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LinkedIn Profiles Link To MalwareOpen in New Window
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
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
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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Amazon warns customers of infected digital photo framesOpen in New Window
"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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CastleCops shuts up shopOpen in New Window
"For six years CastleCops campaigned against internet fraud by running malware and phishing scam investigations and take-downs. CastleCops also ran volunteer training programs, as well as maintainin read more »
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US computers still the source of most malwareOpen in New Window
"The cybersecurity trend lines and aggregate data reports for 2008 are available from some firms, and the results show a burgeoning market that rocked and reacted to many of the same forces as more. read more »
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URL redirects open scareware loophole at major sitesOpen in New Window
Joel Hruska writes "URL redirect notifications are often meant to serve as security measures, but at least one malware blackhat is exploiting these services and redirecting site visitors from the we read more »
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Fake Christmas, holiday greetings spread new malwareOpen in New Window
"New malware is spreading via Christmas and holiday greetings, security researchers said today, a tactic reminiscent of those used last season by the notorious Storm Trojan horse. Researchers at the read more »
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