Facebook survey scam with a twist

Facebook survey scam with a twist


Facebook survey scam with a twist

Posted: 17 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Facebook survey scams that lure in users with promises of being able to see who looks at their profile are nothing new, but here is one that has some unusual twists and merits a mention. According ...

Two teenage GhostMarket members sentenced

Posted: 17 May 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Two UK teenagers who stole credit card details from a number of online casinos, betting companies and web hosting companies and sold them on the now defunct GhostMarket have been sentenced on Friday ...

IBM Informix Storage Manager security bypass

Posted: 17 May 2011 06:32 AM PDT

A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Informix Storage Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, according to Secunia. The vulnerability is cau...

Microsoft investigates the current threat landscape

Posted: 17 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Microsoft published volume 10 of the its Security Intelligence Report (SIRv10) which provides perspectives on software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, malicious and potentially unwan...

Google authentication protocol flaw endangers Android users

Posted: 17 May 2011 03:18 AM PDT

If you're an Android user that has still not upgraded to the 2.3.4 and 3.0 version, you're in danger of having the information contained in various Google applications accessed by malicious individual...

New Alureon variant improves on old evasion techniques

Posted: 17 May 2011 02:42 AM PDT

The Alureon Trojan (also known as TDL, TDSS and Tidserv) has been around since 2007, and it's function consist mainly in allowing the attacker to intercept incoming and outgoing Internet traffic so th...

VMware acquires Shavlik Technologies

Posted: 17 May 2011 01:54 AM PDT

VMware has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shavlik Technologies, which provides a portfolio of on-premise and SaaS-based management solutions that enable SMBs to manage, monitor and sec...

Trojan paves way for rogue defragmenter

Posted: 17 May 2011 01:33 AM PDT

You might have heard about rogue AV solutions and scareware, but not many people have experienced a rogue defragmenter that hides files and (indirectly) asks money to return it. Symantec researcher...

Wikipedia-like sites peddling fake pharmaceuticals

Posted: 17 May 2011 01:32 AM PDT

Wikipedia is practically a household name now, so it's no wonder that spammers are trying to take advantage of the online encyclopedia's popularity and (relative) trustworthiness to peddle their fake ...

iPhone-enabled wireless multimeter

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:07 AM PDT

Redfish Instruments introduced the iDVM Digital Multimeter which wirelessly connects to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch via an ad hoc wireless network allowing users to acquire, visualize, and share el...

Breaches drive enterprises to prioritize access governance

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:06 AM PDT

Aveksa announced the findings of a recent survey conducted to examine how companies are re-evaluating their IT security measures following the recent security breaches at Epsilon, Sony and RSA. Sur...

Portable biometric fingerprint scanner for iPod touch

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:06 AM PDT

Fulcrum Biometrics announced its FbF mobileOne fingerprint biometric accessory and companion app are now available for iPod touch. FbF mobileOne is the world's first fingerprint biometric solutio...

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