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Compromised Auto-Update Mechanism Affects South Korean Users

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Jun

2013

On Tuesday, South Korea raised the country’s cyber security alarm from level 1 to 3, because of several incidents that affected different government and news websites in South Korea. One of the several attacks related to the June 25 security incident involved the compromise of the auto-update mechanism related to the legitimate installer file SimDisk.exe, […]

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Scam Sites Now Selling Instagram Followers

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Jun

2013

Another scam site is offering to increase a user’s Instagram followers. Unlike previous attacks, however, these sites require payment – with the amount depending on the number of followers you prefer.Figure 1. Pricelist for Instagram followersDespite the site’s liberal use of the Instagram logo, it has nothing to do with the service. It has a […]

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Vine: Spammers Find a New Home on Twitter’s Video Sharing Service

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Jun

2013

In late January of this year, Twitter released Vine, a social video-sharing service that it acquired in late 2012. Initially launched on iOS, Vine has similar characteristics to Twitter as videos are intentionally short (users are only allowed six seconds) and to the point. Earlier this month, an Android version of Vine was released and […]

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