Posts Tagged ‘informed choice’

Meet the new paid-archive malware families

May

2013

In a previous post, “Fake apps: Behind the effective social strategy of fraudulent paid-archives,” we exposed the social engineering technique behind Win32/Pameseg – our detection for a family of “paid-archives.” We described the use of “low-ball” techniques and explained how users are led to believe they are making an informed choice. However, the choice ultimately leads to […]

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Here’s a Privacy Tool That Prevents You From Being Tracked

Feb

2012

-and they aptly named it Do Not Track Plus (DNT+). In this day and age when almost every site on the Internet is interested in “getting to know more about you”, I reckon our privacy-conscious readers might take delight on this one. DNT+ a free application you can download and install on your Internet browser […]

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An Update on Android.Counterclank

Jan

2012

Last week, we posted a blog informing Android users of the discovery of new versions of Android.Tonclank, which we have named Android.Counterclank. The blog generated a bit of discussion over whether these new versions should be a concern to Android users. When classifying applications, our focus is on whether users want to be informed of […]

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