FBI Warns Online Shoppers To Online Fraud

The FBI has the festive arrival of online shoppers for Internet fraud warning, as offers that are too good to be true. According to the police for criminals prepare themselves for the holidays and will try through creative scams to steal both money and private information.

Thus, Internet users are advised to not fall into offers that seem too good to be true. Also should be avoided websites that offer high discounts. Consumers should also pay attention to social media and installing smartphone apps, according to the FBI. Before an app downloaded from an unknown source users must first read reviews. In addition, some apps pose as game and are offered free, but in reality, trying to steal all kinds of personal information.

In addition to the FBI, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team of the US Government (US-CERT) Internet phishing, malware and other scams during the holidays warned. This will include recommended to purchase online to pay by credit card because it provides extra protection. Also, all online transactions should be printed before the arrive purchased products.

South Korea Seems To Wrest IE And ActiveX

By a legal obligation from the end of the last century, most South Koreans still use Internet Explorer, but the country seems slowly to Microsoft's browser and ActiveX technology to emerge. This week launched the Korea Trade Network (KTN), part of the Korea International Trade Organization, new authentication services in addition to IE also work in other browsers.

The KTN late announcement specifically that the new services are free and ActiveX standard Microsoft Edge, Chrome and Firefox work. ActiveX is an extension dating from 1996 model, making it possible to add extensions to Internet Explorer.Decided because of all kinds of stability and security vulnerabilities in Microsoft ActiveX Edge no longer support.

In South Korea ActiveX still plays an important role. To encourage online shopping and Internet banking and fears about insecurity to take away the Internet, the South Korean government developed its own system to authenticate the identity of online buyers. To order online buyers had their name and Social Security number to apply for a digital certificate from the government. This certificate could show people as a kind of identity card to the retailer. The whole process was designed so that it occupied just a few clicks.

The technology for these online identity was based on Microsoft's ActiveX technology, which works only in Internet Explorer. When the system was introduced in 1999, the South Korean government stated that it was mandatory for online purchases above 210 euros. For smaller purchases by South Korean retailers, however, applies a similar certification system developed by webshops and credit card companies. However, the law does not apply to foreign retailers.

Many South Koreans also use IE. In recent years, received the browser, as ActiveX, having to make many security problems. Nevertheless, the browser according to StatCounter in South Korea still has a market share of 67.8%. The announcement of the KTN is also noteworthy. In August it was announced that the Korean financial authorities want the authentication certificates within two to three years phasing.

EBay Phishing Site Hosted By EBay Itself

EBay users have long been the target of phishing attacks and phishing sites, but researchers have now discovered an eBay phishing site that was hosted on the infrastructure of the auction site itself. The phishing site is offered from the domain ebaydesc.com, which is normally used to host the descriptions of goods offered on eBay.

These descriptions are then displayed via an iframe on the eBay website. Instead of a definition criminals have now created a phishing page that asks for the credentials German eBay users. After users enter their data being sent to the real eBay page, which states that the username or password was invalid.

Meanwhile, the entered credentials sent to a server with a Russian IP address. According to Internet company Netcraft that the phishing page offers discovered eBay by allowing HTML and scripts in the making of descriptions, crooks many opportunities to perform phishing attacks.

Amazon.com Is Going To Stop Flash Ads

Due to recent changes in Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari, Amazon decided to order from September 1 no more Flash ads on Amazon.com to accept. According to the Internet shop is the reason that browsers have changed when Flash content is displayed on websites the way.

Not only browser developers have restricted the operation of Flash content. Security experts regularly advise to remove Flash Player in the browser. The new policy is to ensure that ads on the website to keep working. Flash is already longer under fire, both because of the security issues with Adobe Flash Player, as well as technology for displaying video content.

Recently let Facebook CSO Alex Stamos yet know that with the support of Adobe Flash to stop, then follow the browser developers. In this way, web developers are forced to upgrade their tools and programs to HTML5, since they postpone now that due to the permanent Flash support.