Security company M86 Lab claims that “Phoenix” attack toolkit has targeted WordPress 3.2.1 platform. The company estimates that so far it could have infected hundreds of websites. This type of threat infects systems automatically by embedding exploit code into different websites. Once you visit an attacked website, these exploits will be distributed in your browser [...]
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The most popular mobile operating system, Android, is going to be much safer because of a new service released by Google. Paying attention to the fact that scammers are actively using this market to spread their malware, they have just presented a service called Bouncer. It will scan the Android Market for malicious apps and [...]
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Looks like Facebook is taking action against spam – according to the latest news they have launched a lawsuit against the Adscend Media and its coowners Jeremy Bash and Fehzan Ali. These two men are accused for spreading spam using a variety of tactics (clickjacking, likejacking and others) that all have been helping them to [...]
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We should all be aware of spam – constant browsing educates us and trains how to deal with it. Of course, spammers also realize this as well and know all about those business trainings or spam filtering technologies that cost thousands of dollars. That’s why it’s normal that they identically improve their methods on how [...]
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If you get an ‘official’ alert from Metropolitan Police, there is a huge possibility that you are included into international affair based on misleading message which is used by scammers to rip users off. To convince its victim sthat they will be fined for some illegal acitvities, like watching videos with adult content or banned [...]
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Isreali researchers Seculert report about financial malware named Ramnit which is currently spreading through Facebook. Be aware about this worm because you can lose your login information just like thousands of other users registered on this social network. Since the September 2011 to December, Ramnit has already managed to steal login information from more than [...]
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Malware vendors should be concerned about the new feature which is incorporated in the the latest version of the popular Chrome browser. According to Google Chrome Blog, this feature will warn computer users about the malware that they are going to download from a website. Though this Safe Browsing technology is not a new thing [...]
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According to the announcement of one Saudi Arabian hacking group, more than 400.000 Israelis have lost their sensitive information, such as names, addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers and credit card details. This info has additionally been spread on the Internet and used for unauthorized Internet purchases. However, according to the Israeli paper Haaretz, much of [...]
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Facebook has always been filled with scams trying to steal users’ identity or money and this becomes especially obvious on the Christmas period. One of such scams spreading on the social network has ‘borrowed’ the name of Tesco supermarket chain. It foolishly says that first 100.000 followers who attend the special event have a possibility [...]
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More than 300,000 consumers who were tricked into purchasing rogue anti-spywares hailing from malicious Winfixer family can expect to get the refunds, says The United States Federal Trade Commission. The trickery was based on making users believe that their computers are infected and that only registered version of XP Antivirus, Advanced Cleaner or Antivirus XP [...]
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Security experts recommend ignoring all the letters announcing about the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez because they clearly belong to one of the spam campaigns that distribute malware. Government has never confirmed the death of the 57-year-old man who is struggling against the cancer and, in fact, he is said to be in a [...]
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Have you recently received an email from Adobe notifying that you need to upgrade your Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe X Suite Advanced with the newer version? You should scan your PC with a reputable anti-spyware if you had because there is a high possibility that this was a scam and gave you malware. According [...]
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According to Google security researcher Michal Zalewski, there is a new privacy hole we should definitely know about – this time scammers may get capability to steal visitors’ surfing history no matter which browser, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox, is used by the user. According to informal test of this researcher, his recently found method [...]
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Hackers have definitely paid attention to the fact that more and more people are transferring some of their life spheres on the Internet. According to FBI, this time PC users should be especially aware about an increasing danger of ZeuS Trojan which has been used for stealing data from victim’s computer. In addition, experts report [...]
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Danish security researchers from CSIS have announced about the recently released worm which is reported to be spread on Facebook these days. Users are tricked into clicking on malicious link which pretends to be pointing to the screensaver of two blonde women. However, in reality it launches malicious code that additionally downloads malware to victim’s [...]
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