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The “I’m in trouble” massive malware outbreak

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Dec

2011

A series of massive email outbreaks have been intercepted and analyzed by Commtouch Labs over the last several days with subjects like “Need your help!” and “I’m in trouble,” containing links that lead to malware downloads. They are being spammed around the world at rates of hundreds of thousands of messages per day.Many Facebook and […]

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Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program pays out $40,000 in less than a Month

31

Aug

2011

It has only been 21 days since the Facebook Bug Bounty Program was announced and yet the company has already paid a total of $40,000 to bounty hunters. The program’s aim is to strengthen Facebook’s defense against attacks by fixing bugs within the system. Their strategy is to entice security researchers with the promise of […]

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How to Make Your Google Accounts More Secure

31

Aug

2011

About a month ago I received an email from Blizzard Entertainment stating that a new World of Warcraft account had been started using my personal Gmail address. Someone with the user name of “Zhang” was hoping to do a little night elf adventuring using my data. I got on the phone with Blizzard right away, […]

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