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Why Facebook’s partnership with Websense falls short on protecting users.

08

Oct

2011

Earlier this week Facebook announced a partnership with Websense to help keep users safe from outgoing malicious links. Security experts have weighed in on the issue, and while a step in the right direction, this will not be enough to secure the platform. The Websense collaboration will provide users with great protection on what lies […]

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Mac OS X Trojan hides behind malicious PDF disguise

23

Sep

2011

A fascinating new example of Mac malware has been discovered, that appears to be adopting an old Windows-style disguise to fool users into running it. Despite the numerous times that cybercriminals have created boobytrapped PDF files that exploit vulnerabilities to infect unsuspecting users, many people still think that PDF files are somehow magically safer to […]

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The unstolen Matrix

19

Sep

2011

After having handled thousands and thousands of phishing emails/webpages, they usually don’t actually reach me in any way or form. They are processed and added to our detection list in what is now a merely routine task. But recently I got a mail which was different because it appeared to be sent from my bank. […]

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