Phishing

Newest Facebook scam - Russel Brand and Kate Perry leaked tape

Newest Facebook scam - Russel Brand and Kate Perry leaked tape

By Bryan on January 27, 2012 Cyber criminals do not stop attacking Facebook users via various scams and it does not seem to stop any time soon. The latest of their scams is about Kate Perry and Russel Brand. Be careful! Read more.

Scammers utilize the closing of Megaupload

By Bryan on January 25, 2012 You might already heard about this – one of the largest file sharing sites Megaupload.com  has been closed down by the U.S. government and its creator Kim Schmitz aka Kim Dotcom has been arrested in New Zealand. Read more.

Rogue Antispyware

Remove Malware Protection Center fraud

Remove Malware Protection Center fraud

By Luciana on January 27, 2012 Malware Protection Center is designed to look like a decent security program but the looks are deceiving. The tool is actually malicious and fraudulent. Read more.

Remove Antivirus Smart Protection scam

By Luciana on January 26, 2012 Antivirus Smart Protection is a program to avoid. Do not expect it to delete viruses; Antivirus Smart Protection itself is malicious and fraudulent app. Read more.

Security basics

Reminder after Zappos hack: how to protect yourself online?

Reminder after Zappos hack: how to protect yourself online?

By Gina on January 18, 2012 In Kentucky Sunday night Zappos server was hacked. Hackers were able to get a pass to personal records of 24 million Zappos customers which means if you used the site you can be a victim of this attack as well.Here are few tips and advises of how you can protect yourself:1. Use a strong password. Read more.

Apple's iPhone 4 more vulnerable after update

By Bryan on December 26, 2011 Latest reports claim that Siri, a hit personal assistant from Apple which is available only in the iPhone 4S, is one of the most popular features that keeps the sales up. However the recent update made iPhone 4S more vulnerable to the hacker attacks. Apple has just updated its iOS version to 5. Read more.

Malware

Children's gaming website is used to spread malware

Children's gaming website is used to spread malware

By Gina on January 17, 2012 According to Avast a huge amount of children gaming sites were discovered to spread malware. At more than 60 websites viruses were detected. Web pages were detected trying to download Javascript infections and other malicious tools. Read more.

Malware steals your money

By Gina on January 9, 2012 Cybercriminals had spread malware which is capable to steal your money from a bank account. Moreover, it is able to offer fictitious reassurances that money is still in your account, so it masquerades your money as well. Read more.

Spam and email

Dangerous QR code comes with spam emails

Dangerous QR code comes with spam emails

By Gina on January 12, 2012 Recently, researchers revealed a new type of spam which appears to be a test for mobile phone users. Researchers want to know how people will react to this social engineering attempts on their smartphones and tablets. Read more.

What to do for preventing to get phished through spam emails?

By Gina on December 16, 2011 “60% discount on Roof Estimate”“Join a Class Action Lawsuit!”“Try the Latest Herbal Remedies!”“Clone Yourself Today in Just 15 Minutes!”If you recognize these phrases you'll probably get spam email letter because those are the most common queries found in our email accounts. Read more.

Computer Security

'Nazileaks' site is hacked by hacker group Anonymous

'Nazileaks' site is hacked by hacker group Anonymous

By Gina on January 5, 2012 Anonymous hacker group attacked German's new site, Nazi-leaks.net. They claim having personal information captured from a variety of extreme right wing websites.  A Tweet message when trying to log onto Nazi website claimed: "We wish all Nazis a good start to the New Year. Read more.

Spywared.com wishes you happy holidays!

By Gina on December 23, 2011 Thank You for being with us one more year. Our team appreaciates and is greatful for Your loalty. We'd like to thank You because You make us grow and do our best in keeping Your computers safer and more protected. Read more.

Vulnerabilities

Firefox 9.0 and four critical flaws fixed

Firefox 9.0 and four critical flaws fixed

By Gina on December 22, 2011 Firefox 9.0 comes with a faster JavaScript engine but the main thing it brings is fixes to four serious vulnerabilities that affect its earlier versions (except v3.6). The security hole could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a machine using a specially arranged web page. Firefox 9. Read more.

Major flaw of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x is patched

By Gina on December 16, 2011 Adobe released Tuesday patch for vulnerability that was found earlier in Reader and Acrobat 9.x. Attack due to Adobe was aimed towards Reader 9.x using malformed PDF documents that were attached to fictitious emails. Read more.