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Security Feature: Push a fork into the socket to see who’s viewing your profile

May 17, 2011

We keep warning of Facebook scams, but people keep clicking. We keep explaining dangers of malware, but people still keep clicking. Why are people sometimes so silly when it comes to computer security? With all the warnings, with all the factual data on damage done, they still don’t take computer security seriously, even at a … More Security Feature: Push a fork into the socket to see who’s viewing your profile

CyberThreats Daily: Is your ‘stalker ex’ still creeping your Facebook page?

May 16, 2011

Another day, another Facejack attack. We see a lot of these sorts of scams, alluringly titled posts – typically with a promise to show you who has been visiting your profile. The latest one looks like this: Actually, if you hover your mouse over the “CLICK 2 SEE YOUR STALKERS” text, you’ll see that the … More CyberThreats Daily: Is your ‘stalker ex’ still creeping your Facebook page?

CyberThreats Daily: Win7 machines harder hit by infection as VXers change tactics

May 13, 2011

Win7 infection rates rose during the second half of 2010 even as malware hit rates on XP machines declined, according to official statistics from Microsoft. The latest edition of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report shows an infection rate of four Win7 PCs per 1,000 in the second half of 2010, up from three Win7 PCs per … More CyberThreats Daily: Win7 machines harder hit by infection as VXers change tactics

CyberThreats Daily: Scammers Swap Google Images for Malware

May 12, 2011

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a single tainted digital image may be worth thousands of dollars for computer crooks who are using weaknesses in Google’s Image Search to foist malicious software on unsuspecting surfers. Krebs on Security blogged that for several weeks, some readers have complained that clicking on Google Images … More CyberThreats Daily: Scammers Swap Google Images for Malware

CyberThreats Daily: New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome

May 11, 2011

Experts are advising users of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers to disable a recently added graphics engine that can be exploited to take control of end user computers. The web standard known as WebGL opens the browsers to serious attacks, including the remote execution of malicious code. The technology made its debut in … More CyberThreats Daily: New graphics engine imperils users of Firefox and Chrome