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Cybercriminals Threaten Tax Day Once Again

05

Apr

2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened up the filing season on January 30, 2013 to help taxpayers prepare for the looming April 15 tax deadline. April 15 or colloquially known as Tax Day is when individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. Typical of cybercriminals, they have also prepared their own tax-related scams for taxpayers with scams […]

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Upswing in Ransomware Activity

28

Jan

2013

As we predicted toward the end of last year, we are once again seeing an upswing in ransomware activity in 2013. The ransomware extortion scam has been in existence now for a number of years but its popularity among cybercriminals has grown over the last two years and it continues to indiscriminately plague computer users […]

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Pak hack attack: Pastebin reveals attacks

05

Dec

2012

Websense® researchers monitor sites like Pastebin, Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, and others, to keep our finger on the pulse of hacking and other malicious activities. Pastebin, in particular, has become a popular place for hackers to show off their latest exploits. Our researchers recently observed a significant increase in malicious links posted to Pastebin: On Tuesday, November 20, […]

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