In my research in unearthing Facebook scams, I have come across scams that entice users to watch a video, check who viewed their profile, give free Facebook credits for games, see how many times their profiles have been viewed and more. However, for the first time I have come across a scam that is targeted [...]

A new scam is rapidly spreading on Facebook, this time it is spreading through tagged photos in Facebook albums. The scam basically makes use of Facebook Connect to gain access to a users account and then posts enticing photos to their album and randomly tags friends along.

Over the past couple of years or so, I have used Microsoft Security Essentials as my only virus and malware protection tool. The Free Antivirus tool from Microsoft is definitely worth installing on your PC.

I have come to love Evernote as a note-taking and idea collecting software. I have used it extensively for the past couple of years or more to store bits and pieces of information that has come in handy all through these years.

MySQL.com database has been compromised by Blind SQL Injection. MySQL databases and tables leaked through a security breach carried out through an SQL Injection.

Do you ever worry about your computer being taken over by a mysterious hacker? Let’s take a look at five of the most infamous hacks and hackers on record. Your computer is too small to interest these guys.

Rustock was one of the largest operational botnets with a capacity of sending 30-billion spam emails every day. A single Rustock infected computer sends out nearly 8000 emails in an hour.

A new worm has spread on Twitter and is spreading like wildfire. Users are spreading messages saying “Have you heard of HCG diet? AMAZING AND IT WORKS, I lost 2lbs in the last 3 days [link redacted]” to their friends

Twitter has now rolled out HTTPS support to everyone. Enable HTTPS browsing in Twitter.

2011 edition of pwn2own saw Snow Leopard and iOS getting hacked through Safari, while Chrome, Android and Windows Phone 7 remained undefeated.

Google Chrome remained unchallenged and undefeated, while Internet Explorer and Safari succumbed on the first day of pwn2own.

I am seeing a new scam going viral where users are clicking on links and posting updates saying “Look what happens when Father catches Daughter on Webcam!”.

Free iPad Twitter mentions are a scam. Pretty ladies sending you @replies saying that you can win an iPad is a Twitter spam, don’t click on those links.

Google has announced a 2-step authentication process like banks. You can setup Google to ask you for a password and a secure code sent to your mobile phone to login into Google.

Avast 6 Beta introduces automatic sandboxing, webrep toolbar and more.