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TwitViewer.net – Or How Something That Sounds Too Good to Be True Usually Is
By marianmerritt at 29 July, 2009, 10:46 am
The message might have come in early yesterday on your Twitter feed, “Want to know whos stalking you on twitter!?: http://twitviewer.net/” You might have clicked the link to visit the website. It all happened so fast, the fabulous offer (heck yeah, I want to know who the last 200 people are to look at my Twitter profile!) and the large scale distribution of the “tweet”. Even seasoned journalists who should always wear their cynical and world-weary thinking caps fell for it.
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Loading ...Cybercrime News: Conficker is Spamming, Weak Economy Drives Crime, Why We Click on Spam and More
By marianmerritt at 17 July, 2009, 7:05 am
There’s evidence that the Conficker botnet (oh, did you really think they distributed those millions of bots without a plan to monetize them?) is now being used on a “for hire” basis. A story from the UK referencing a new report from Cisco, states that malware called Waledec is being distributed via Conficker’s millions of infected computers. Waledec uses your system to send out spam and spread itself to other computers. Before you pull your hair out in frustration, just make sure you’ve got an up-to-date copy of Norton Internet Security or another comprehensive security product on your computers. Check your kid’s computers including any new netbooks you’ve received and scan your USB or thumb drives for signs of infection.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Phishing attacks on Facebook users point to efforts to mine login data for profit
By marianmerritt at 14 May, 2009, 7:38 pm
A new wave of phishing attacks on Facebook users is underway. You’ll remember the story from several months back of someone whose login credentials were stolen and then the crook used that Facebook access to swindle the victim’s friends out of thousands of dollars. The current effort resembles that one, in that a compromised account sends a malicious link to friends. The friends click on the link and are taken to a site that looks just like a Facebook login page. Providing the criminals with their login and password can sometimes injure the victim beyond the damage to their social network.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Twitter Users Attacked by Phishing Efforts
By marianmerritt at 4 January, 2009, 12:31 pm
Email, cell phones, Facebook and now Twitter all have something in common: they are being used by fraudsters for phishing attacks. If you are a Twitter subscriber you should be aware of these recent phishing efforts and how to protect yourself. You may even have received a warning from Twitter in the past few days.
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