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Active fake AV spam campaigns hit Twitter
17.04.2012
Two distinct malicious spam campaigns are currently targeting Twitter users and taking them to compromised sites serving rogue AV and scareware software, warns GFI.
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Searching for Easter eggs leads to malware
06.04.2012
Blackhat SEO is a popular tactic for malware peddlers to distribute their wares to unsuspecting victims, and the weeks before major holidays are always a perfect time for poisoning search results for search terms tied to them.
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Flash-based rogue AV targets users
23.03.2012
The business of pushing rogue AV software onto unsuspecting users is quite lucrative, so it's no wonder that cyber crooks are still doing it.
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Users hammered by fake AV resurgence
09.03.2012
GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for February 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month.
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Users hammered by fake AV resurgence
09.03.2012
GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for February 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month.
Spotlight
IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.
Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.
Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.
Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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