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SellHack Deactivates Plugin After Cease and Desist Letter from LinkedIn

02

Apr

2014

The controversial web browser plugin SellHack has been deactivated after LinkedIn sent the company that develops it a cease and desist letter due to several violations. The creators of SellHack claim theyre now working on developing a variant that doesnt violate LinkedIns terms of service. SellHack is a browser plugin that works on Chrome, Firefox […]

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Malware Hijacks Social Media Accounts Via Browser Add-ons

31

Jul

2013

We spotted yet another threat lurking around social media sites targeting users of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. This threat uses fake extensions for both browsers to infiltrate user systems and hijack social media accounts – specifically, Facebook, Google+, and Twitter accounts.To install these fake extensions, users would see various lures on social media […]

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Trojan.Yontoo.1 leads among new adware Trojans for Mac

19

Mar

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web reports that adware for Mac OS X has been increasing in number since the beginning of 2013. Trojan.Yontoo.1 is the most prominent of them: It can download and install an adware browser plugin in an infected system. According to Doctor Web’s analysts, the trend towards a growing number of adware […]

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