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Twilight Facebook Scam
Twilight Facebook Scam

A new scam on Facebook targeting Twilight fans this time . Users are triked to think that they will play a Twilight related Game . Users will be tricked in liking the “Play Twilight: Breaking Dawn” page : Facebook Twilight Scam Game Invitation Page Twilight Facebook Scam Game After you click on the page you will be taken to  a [...]

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Davidson & Co. fined $375,000 over 2007 data breach

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Davidson & Co.  fined $375,000 over 2007 data breach  resulted in the exposure of customer names, account numbers, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth and other confidential information belonging to about 192,000 customers. Davidson & Co. learned of the breach in January 2008 when it received an extortion note from one [...]

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Facebook Safety Center

facebook safety center Facebook safety center is a great new addition to Facebook giving information to children, parents, educators, and law enforcement. Facebook will answer several questions like : General Safety – Where can I find information about my privacy and protecting my information on Facebook? – What other resources are available regarding internet safety? – Facebook has a Safety [...]

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Cyber training for USAF recruits and officers
Cyber training for USAF recruits and officers

A top commander in the United States Air Force has announced on Monday the plan to train of all new recruits in the basics of cyberwarfare and add more advanced schooling for others to help combat the growing threat of attacks on U.S. computer networks. He said that details on the program are still being worked out and that the [...]

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Farm Town on Facebook gives you a nice malware

A malicious advertisement has been found inside the game Farm Town on Facebook. The 9.6 million players are being warned about fake security warnings popping up that are designed to mislead people into paying for antivirus protection they don’t need. Sandi Hardmeier who studies malicious advertisements said the users were redirected from Facebook through several domains and ended up on [...]

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Malware in Amazon Shopping spam as an attached tracking number
amazon shopping order_spam

Oficla/Sasfis malware is pretty common these days in  amazon shopping spam emails. The idea is quite old and simple: you will receive an e-mail with an attachment. The attachment is a zip file and once you extract and run the executable file you become infected. Below we’ll show you some of the details of this attack: You will receive a [...]

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ATM fraud rising

Javelin Strategy & Research has released on Tuesday a report regarding ATM fraud :In 2009, 10% of Fraud Victims in the U.S. Fell Prey to Increasingly Costly Fraudulent ATM Withdrawals. The report is based on a telephone and online survey of 8,168 consumers . Twenty-three percent of those who experienced fraudulent withdrawals left their primary financial institution. Key Report Findings [...]

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Todos bought by Gemalto

Gemalto the french smart card supplier has acquired Todos the Swedish online banking authentication specialist. Todos was sold to Gemalto by 6AP, a fund belonging to the Swedish National Pension system and will become a part of Gemalto in the next few months. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 1. Gemalto The World Leader in Digital Security In [...]

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Conficker Botnet dead but we are still vulnerable

The conficker Botnet is dead some security researchers say but according to Qualys, a security risk and compliance management provider, about 10% of the hundreds of thousands of Windows systems it monitors for customers have not yet applied Microsoft‘s MS08-067 security update. MS08-067, an out-of-band release that shipped in October 2008, patched a bug in the service Windows uses to [...]

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Facebook Phising Again US$1,000 Best Buy gift-card

A new “trend” on facebook – the US$1,000 Best Buy gift-card. You are supposed to go to a Fan page where you great this great offer : If you click through and are one of the first 20,000 people to become Best Buy fans, you’ll get a $1,000 gift card to spend on electronics. In the last few months Facebook [...]

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