Valentine’s Day
Florists hit by targeted DDoS attacks in run-up to Valentine’s Day
Dozens of online florists saw themselves struck by targeted distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leading up to Valentine’s Day this year.
David Bisson reports.
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Sexy Russian scammers would love to break your heart this Valentine’s Day
That message you received from a sexy Russian lady calling you Mr Dependable? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s too good to be true.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Russian mobile users targeted by SMS Valentine Trojan
A Valentine’s Day mobile application, which promises to send an romantic MMS message to a loved one, actually hides a money-making scheme that sends expensive messages to a Russian premium rate SMS number.
Valentine’s Day scams spread virally on Facebook
Is there a girl/boy you really like? Do you want to send them a love poem on Facebook?
If so, you could be just the kind of person that survey scammers are looking for.