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Recently there has been an increase in the number of fake agencies attempting to buy media. It is Somewhat of a modern-day advertising scam where one of the culprits have been traced back to China.
Have you ever clicked on advertisements on a website and wondered if they are actually legitimate or a scam that is designed to steal your personal information or worst, your money? In the past years time there has been several reputable ad networks forced into displaying cybercrook’s ads. How did it happen? It is rather simple, the cybercrooks tricked the ad agency into thinking that they were a legitimate ad company.
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Posted September 1st, 2010 in the Category(ies) Cybersecurity | No Response »
Reportedly there had been as many as 5 million web sites hosted by Network Solutions that were plagued with malware for several months through a drive-by attack.
The recent infection of potentially millions of web sites has been traced to a widget installed by Network Solutions on the GrowSmartBusiness.com site.
This discovery of millions of websites hacked by a malicious widget has be classified as the largest mass infection of websites. Virtually every domain that has this widget installed by Network Solutions was turned into a drive-by attack site launching a multi-exploit toolkit against computer users who utilized visited these sites using Firefox, Chrome, Explorer or Opera web browsers. If the user visited one of these sites and their system was able to successfully download malware via a Trojan downloader, then their PC was infected and redirected to popup ads.
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Posted August 17th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Hackers | 1 Response »
When on the go, taking the necessary steps to protect your computer can keep you from having a bad traveling experience.
Computer security is just as important on your desktop computer as it is on your portable device whether it is a netbook, laptop or even a smartphone. If you’re one of the millions of computer users around the world who have to take their portable computer wherever they go, then these tips will help you stay safe on the superhighway and the friendly skys. Not only do you have to keep your computer physically safe from theft, but in the event that you encounter a security issue or malware infection, these are tips to keep you one step ahead of the game.
Here are our top computer safety tips when traveling:
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Posted August 3rd, 2010 in the Category(ies) Cybersecurity | No Response »
Koobface Worm now installing a Trojan horse that spread the rogue AV Security Suite
The Koobface worm has been around for a couple years now being one of the most malicious computer parasites to threaten Facebook users. Over time Koobface, among other popular malware infections, changed into something totally different. This is just what has happened in the past few weeks with Koobface as it aims to install a rogue anti-virus program on to users computers.
Most times computer infections go unnoticed so they can do the dirty work without being interrupted. This works great in the cases that the malware creators want to spread the computer infection to other systems. On the flip side you have those type of computer viruses, or malware, that cause noticeable damages. These type of infections usually do not spread because the system is damaged making it unable to operate in a manor to “send” the virus to another computer. Koobface is now one of those types of parasites.
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Posted July 20th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Cybersecurity | No Response »
Cybercrooks have attacked a Californian Escrow Firm, stealing $465,000 from its bank account after exploiting several online banking security measures.
The security breach occurred in March when the owner of Village View Escrow opened an email attachment about an undelivered UPS package. The attachment was found to install a file housing a Banking Trojan, which immediately records and relays valuable online banking passwords to the cybercrooks.
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Posted June 29th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Trojan | No Response »
Evil hackers are using the FIFA World Cup subject line to spread malware and steal money from computer users.
The World Cup 2010 is the most popular event running right now, and cyber criminals are definitely jumping on the bandwagon. The money-hungry cyber thieves have already taken advantage of the World Cup in more ways than one. Sending World Cup spam leading to phishing sites to spreading malware laden emails has already become popular among hackers.
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Posted June 15th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Spam Alert | No Response »
The official Gmail and Twitter account for Reddit, a popular social bookmarking site similar to Digg and Delicious, was broken into by hackers recently.
Reddit has become a very popular social bookmarking site that users share many edgy or popular links and topics. Many sites or companies such as Reddit still utilize a Gmail accounts which was primarily used when such a company was in its beginning stages. That seems to be the case with Reddit, they kept utilizing the Gmail account because it was the easiest way for several people to view feedback received.
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Posted June 11th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Hackers | No Response »
There has been a massive increase in the number of corrupt domains containing the word facebook recently and computer users must be warned.
Cybercrooks are clearly aware of the success of Facebook, and are now using the social network as an entry point to distribute malware and steal credentials for online banking and credit cards. Facebook has become a platform for hackers and the like to abuse for their cybercrime. So much so that security experts are now saying that Facebook’s biggest threat is cybercrime‎. The most recent malware attack comes in form of hackers spreading a dangerous worm through Facebook’s ‘Like’ feature and now a new clickjacking scam is tricking users into ‘liking’ a page that has a message such as “Paramore n-a-k-ed photo leaked”.
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Posted June 7th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Hackers | No Response »
Three cyberthieves have been nabbed after selling rogue antispyware to millions of unwary computer users worldwide.
The men were arrested for selling more than a million copies of bogus malware detection software in more than 60 countries. The trio consisting of an American in the United States, a Swede, and another American living in the Ukraine, allegedly set up a company called Innovative Marketing, based in Kiev. The company was structured with two of the men serving as CEO and CTO to make it seem legitimate.
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Posted June 3rd, 2010 in the Category(ies) Cybersecurity | No Response »
Social networks, Internet Banking and Online Shopping have become part of most peoples lives nowadays.
Facebook has already reeled in more than 400 million users worldwide. Even in Europe, more than half the population is part of the world’s biggest social network. Exposing personal data and private pictures to the general public on social networks has become the norm. We must all take the necessary precautions to guard our personal information before a cyber criminal is able to use it against.
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Posted May 24th, 2010 in the Category(ies) Internet Security | No Response »
