Coders Cheat with Ease in Online Contests

There are few human instincts that are less powerful than winning. With that, however, comes the unfortunate problem of cheating. In the real world, cheating usually has a fairly direct consequence that makes you not want to do it again. Out in the online world, however, things are just a bit different. Consider, for [...]

Bogus McDonald’s, Coca-Cola Promos Used as Worm Carriers

Seems like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola are cybercriminals’ promoters of choice this season–two spoofed emails that claim to be from both of the highly popular brands were recently found by the Trend Micro Content Security Team. Each message trumpets a Christmas promotion, and instructs the recipient to open the attached coupon contained in a .ZIP [...]