Scammers upload music to iTunes, then buy it using stolen credit cards
Talk about jailhouse rock. Last week, 19-year-old Lamar Johnson pleaded guilty in a UK court to one count of conspiracy to defraud, according to the BBC. He was using stolen credit card numbers to buy his own band's music on iTunes and Amazon, thus col...
New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page
Microsoft is warning about a new piece of malware, Rogue:MSIL/Zeven, that auto-detects a user's browser and then imitates the relevant malware warning pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. The fake warning pages are v...
Scammers using fake copyright infringement notices for profit
HADOPI, meet the internautes. The French "high authority" that oversees the country's three strikes anti-P2P file-sharing campaign is now being used by spammers and scammers who attempt to trick people out of their cash by accus...
As iPad Popularity Grows, So Does Its Hacker Appeal
The iPad has been a pretty big success so far, especially for a category-busting product. But investors and Apple users aren't the only ones to have taken note of the product's success.
Scammers use Twitter, Facebook for $150k bridal show scam
Scammers took advantage of brides-to-be and exhibitors last week when they set up a Twitter account to promote a nonexistent bridal show. The scammers had set up the Twitter account as if they were representing The Boston 411, a legit community info site for Bostonites, and promoted preregistration for...
Scammers exploit Apple iPad fever
Filed under: Software, Hacks, Odds and ends, Apple, Security
And now we're at the point in the iPad cycle where there's just enough information out there about it that people are interested, but not enough that they can discern...Online scammers try to hijack Haiti donation bandwagon
News of the this week's devastating earthquakes in Haiti spread quickly across the Internet as people looked for ways to help in the recovery efforts from home. As usual, scammers have seized...
Some iPhone Coders Padding Resumés With Lies