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Fraudulent e-Commerce Websites Exploit the Post-New Year’s Day Sales Drive

09

Jan

2013

As we welcome the New Year, we must be aware that the bad guys will use every opportunity to exploit events of a positive and negative nature. Yes, even the recent disastrous weather experienced on the east coast of the United States was exploited to try and obtain valuable information that could be used for identity […]

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What threats will Web users face in 2013?

04

Jan

2013

Here are the threats that the AVG Web Threats Research group expects to see in the coming New Year. 1. Java will remain the top exploited software. With over a billion machines running Java it’s a big target and extensively used by the most popular exploit kits today. 2. Mobile malware will grow. Mobile devices […]

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New Ransomware pages include pornography

13

Dec

2012

Ransomware has become a popular way for the bad guys to extort money from users. It is usually installed by drive-by exploit kits such as Blackhole and Cool. After a user is infected, his machine is made inoperative and he will see a warning screen that claims child porn, copyright material, unlicensed software and malware […]

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