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Malware Targets Bank Accounts & Other Cyber News

Malware Targets Bank Accounts

Cyber criminals have found yet another way to steal your hard-earned money: a recent phishing scheme involves spam e-mails—purportedly from the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), the Federal Reserve Bank, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)—that can infect recipients’ computers with malware and allow access to their bank accounts.

The malware is appropriately called “Gameover” because once it’s on your computer, it can steal usernames and passwords and defeat common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutions. And once the crooks get into your bank account, it’s definitely “game over.”

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New “Unfollowed You” Scam Hits Twitter Trending Topics

Twitter‘s list of trending topics appears to have been hit hard by another variant of the familiar “see who unfollowed you” scam. Significant numbers of Tweets are being sent out that contain messages saying that a certain number of people have unfollowed them, and to find out who unfollowed you, click on the link. A few hashtags were generally attached to the end of the tweet.

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Online Tax Scams (and How to Avoid Them)

In the old days, tax scammers worked the old-fashioned way: they stole your paper tax return out of your mailbox. With millions of people moving to online filing every year, it's not exactly surprising that the scammers have likewise moved online. So how can you avoid having your personal information compromised or stolen by an Internet identity thief?

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