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Google: ‘Your computer appears to be infected’

Jul

2011

It’s only been a few weeks since the world’s web users woke up to discover a big black bar at the top of their Google search results (introduced when Google+ was launched). Now, some users of Google search might start seeing something else close to the top of the world’s most famous home page. The […]

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

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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How hackers tried to break into my wife’s 1&1 account – via the phone

Jun

2011

Sophos senior security engineer David Schwartzberg describes how scammers tried to break into his wife’s online account at web-hosting firm 1&1 – via the telephone.It was June 17th, 2011, during a Friday afternoon at 4:01pm Central Time when I received a telephone call from a guy called Mike.Mike introduced himself and that he’s in the […]

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