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Fake ‘Facebook Security’ Account Used to Send Phishing Messages

Social Media According to a report from the Kaspersky Lab, a new phishing attack on Facebook has been discovered that primarily attempts to steal account information of Facebook users and compromise the account. The attackers then attempt to gather the financial information including credit card data and other sensitive information from the victim. Read More »

India becomes the top source of Spam emails in Q3 2011

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Online Security According to a recent report from Internet security company Kaspersky Labs, India has become the top source of spam emails for the third quarter of 2011. Read More »

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL Team Up to Combat Phishing

Online Security Top email providers including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL have partnered with Cisco spinoff Agari to identify and filter phishing campaigns. Read More »

Back to Old Facebook Profile – Phishing Attack

Scams Although users are annoyed with the recent changes that Facebook has made, cyber criminals are taking advantage of it by creating pages like “Need Old Profile back”, which has already attracted over 59,000 people to “like” it. This is an attempt by cyber criminals to hack your Facebook account, so DO NOT “like” or share the page with your friends. Read More »

Haha the Look on Your Face in This Pix is Priceless – Twitter Phishing Attack

Scams Twitter users are being hit by a new phishing attack where affected users are sending DMs to their friends, which contain links to fake website that looks exactly like the Twitter login page. Read More »