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Facebook “love button” app links to malware

If you spot a Facebook post or a message that advertises an application that will let you “unlock” a “love” (

A closer look at NetShade for Mac

NetShade (v.4.0.1) makes your presence on the web anonymous by routing your connection through a proxy server and acting as the middle-man in your connection. The proxy server …

Orkut users under phishing attack

Orkut users have lately been targeted with a clever scheme that redirects them to phishing pages without them having to do anything except visit a compromised account. Using …

Hotmail gets full-session HTTPS

Firesheep‘s developers can be satisfied. Not only has Microsoft started contemplating SSL for Bing but – as of yesterday – has provided its Hotmail users …

A viable answer to the botnet problem?

As the recent case of the Bredolab botnet takedown has shown yet again, going after C&Cs is ultimately a failed tactic for shutting botnets down. Obviously, it is time to …

Latest IE 0-day exploit finds its way into Eleonore toolkit

Microsoft will likely be forced to issue an out-of-band-patch for the zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer that has been discovered being exploited in the wild …

Toy robots can guard your home

Worried about burglars ransacking your house? Buy yourself some toy robots! It is what Robert Oschler, a Florida-based programmer, did. He bought a Rovio – a Wi-Fi …

Seven Deadliest Network Attacks

Part of Syngress' "The Seven Deadliest Attack Series", this book introduces the reader to the anatomy of attacks aimed at networks: DoS, MiTM, war dialing, penetration …

Microsoft Kinect may be eavesdropping on you

Released only five days ago, Microsoft’s Kinect seems poised to start a revolution in gaming. And if you are one of the lucky people who already managed to get their …

G20 summit related malicious spam campaign

Spammers are taking advantage of the oddest things. The lately detected spam messages concerning the upcoming G-20 summit in Korea is an example of such a specifically …

Microsoft offers Security Essentials via Windows Update, Trend Micro objects

Trend Micro is crying foul over the latest Microsoft move that sees its U.S. customers being offered to install the company’s free Security Essentials solution through …

Wikileaks soon to be joined by new whistleblower site?

The Wikileaks saga continues. After having been denied a Swedish residence and work permit, Julian Assange is considering asking for asylum in Switzerland – and moving …

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