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Scareware Hits Gizzmodo

Posted on 28 Oct 2009 - by Charlotte In: Security

The well known gadget blog, Gizzmodo was harbouring more than just articles on the latest technology when advertising on the site was found to contain malicious code. The malicious code was added by hackers that were able to trick the site owners into thinking that they were from legitimate advertisers, Suzuki.
A similar attack occurred on [...]

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  • Tags: Gizzmodo, Scareware

Scareware – Expensive Free Anti Virus Software

Posted on 19 Oct 2009 - by Charlotte In: Security

A great story from the BBC has hapless computer users falling victim to fake anti-virus software. Symantec, makers of ligetimate anti-virus software, say that more than 40 million people have been duped into downloading the malicious software in the last year. (If I were more synical, I might say that this figure is exaggerated [...]

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Microsoft Hotmail Passwords Leaked

Posted on 6 Oct 2009 - by Charlotte In: Security

A phising attack has compromised thousands of Microsoft Hotmail account passwords according to Microsoft. More than 10,000 usernamesand passwords mostly originating from Europe were posted on online.
Microsoft have said that they are not sure of the scale of the problem. The compromised accounts that have been seen so far all start with the letters [...]

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  • Tags: Hotmail, Microsoft

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