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Users of Habbo Hotel virtual world hit by thieves

If you’re not an online gamer or a user of virtual worlds, it is easy to make light of the occasional news of account hijacking or thefts of virtual goods or money. …

Critical iPhone security issue leaves your contents exposed

Most iPhone users are confident that using a passcode to secure their devices means that even if they lost them or they get stolen, their data will be protected from prying …

Viral clickjacking Facebook worm spreads

Yet another clickjacking attack has recently been aimed at Facebook users. If you see messages such as “LOL This girl gets OWNED after a POLICE OFFICER reads her STATUS …

5 charged for malware-driven money theft

Five people have been charged by federal prosecutors of trying to steal almost half a million dollars from a bank account belonging to the city of Carson in California. The …

SASFIS Trojan disguised by clever technique

A cleverly disguised variant of SASFIS – the infamous Trojan that makes it possible for your computer to be further infected with any number of different malware …

A closer look at PC Tools Firewall Plus

PC Tools Firewall Plus (6.0.0.88) is a free personal firewall for Windows. It helps you prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or …

Eleventh Hour Security+: Exam SY0-201 Study Guide

For the people who have studied hard and are preparing for the Security+ certification exam, this book provide a handy reviewing list of all the critical information and the …

Social networking sites passing on user data to ad agencies

Several social networking sites – including Facebook and MySpace – have apparently been sending users’ data to advertising agencies – in spite of all …

Hotmail gets new security features

Not one to be out shined for long by Google – one of its biggest competitors in many fields – Microsoft has been working on some changes that will improve security …

EFF’s thoughts on the rights of social network users

Since the latest Facebook changes to its privacy settings, the issue of privacy on social networks has become a hot topic. Social networks have become a way to communicate and …

Twitter malware campaign with a banking Trojan and keylogger combo

A malware campaign that uses fake Twitter accounts and sends out messages marked with popular hashtags, containing the text “haha this is the funniest video ive ever …

LifeLock CEO’s hit by identity theft – 13 times!

Does this advertisement look familiar? Were you one of the people who looked at it and thought to yourself: “Wow! It must really work if the guy is ready to share his …

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