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Fake LinkedIn profiles promise pics, send malware insteadOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 6 hours ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags fake, linkedin, profiles, promise, pics, , send, malware, instead,
Hackers have seeded LinkedIn , the business networking service, with bogus celebrity profiles that link to malicious sites serving up attack code, a security researcher said Wednesday. read more »
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Students, law prof want RIAA trial live and onlineOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 hours ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags students, , law, prof, riaa, trial, live, online, ,
The group of Harvard Law students defending one Joel Tenenbaum in an RIAA lawsuit have an unusual request for the judge: they want the whole case streamed live over the Internet.Read More... read more »
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LinkedIn Profiles Link To MalwareOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 hours ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags linkedin, profiles, link, malware, , , , , ,
Scammers are using celebrity names and provocative content to entice LinkedIn users to click on malicious URLs. read more »
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Bogus LinkedIn profiles serving malwareOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 15 hours ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags bogus, linkedin, profiles, serving, malware, , , , ,
A currently active malware campaign is taking advantage of bogus LinkedIn profiles impersonating celebrities in an attempt to trick users into clicking on links serving bogus media players. LinkedIn read more »
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Bogus LinkedIn profiles punt malware to foolsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 20 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags bogus, linkedin, profiles, punt, malware, fools, , , ,
Beyoncé's not your friend, you berkBogus profiles on social networking website LinkedIn are punting malware to the credulous and starstruck.… read more »
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Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accountsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 22 hours ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags hackers, hijack, obamas, , britneys, twitter, accounts, , ,
Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company confirmed today. read more »
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SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisionsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 8 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags ssl, broken, hackers, create, rogue, ca, certificate, md, collisions, ryan naraine,
Ryan Naraine writes about a concerning development in the area of security - "Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of ha read more »
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Amazon warns customers of infected digital photo framesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 9 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags amazon.com, amazon, windows xp, samsung digital photo frame, malware, , , , , ,
"Amazon.com Inc. last week warned customers running Windows XP that a Samsung digital photo frame it sold through earlier this month might have come with malware on the driver installation CD." read more »
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