In light of Typhoon Haiyan, security vendor Symantec has warned the public to remain vigilant following a series of online charity scams. Over 10,000 people have died as a result of the disaster, which has decimated Leyte and Samar ...
Wonga, the much-criticised payday loan provider, is branching out into payments with the acquisition of Germany's BillPay for an undisclosed sum. The move will pit Wonga directly against PayPal, the eBay-owned giant of online payments. It ...
Tags: Service
An advertisement circulating on Facebook and Twitter for a desktop version of the photo-sharing application Instagram is a scam, according to security vendor Symantec. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is only available for mobile ...
Tags: PC, Computer Products
IDG News Service - A simple piece of malicious software is circulating that steals Litecoins, a virtual currency based on the Bitcoin system. Security vendor ESET wrote the malware infects Windows computers. The program tries to steal ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, network
It was only a matter of time before it happened and now it has – ransom malware has successfully made the jump from the PC world, where it torments millions of Windows users, to the mobile world, where it has similar designs on ...
Tags: Android Smartphone, APP
China’s government officials began the year with assurances to the world that 2013 would mark a new era of food safety. The bureaucrats were still patting each other on the back, when in March, a flotilla of 16,000 dead hogs bobbed ...
Tags: Food Safety, China
Several media outlets in the Washington DC area have had their websites hacked and used to spread malware. WTOP, the largest radio station in the region, and Federal News Radio, along with the website of technology blogger John Dvorak ...
Tags: Media Websites, Cyber Attacks
Recent reports show several bars in the East Village and Brooklyn are using fake pint glasses that look and feel like 16 ounces but are actually closer to 14. One longtime bartender says he started seeing it happen back in 2006 when ...
Tags: Yorker, Construction
The US government has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis claiming the company made illegal payments to induce pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients to its immunosuppressant drug Myfortic. Civil fraud lawsuit claimed ...
Tags: Civil Fraud Lawsuit, Health, Healthcare Scam
When it comes to shopping for used office furniture, you have plenty of options for snagging great deals, from hitting up office liquidators to eBay to checking out the local thrift shop. Craigslist, one of the most popular places for ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, office furniture
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a warning for organizations that post a lot of business and personal information on public web pages and social media sites: Don't do it. Phishers, the agency said in an alert this week, look ...
Tags: web pages, social media
The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams more believable, according to an independent malware researcher. Ransomware is a class of malicious ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams more believable, according to an independent malware researcher. Ransomware is a class of malicious ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Recently, consumers nationwide have received a phone call from federal employees, informing them that they're among the first Americans selected to receive health-insurance cards as part of the Affordable Care Act. Before they mail out ...
Tags: Care Act, Identity-Theft Scam, Medicine
Sergey Brin envisions Google's Internet glasses hitting the market this year with an eye toward freeing people from unsocial habits engendered by "emasculating" smartphones. The Google co-founder who immigrated to the US when 6-years-old ...
Tags: Brin, Google Glass, smartphones