More Than 280,000 Complaints of Online Criminal Activity Reported in 2012 Fairmont, WV — The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the 2012 Internet Crime Report—a summary of reported fraudulent activity, including data and statistics. In 2012, the IC3 received and processed 289,874…
Original release date: May 16, 2013 Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could cause a denial-of-service condition and potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and take control of an affected system. The…
Original release date: May 16, 2013 Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. The following versions of Adobe Reader and…
Original release date: May 16, 2013 The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities. Firefox 21.0 Firefox ESR 17.0.6 Thunderbird 17.0.6 Thunderbird ESR 17.0.6 These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a…
WARNING: Beware of a Word Document attachment being emailed under the subject of BOA Merchant Statement. The attached .doc file is a virus. EXAMPLE OF FRAUDULENT EMAIL Attached (DOC|WORD file|document|file) is your Bank of America Paymentech electronic Merchant Billing Statement. If you need…
Original release date: May 09, 2013 | Last revised: May 14, 2013 Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Lync, Office, and Windows Essentials as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2013 . These…
Original release date: May 09, 2013 | Last revised: May 14, 2013 Adobe has released a security hotfix for ColdFusion 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1, and 9.0 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX. This hotfix addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2013-1389) that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and a…
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) — The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received numerous reports of phishing attacks targeting various telecommunication companies’ customers. Individuals receive automated telephone calls that claim to be from the victim’s telecommunication carrier.…
Original release date: May 07, 2013 Microsoft is investigating public reports of a remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 and is aware of attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses a…
Original release date: April 25, 2013 Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco NX-OS-based products, Cisco Device Manager, and Cisco Unified Computing System. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls, execute…
The Associated Press Twitter account was hacked, and a tweet was sent saying, “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured.” The stock market went into a nose dive, but quickly recovered after the tweet was discovered to be fake. The situation highlighted the problem…
Unsolicited commercial email may be a privacy and/or security violation under the Federal Trade Commission of the United States of America. SPAM should be forwarded to uce@ftc.gov.