Beware of bogus Gmail Hacker software
Hacking into someone’s mail account can be easy if the person chose an easily guessable password, but could be nigh impossible to brute force it if it’s long and …
Engineer jailed for turning PIN Entry Devices into skimmers
A German electronics engineer has been sentenced to three years in a UK prison for having modified a number of PIN Entry Devices to record the information used to clone credit …
“Facebook lost your messages” spam returns
Facebook users are constantly targeted by emails posing as legitimate notifications from the popular social network, and the latest ones are an upgraded version of an old fake …
What threats can we expect in October?
Fraudulent online storefront promising cheap HP Touchpads, poisoned search engine results targeting users searching on Yahoo and Bing, and spam promising a US green card have …
Facebook scammers exploit death of Steve Jobs
PandaLabs detected a malicious link on Facebook that was being used to exploit the news of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Just a few hours after Steve Jobs’ …
Malware attacks up due to social media
63 percent of more than 4,000 respondents in a new Ponemon Institute survey said that social media in the workplace represents a serious security risk — yet only 29 percent …
“ACH Payment Canceled” spam leads to malware
After a short pause, the failed/cancelled ACH transaction spam is hitting inboxes again. Since yesterday, Websense has intercepted over 200,000 of the following emails: The …
Facebook changes raise serious security concerns
Facebook’s planned changes, while increasing interaction between users, could also flood the site with Twitter-style spambots and increase targeted attacks, according to …
Email marketing companies web accounts sending out malicious spam
The breach of the Atlanta-based Silverpop Systems back in December 2010 has resulted in the compromise of (some confirmed, some not) corporate mailing lists of over 100 big …
Free tool to combat Facebook security issues
Zscaler released a free security tool that protects against malicious threats, scams and spam propagated on Facebook through a technique called “Likejacking.” …
Fake Diablo beta invites hitting inboxes
Since the third installment of the popular Diablo game franchise has been announced in 2008, fans all over the world have been impatiently waiting for it to become available. …
Fake stores dominant threat due to blackhat SEO
“Searches for buying software online remains 90 percent malicious, redirecting users to fake stores,” concluded Julian Sobrier recently, after having analyzed the …
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