Traditionally, banking Trojans typically just captured data traffic exchanged between the user and the online banking website. The captured information included the authentication information, which is collected and sent to the attacker by the Trojan for their use or to…
Phishing scams in Facebook. It’s not new and it’s not sophisticated. But they still catch the unwary and they’re still happening now, with only minor tweaks in tactics. Security researchers from F-Secure warn of a phishing scam targeting Facebook users…
A leading security vendor GFI Software warns that the number of malicious PDF files detected in the wild has significantly increased last month with two detections making it into the top ten. According to data gathered by the company’s ThreatNet…
A security expert has warned that users should remove their home addresses and phone numbers from their Facebook accounts. According to Graham Cluley said the website now gives third parties access to that information. The website said in a blog…
Koobface is a computer worm that targets users of the social networking websites Facebook , MySpace, hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter. Koobface is designed to infect Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, but also works on Linux (limited fashion). Koobface…
Facebook scammers are taking advantage of FarmVille’s popularity again to trick users into taking surveys by luring them with a news page for the game. Few days back, FarmVille was the most popular game on Facebook, and even though it…
A security researchers from Kaspersky lab found a keygen for Kaspersky product which bundeled with trojan and steal information from users system. This keygen was recently spotted on file sharing websites and promises to generate serial keys for Kaspersky Anti-Virus…
While roaming on internet i got news about iTunes from GlobalTimes. For merely 200 yuan ($30) a pop, an Internet user in China can purchase up to $200 worth of digital products at Apple Inc’s vast music, movie and applications…
According to India Times, RIM has informed the government via a letter that it is ready to receive and process lawful interception requests through the new system. According to reports that RIM has provided a cloud-based solution to the Indian…
Google has been an early and consistent supporter of email authentication technologies, which help ensure senders are who they say they are, and in turn help to curb spam. Since google launched Gmail in 2004, and supported email-signing standards such…
