Pink Facebook? Red or black Facebook?
Pink Facebook? Red or black Facebook? No, it’s a scam you want to avoid. Share the knowledge with your friends! Credit to Norman Security for sharing š
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Keep your Facebook friends close and your antivirus closer
Microsoft Malware Protection Center: Facebook malware attacks are not new. Scams spreading via status updates have been around for a long time, but in recent weeks one threat has been getting creative in terms of social engineering. Backdoor:Win32/Caphaw.A can intercept URL requests in both Firefox and Internet Explorer and it has been observed to post…
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Stop Censorship: Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation
Protect the Internet Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation Mozilla: On November 16th, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does, the Internet and free speech will never be the same. Join us to stop this bill. Why? A few infringing links are enough to…
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Facebook Scam: Girl killed herself on Halloween
SophosLabs: Scammers have put a new spin on an old Facebook scam, claiming that a girl killed herself on Halloween after her father posted a message on her wall. Facebook users are sharing messages with their friends, claiming to link to the salacious content. Girl-Killed-Herself-on-Halloween-After-Dad-Posted-This-on-Her-Wall [LINK] This is unbelievable.. shocking.. The messages are currently spreading…
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MyBB downloads were infected
The H-Security: In a blog posting, the MyBB development team has confirmed that the download package for version 1.6.4 of MyBB had been modified to include malicious code. Unknown attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the MyBB web site’s CMS (content management system) to inject and execute PHP code. The attackers placed a…
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The continuation of dangerous rogue ads on Bing (and Yahoo)
GFI Labs Blog: We’ve noted this before, but Microsoft needs to get a handle on ad placements on Bing. Ok, so Bing isn’t the most widely used search engine, but remember that Yahoo plays a part here as well. In this case, we’re talking Sirefef (ZeroAccess aka Max++), probably the nastiest piece of malware circulating…
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Duqu, Son of Stuxnet?
Schneier on Security: A newly discovered piece of malware, Duqu, seems to be a precursor to the next Stuxnet-like worm and uses some of the same techniques as the original. Link to Source Symantec: W32.Duqu: The Precursor to the Next Stuxnet Duqu is essentially the precursor to a future Stuxnet-like attack. The threat was written…
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Blackhole Exploit Targeting Steveās Death
Symantec: The sad news making the rounds these days is the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Co-founder and former CEO. His death has been a terrible loss to both Apple and Apple fans everywhere. Spammers are capitalizing on this incident by sending malicious links related to the news of Steve Jobsā death. Below is a…
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Facebook Scam: In memory of Steve, a company is giving out 50 ipads tonight
āIn memory of Steve, a company is giving out 50 ipads tonightā¦ā is another Facebook scam you want to avoid. More similar scam links is expected, so take care what you click on, These kind of free offers will end up in phishing or malware attacks. Don’t forget you should join the Omid’s Blog Facebook…
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My naked pic is attached ā malware spammed out
SophosLabs: Are you in the habit of having complete strangers email you naked pictures of themselves? That’s the only reason I can think of that you can legitimately explain why your computer has been infected by the latest malware attack that has been spammed out around the world. Users are seeing messages in their inbox,…