Desperate phishing attempt
Somebody is trying to pose as F-Secure. If you see an email like the one below, just ignore it: Before you ask: No, we’ve never heard of “F-Secure HTK4S anti-virus” either.
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Facebook, Twitter Use Skyrockets on Cell Phones
New comScore data shows that Facebook and Twitter use has skyrocketed on mobile devices over the past year, and that on-the-go MySpace use is now on the decline, according to MediaPost. Here are the numbers: Facebook now sees 25.1 million mobile users as of January 2010, which is more than double the January 2009 total….
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Download Life Theme Pack for Windows 7
After the Spring theme pack Microsoft has released a beautiful Life theme. It consists of five beautiful Discovery channel wallpapers based on wild life and nature. This is a official theme and can be applied just by double clicking on the theme file. Download: Life Theme pack for Windows 7
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Viruses and Digital Signatures
Recently, We received some malicious files which appeared to be signed by “Adobe Systems Incorporated”. On closer inspection, however, it was seen that the signature was just a ruse used by the malware author to give an air of legitimacy to the files. Virus writers are getting smarter and going that extra mile to digitally…
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The Morphing PDF
Just when we thought SEO using Flash was as interesting as SEO poisoning can get, it seems it’s getting even sneakier… Imagine a PDF file posted by someone evil online. Of course, Google being Google, the file is recognized as a PDF. And when we open it, it really is a PDF. No evil codes…
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Patch Tuesday coming next week
Microsoft has issued an advance notification for Patch Tuesday next week. The company said it expects to issue two patches, one for Windows and one for Office. Both are intended to patch vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and both are rated “important.” Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2010 here.
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Who’s watching you really?
This morning while I was enjoying my coffee I received an event notification for my personal Facebook account. It was for a group called “See Who’s Spying On Your Profile – GET NOTIFIED -”. and “See Everyone Who Views Your Profile”. Immediately, my security hat went on and I started to investigate. At first glace,…
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Adservers compromised in latest Zbot push
As we have commented before when content served up from adservers is compromised, the effects can be far reaching, potentially exposing huge numbers of victims to the malicious code as they innocently browse legitimate sites. The problem is further complicated by the fact that legitimate ad content is often heavily obfuscated, in order to evade…
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Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets
It’s official: Twitter has surpassed 10 billion tweets. While Gigatweet’s counter is down due to over-traffic., you can tell by the actual tweet ID numbers that we have crossed the magical threshold. The milestone shows that Twitter’s still growing at a rapid pace: it broke 1 billion tweets in November 2008 and 5 billion tweets…
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Android gets its first Microsoft app: TagReader
Barcode and QR code reader applications are now standard fare for smartphones and can be commonly found for free in any of the major app stores. But far less common are comprehensive services that let users make their own QR codes for free. This is why Microsoft’s TagReader, which was released in the Android Market…