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Spammers disguise malware as Vodafone MMS email

08

Nov

2012

The email includes original links to Vodafone websites, which makes it a lot less suspicious for spam filters and explains why so many users have initially received the email.The given telephone numbers in those mails vary, but the gist always remains the same: The recipient is asked to open the attached file, which is said […]

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Reversal of fortune: Attempts to disguise file names

15

Sep

2012

Social engineering tactics are vast and varied, and we see all sorts of methods being used on a daily basis by malware authors, in their attempts to compromise your machine. One such method that we see often is malware being distributed as an alluring or enticing link or file, and we know that some users […]

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Does using Facebook put you at more risk elsewhere on the internet?

18

Jul

2011

According to a recent article from the coolcats at Fast Company, “Digital Oxytocin: How Trust Keeps Facebook, Twitter Humming”, the Pew Research Center has shown that the more time you spend on the internet, especially social networks like Facebook and Twitter, the more trusting you become. Not just on social networks, but everywhere – both […]

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