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current news about privacy on social networks.

New Threats target social networks.

April 16, 2011
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The spam has hit the fan. News from ZD Net has stated that “Facebook” has been targeted by a malicious campaign. “Malicious attackers are currently spamvertising malicious attachments impersonating Facebook’s Support Team. Upon execution the sample Mal/Zbot-AV drops additional malware”. I also included the sample texts from the ZDnet website. Sample subjects: “Facebook. Your...

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Avoiding phishing scams during the holiday season.

November 24, 2010
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I put up an advertisement on www.craigslist.com a couple of months ago and now I am getting multiple emails each day stating that my ad has been removed or that it was blocked or that I had posted a car for sale and I need to update the information. When I check the account...

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There is a new flap of hijacking and fake websites.

July 25, 2010
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In my spare time i have been unofficially monitoring some of the content thru my websites and email accounts. I also work for a large company as a technical support person and there has been an increase in emails sent to computer users like myself where some has changed all the hyperlinks in that...

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