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Zeus Trojan variant comes with ransomware feature

The recent popularity of ransomware as a tactic for duping users into giving up their hard-earned cash has resulted in an unexpected malware combination. F-Secure researchers …

Beware of fake Facebook account cancellation emails

Fake account cancellation emails are targeting Facebook users and trying to get them infected with information-stealing malware, warns Sophos. The email looks pretty …

Bogus Facebook apps could lead to Android malware

Bitdefender researchers have recently spotted something that could be the beginning of paid promotions through Facebook, and believe that the approach can very easily be used …

Mistakes that led to the massive Utah data breach

A little over a month ago, the largest data breach in Utah history resulted in the compromise of Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health …

Fake BBC website serves malware and a scam

Online scammers and malware peddlers know that the more afraid and desperate their targets are, the more likely it is that they will fall for their tactics, so their repeated …

Fake Amex ID verification email leads to malware

A bogus American Express account ID verification email is currently doing rounds, trying to trick users into following the offered links: The email might look like a phishing …

Microsoft embraces CVRF format for its security bulletins

A year has passed since the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) introduced the first version of the Common Vulnerability Reporting …

Fake Pinterest pages scam users

Pinterest continues to draw both users and scammers in search for easy targets. Trend Micro fraud analyst Paul Pajares has recently delved into the world of Pinterest scams, …

Twitter supports “Do Not Track” option

The news was announced by Ed Felten, the US Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, at a New York Internet Week privacy panel, and Twitter has quickly come out to confirm it: …

Facebook IPO advanced fee scam hitting inboxes

Today’s the day when Facebook has officially become a publicly traded company, after founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell and officially opened trading on the Nasdaq …

Hacker jailed for targeting Call of Duty gamers

It’s a bad week for British hackers as another youth has been handed a prison sentence. 20-year-old Lewys Martin from Kent is a repeat offender that, among other things, …

Worm targets Facebook users via PMs

A worm posing as a JPG image has seemingly been spotted propagating on Facebook and through various IM applications. “We recently received reports about private messages …

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