool to address the issue.
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Symantec and Snoop Dogg launch cybercrime rap contest
Now thass geekster
Symantec has teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest.…
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Spammers Stay Busy Despite Pushdo Botnet Hit
The disruption of the Pushdo botnet has not stopped spammers, despite nearly two-thirds of the botnet’s command and control servers being taken out of commission. – From the shutdown of McColo to last week’s disruption of the Pushdo botnet, spammers have continually found ways to stay in business.
Nearly 20 of the 30 command and control (CnC) servers associated with Pushdo were taken offline last week due to efforts by security vendor LastLine. The servers we…
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