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While crime may not pay, it looks like crimeware does ...

Just came across an interesting post by Eric Larkin of PC World over at the Network World site (with additional input from Brian Krebs at the Washington Post).

Facebook Security

Just came across this Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/security?ref=nf.

Barack Obama wins US election - here comes the malware attack

And so it begins.

The tickertape from Barack Obama’s celebratory party has probably not even been swept up yet, but the hackers have wasted no time in launching a malware campaign.

Malicious Microsoft Security Update spammed out in run-up to Patch Tuesday

Hackers are trying to infect innocent computer users with a malicious Trojan horse disguised as a Microsoft security update, in the hours before the software giant issued genuine critical patches as p

$700,000 Romanian phisher pleads guilty

Newspapers in Minneapolis are reporting that a 22-year-old Romanian national has admitted his involvement in a US-based phi

BBC Electric Proms mailing list compromised by spammers

Thousands of music fans have been sent spam offering them the anti-impotence drugs Viagra and Cialis, following a security breach on a BBC email mailing list.

Contest to see who has the most spam!

Lets see how much spam you have in your inbox, post a picture if possible or link it to us.

Google Adsense Scam

There has been a email going around stating itself as a Google Adsense email. Many Google Adsense members have already been scammed and had their accounts stolen because of this email (check attachment). The Links on the email were all redirected to a phishing site where the user was told to input their information to the fake site.

GMail Member Scam - Beware!

Just when you think GMAIL was already rid of all security issues, there are new ones rising from different places, even from its own service! There have been numerous accounts of GMAIL accounts being hacked and stolen from phony emails saying that your account will be deleted if you do not respond with the information requested. Unfortunately, only new users and inexperienced computer users have been affected by this. The email is fake and this is how it looks likes: