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VIPRE Report for January 2012 Released

09

Feb

2012

Social engineering ploys doesn’t grow old-probably never will considering how effective they are no matter how simple. More often than not, online criminals doesn’t have to change their tactics to get unwary Internet users to do what they want them to do. We’ve seen familiar ploys used once more in January. Gamers, business people, and […]

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Indian Movie “Bodyguard” Featured in Phishing

27

Jan

2012

Co-Author: Avdhoot Patil Phishers often choose baits with the motive of reaching out to a large number of end users. In December, 2011, phishers’ choice of bait were songs from the Indian movie "Bodyguard" (starring Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor). Due to the popularity of the soundtrack, phishers anticipated a large target audience which could […]

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Successful internet blackout, Zuck tweets, but has Don McLean been ripped off?

19

Jan

2012

As you can’t have failed to have noticed, yesterday some of the world’s most famous websites chose a variety of ways to protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation in the United States. Sites such as Reddit, Wired, Boing Boing and Google either blanked out their content or displayed clear links explaining why they were against the […]

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