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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A huge family of multi name rogue applications malware infections has been recovered and keeps infecting new computer systems. With the ability to change its name according to the operating system that is run on a computer, this rogue antispyware program badly complicates work for many computer users. The badware may appear on the system [...]
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Almost every American spends the first Monday after Thanksgiving holiday buying various goods and presents. Traditionally called ‘Cyber Monday’, this day is always led by checking various websites for special deals and offers. Of course, scammers have also paid their attention to this day – they use ‘Cyber Monday’ to spread their email marketing campaigns [...]
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We must warn you about the latest scam seen on Facebook which is based on faked letter reporting that you have violated Facebook’s policies. Such letters include a link to a page mimicking Facebook and requiring many personal details and financial information. If you get such letter, be sure to ignore the message supposedly sent [...]
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You must have heard something about SpyEye banking Trojan that is set to collect data, such as legitimate credentials, and send it to its owners so that they could log into victim’s bank account and steal his money. According to F-Secure researchers, Symbian OS mobile users should also be aware about this Trojan – some [...]
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Few days ago Facebook have made a statement explaining why some of their users been bombarded with pornographic videos and photos on their walls. According to them, that’s because of vulnerability which may be in one of the browsers we all use. This vulnerability allows scammers to apply cross-site scripting which is used to execute [...]
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You may have heard about those hackers who managed to get into Slovakia’s National Security Bureau about five years ago. Always been abbreviated as NBU, it has tons of information stored on it, so protection of such website is especially important. However, this website was an easy hack because the login/password of NBU was simply [...]
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Internet hackers always pay attention to those things that wake up curiosity of the people, so there is no surprise that they have used the latest Twilight film for increasing their own profit. Security experts warn that growing popularity of searching for Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part One) or other Twilight related details on the Internet [...]
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According to the latest researches, Android users should be aware about the freshly released virus which disguises itself as a Google library for tricking in its victims. After their investigation, NetQin’s U.S. Security Research Center claims that this malware has no similarities to earlier released samples of the android threats. Being named as SMS Android [...]
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PDF malware keeps infecting PC users by sending fake letters with infected Adobe .PDF file attached. While security experts claim that such way of attack is not a new thing, many people still report getting malware after being convinced to open a letter from legitimate-looking company and save their document presented as receipt, ticket or [...]
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Apple declares that all its applications distributed on AppStore are carefully examined before submitting. Of course, that’s one of the must-to-do things because malware developers are actively using such flaws for spreading their threats at the moment. However, one research clearly shows that there was a flaw in Apple’s restrictions and apps with unsigned code [...]
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Microsoft warns about TrueType Font Parsing Engine vulnerability which affects every version of Windows, including Windows 7. According to computer experts, this vulnerability is closely connected to Duqu malware that we have already announced about. Duqu allows for its creators to download and run other malicious programs, gather, steal or delete personal information or simply [...]
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Security experts have announced about increasing number of malware threats infecting smartphone users. We have recently warned you about the risk of digital payment technologies that have also been attacked through downloading infected files straight to the phones. In addition, encouraged by actively growing market of smartphones, hackers have also started to create Trojan copies [...]
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Facebook users should be aware about ‘socialbots’ that are designed to collect personal data of the users and additionally use it for illegal purposes, such as stealing the data from victims’ PCs, using their machines to send out spam or making other attacks. Most of the illegally stolen information is email addresses, phone numbers, and [...]
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As you know, Facebook normally blocks the exchange of executable files and does not allow attaching executables to messages to prevent the risk of malware. However, security blogger Nathan Power reports that after adding the space to the end of a filename it has been possible to avoid this restriction and send messages not only [...]
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