It's impossible to express how sad many people in the technology world feel at the news of the death of Steve Jobs.
Sickeningly, scammers were waiting to take advantage of the bad news.
Yesterday, PaidContent published a report on Digital Rights Corp, an LA-based firm who monitor file-sharing networks for infringements and contact alleged pirates asking for money. It’s 2011, what’s new?
However, rather than asking for around $3,000 like many in this field, Digital Rights Corp are strictly at the budget end of the market. When they contact you there’s no need to panic since th...
Éppen dolgozgatnék, amikor csörög a telefonom, és egy ismeretlen pesti számot jelez. „Hát te meg ki vagy, mit akarsz” – gondoltam, de azért felvettem, biztosítva magamnak három perc szórakozást. [...] Bővebben!
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her North London home today, making headlines around the world. Within four hours, cold-hearted scammers were taking advantage of her death on Facebook.
If you see links like the following in your newsfeed, please don't click on them.
Scammers are like vultures, feeding off tragedies such as the death of Amy Winehouse or the horrifi...
Hamis Google+ meghívók terjednek a Facebook üzenőfalán: először lájkoltatják magukat, aztán tovább is küldetik az alkalmazást ismerőseinknek – hívja fel a figyelmet az új veszélyre az ESET. És itt még nincs vége.
Malicious hackers have targeted Google’s social networking service, Google+ , for the first time in a scam that involves fake invites to the service, Naked Security reports. The fake invites are spreading through e-mail, and they look very similar to the actual invites to the service, down to the e-mail address which seems to be coming from a Google+ member. However, if you click on a link in...
The Contagio security blog posted evidence back in February of targeted attacks against government and military officials on Gmail. Today, nearly four months later, Google has finally admitted this is true: hundreds of personal accounts have been compromised by hackers it believes to be working out of Jinan, the capital of China's Shandong province. The accounts include those of "senior U.S. gov...
Don't be too quick to click on links claiming to "Enable Dislike Button" on Facebook, as a fast-spreading scam has caused problems for social networking users this weekend.
Messages claiming to offer the opposite to a like button have been appearing on many Facebook users' walls:
Like the "Preventing Spam / Verify my account" scam which went before it, the scammers have managed to waltz...
Imagine if there were an online business where you could earn a very handsome and recurring income simply by spending 10-15 minutes per week. To qualify, all you need is a computer with an Internet connection and some basic knowledge of the English language.
The exact plan is something like this. You give me $200 as an enrollment fee and in return, I will pay you $40 per month for the next 12 mo...
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If you’ve been clicking on links and videos about Charlie Sheen ‘s alleged death, you’ve been had by the latest social media malware scam. Several similar headlines have been spreading around Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Twitter. They begin with “RIP!” or “Breaking News” and contain text to the effect that actor Charlie Sheen has died in his house or due to cardiac arrest. Clicking on thes...
Filed under: Sci-fi , Bugs , Economy , Perpetuum
In an MMO so dependent on its economy, it's crucial to keep a tight reign on the flow of money so that the whole mechanism doesn't spin out of control. Unfortunately, it appears this started to happen in the relatively new Perpetuum when a number of profiteers began to unbalance the economy by manipulating the market on insured robots...
How many clicks does it take to get to the malicious code of an infected Web site? The answer is usually just two , as reported in our previous blog . And how many clicks does it take to get to a scam? More surprisingly in some instances, all you need is just one click.
Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has observed that banner advertisements from established e-marketing firm...
A scam has spread far and wide across Facebook this weekend, posted on many users' Facebook pages claiming that they have discovered that their zodiac sign has changed.
Messages include:
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If you make the mistake of clicking on the link shared from your friend's Facebook account, then you are taken to an interim page showing the signs of the zodiac floating in outer space. The pa...
Before I begin this article, here's a quick summary of the key characters for those of you who have chosen not to show a keen interest in rap music and hip-hop:
* Tupac Shakur : Also known as "2Pac", very popular rap music artist. Died, in September 1996, as a consequence of injuries sustained in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. He was 25 years old. No-one has ever been convicted of his death.
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I have never been a bottled water proponent. In fact I think it is the greatest marketing con game ever pulled on consumer on such a global level; this was before I watched the excellent documentary called Tapped .
So it was rather interesting today to come across a post on the Yahoo! Green blog by Lori Bongiorno about a recent study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) that analyzed the ...
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