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More software-related searches lead to malware

01
Dec
2011

Spammers have done a very good job a hijacking web searches related to buying software online. More than 90% of search results for “buy Microsoft Windows” and similar searches, lead to fake stores on major search engines. Not much has been done by the search engines to clean up these search results. Since the beginning […]

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Keep your Facebook friends close and your antivirus closer

18
Nov
2011

Facebook malware attacks are not new. Scams spreading via status updates have been around for a long time, but in recent weeks one threat has been getting creative in terms of social engineering. Backdoor:Win32/Caphaw.A can intercept URL requests in both Firefox and Internet Explorer and it has been observed to post very personable updates on […]

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The end is near – Facebook’s day of Destruction

05
Nov
2011

T minus 8 hours until we see if the threats of the hacktivist group Anonymous are fulfilled. November 5 is the scheduled demise of Facebook, according to a YouTube “press release” published months ago, and since removed. Last August a rally cry went out to willing hacktivists or guys who want “to protect the freedom […]

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