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Bikini-clad women and photo tags aid Facebook scammers

19
Aug
2011

If you’re a Facebook user, please repeat after me: Facebook doesn’t let you track who is viewing your profile. Third-party Facebook apps aren’t allowed to do it either, and if they claim to offer the ability they are banned from Facebook. Don’t believe me? Here is the official word on the issue from Facebook itself: […]

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Mobile malware to steal photos from your phone

16
Aug
2011

A good deal of this year’s mobile malware was developed in China. And Chinese mobile malware tends to include stuff such as backdoors, password stealers and spy tools. Knowing that Chinese malware likes to spy, we’ve been keeping an eye out for various functions, such as photo scraping. Stealing photos from a phone could be […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

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How hackers hijack your Facebook photos?

03
Aug
2011

THINK twice before uploading your holiday pictures to Facebook – you could be helping someone to steal information from your computer. A botnet called Stegobot was created by an Indian origin scientist to show how easy it would be for a bad guy to hijack Facebook photos to create a secret communication channel that is […]

Category General Written by Quick Heal Weblog 0 Comments

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