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US security experts are warning consumers to be particularly vigilant when doing their Christmas shopping online this year. Internet users are at an increased risk of web-based crime, despite 88 per cent having some form of internet security software, according to a poll by Get Safe Online.
A million US victims lost "billions of dollars" to email phishing scams in the past two years, new research has warned. The IT security vendor community came out in force today to warn consumers and corporate web surfers that internet criminals are likely to double their efforts over the Christmas season to infect machines and steal sensitive data. The stakes were high when scores of researchers and investigators met Thursday for the twice-annual International Botnet Task Force meeting. A security firm has identified over 10,000 web pages rigged by cyber-criminals to hijack the PCs of unsuspecting surfers.. Trusted websites are posing a security risk to oblivious surfers according to a Websense report released today which revealed the number of legitimate websites compromised by attackers now outnumbers those specifically created for malicious purposes. Internet surfers who misspell the name of a popular website have a one in 14 chance of landing on a site owned by someone trying to capitalise on your poor typing skills, a McAfee report revealed today. Banks and credit card firms not doing enough to protect consumers. Spammers have started abusing Microsoft's Windows Live SkyDrive service to host spam links, a security firm warned today.. Malicious DNS redirection at the server level is growing with the proliferation of open-recursive DNS servers, according to a new joint research paper. Anti-virus vendor Grisoft announced today that it has acquired web-browsing security provider Exploit Prevention Labs. A new version of the Opera browser has been made available in beta format. ZoneAlarm plays in the sandbox. Security experts have warned internet users about malware hidden in spam emails claiming to offer new music videos from a number of pop stars.
Trend Micro has released a new internet security product aimed at regular web users to secure online transactions. The 'Italian Job' attack was the first large scale use of a Web-based attack, and it was duplicated only a few days later.
Lax internet security has resulted in a virtual boycott of Vietnam by online retailers, local press reports claim. The UK Government must do more to protect individual internet users from cybercrime, according to a House of Lords report. Hackers continue to favour drive-by downloads to launch cyber attacks, new research shows.