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Facebook launches Safety page

Facebook recently passed the 500,000 user milestone, and the time has come to introduce a new addition to the already existing Facebook initiatives designed to keep users …

Fake ImageShack emails lead to Zbot variant

Emails pretending to be registration notifications from the popular free image hosting website ImageShack are hitting inboxes, and are trying to get the users to follow a link …

OMG! Profile Spy targeting Facebook users

Facebook users are a curious lot, and one of the things that seemingly regularly piques their interest is the opportunity to see who views their profile. Posts that read …

U.K. seeks cyber experts, offers challenge and educational and job opportunities

It seems that the U.S. is not the only country with a severe shortage of cyber security experts – the U.K. is seeking them out as well. The BBC dubbed it a …

WoW players targeted with phishing emails

World of Warcraft players are once again targeted by a phishing scheme, says F-Secure. Emails purporting to come from Blizzard Entertainment – the creators of WoW …

Georgian businesses targeted by identity thieves

A week ago, Colorado’s Secretary of State and the state’s Attorney General warned registered businesses that criminals are hijacking corporate names and brands in …

No more free bugs?

The recent announcements from Google and Mozilla that revealed their intent of paying up to $3,133.7 and $3,000 (respectively) for an eligible vulnerability discovered by …

Safari’s AutoFill reveals personal information

A feature of Apple’s Safari browser can be used by hackers to harvest personal information, says Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security, in his recent …

Get notified of suspicious Facebook access to your account

For all of you who haven’t figured it out already, there is a simple way to make sure that if someone breaks into your Facebook account and misuses it, you know it …

Privacy worries make the E.U. limit use of citizens’ personal data

The European Union has announced its plan to enforce stricter rules regarding its use of personal data of private citizens. “Citizens should have the right to know what …

Finally! A sandbox for Adobe Reader

A little more than a year ago, Adobe announced their Adobe Reader and Acrobat security initiative, which would focus on code hardening, incident response process improvements, …

Google updates its anti-spam engine to block recent JavaScript attacks

Google has updated its Postini anti-spam engine following the recent surge in emails containing obfuscated JavaScript attacks. These emails are a hybrid between virus and spam …

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