Pricewert was known as a safe haven for spammers and was recently shut down by the Federal Trade Commission resulting in a 15% drop in Spam messages. Total spam volume dropped by 15% percent just last week, according to the
Continue reading 0 CommentsInternet Security Alert: Hackers are Redirecting Users to Thousands of Newly Infected Websites
Security researchers have recently discovered hackers redirecting users to thousands of newly infected websites through fake web pages. According to Websense, a security vendor, an astonishing 40,000 or more websites have recently been hacked to redirect computer users to other
Continue reading 0 CommentsGoogle Search Results Poisoning Gets Worse Due To Gumblar Attacks
A new epidemic of attacks that inject Google search results with malicious links is getting worse lately. Computer security experts have found that a search result attack has intensified in recent days and is found on many legitimate web sites,
Continue reading 0 CommentsEmail Addresses Harvested From Twitter by Spammers
A new search technique allows spammers to harvest valid email addresses from Twitter users in real-time. Twitter seems to be an obvious target for spammers. The new search technique used by spammers to gather large volumes of valid email address
Continue reading 0 CommentsSwine Flu Pandemic Blamed On Blogs and Twitter
The recent Swine Flu pandemic has many people panicking mainly due to several online blogs, twitter updates and the mainstream media. Twitter, among other popular social networks, are always a major concern when it comes to computer safety or security
Continue reading 0 CommentsUser Image Upload Sites Are Major Targets for Spammers and Hackers
Script injected images could be the culprit of malware or malicious content in spam messages. Reports by security firms have said that the number of sites blocked for hosting malicious content rose by 197 percent just in the month of
Continue reading 0 CommentsFake Facebook Email Video Link of Dancing Girl Leads to Malware
Facebook continues to get hammered with malware and malicious links and this time it is a "Dancing Girl" message that gets users attention so that they download malware. Security researchers and the security firm Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network have
Continue reading 1 Comment20% Rise In Spam Expected In March 2009
According to McAfee, Spam is expected to increase by 20 percent in March (this month) and may cost companies about $41,000. We all hate to hear news like this but we all must face the music because it is a
Continue reading 0 CommentsFacebook Plagued with Rogue Applications Stealing User Information
Social networks such as Facebook and MySpace continue to be an easy target for creators of rogue applications that spam users to gain personal information. Just recently Facebook removed one application that was found to be rogue where it spammed
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