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Charitable donations made via PayPal may be going astray

03

Mar

2017

Like millions of other people, you may well have made a donation to your favorite charity via PayPal. It turns out, though, that those donations don’t always go where you intended. Instead, the money may go to other charities selected by PayPal without the knowledge or consent of the donor, according to a class action […]

Category Vulnerabilities Written by Cio 0 Comments

American Red Cross spam links to Paypal.com

29

Jun

2012

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Spammers often take advantage of a wide variety of recognizable brands; Microsoft, UPS, banks, even the FBI. Whenever a large natural disaster strikes, such as the recent Colorado wildfires, spammers diversify and send donation emails using the brands of well known charities. A good example of […]

Category General Written by The Barracuda Labs Internet Security Blog 0 Comments

Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware

15

May

2012

Wikipedia has issued a warning to its many millions of daily visitors that if they are seeing commercial adverts on its webpages, that it may be an indication of a malware infection on the user’s computer.Criminals aren’t shy of earning affiliate cash by injecting unwanted adverts into webpages or redirecting users to sites or search […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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