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iPad: A new target for hackers

iPad: A new target for hackers

Certainly, the iPad is a real success and sales have exceeded the expectations by Apple and they believe they would run out of stock… but this does not prevent hackers from working hard to target the Apple Tablet fans around the world! An email is sent from unknown sources which states of an update of iTunes,. [...more]

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Twitter attacks via SMS – Now Trending

Twitter attacks via SMS – Now Trending

Recently Twitter platform is being used for rapid phishing attacks on the Web, the attacker will send a targeted content, “Haha, is that you do?” ( “Lol, is this you”) and contains a link to the called “bzpharma” Web site links sent directly via SMS (Direct Message). Once the target clicks on the website link [...more]

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How to NOT get banned from twitter

How to NOT get banned from twitter

Looking at the exponential growth of Twitter and its claim as a business as well as a contact tool and socialization, spammers have tried to exploit this new service. It’s like a plague of spam and twitter has tried to counter these spam attacks using sophisticated automated and human resources to suspend and ban accounts that [...more]

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New type of codec Trojan attack alert – don’t watch that movie online!

New type of codec Trojan attack alert – don’t watch that movie online!

If you think you are a super genius smart a$$ to download a pirated version of Avatar or 3idiots, then thing again. A new Trojan called FakeAV is smarter than you. Symantec, maker of Norton Anti-Virus, has cautioned people from visiting certain blogs which post to give you a free download of the latest movie. The [...more]

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Make money from Google scams finally Busted

Make money from Google scams finally Busted

We’ve all seen it; Some of us have also enrolled to it out of curiosity. But alas, its a scam!! Yes, i’m talking about the “Use Google to Make 1000’s of Dollars!” or “Easy Cash with Google” scams. The most common scams promoted on hundreds of web sites, is the Google Money Tree, Google Profits, Google [...more]

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