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- Danger! Facebook private messages and Instant Messengers are infected by worm - According to TendLabs, infected messages are spreading on Facebook which contain a malicious link pointing to an archive file “May09-Picture18.JPG_www.facebook.com.zip”. Zipped archive itself has a file titled “May09-Picture18.JPG_www.facebook.com” and us May 18, 2012
- Diablo 3 scam – be careful - We all know that scammers love scandalous, shocking and world-class news that are interesting to everyone from Alaska to Mozambique. These sensations attract the largest pools of people which gives scammers highest chances for success. This time it is the May 16, 2012
- You've got a spam out SMS! - Recently, SophosLabs researcher Onur Komili told about that he discovered a friend's post in Facebook with a screenshot of the text message. Later on, few of friends told they've got the same text message. May 10, 2012
- Latest Spam Report indicates India as spam leader in 2012 - The first quarter of the year has passed and we are able to see some interesting statistics over the changes in the computer security world. One of the latest reports about spam comes from SophosLabs and there are some surprising facts. April 24, 2012
- Cybercriminals find ways to use YouTube and Tagged - People who consider their personal information and finances as valuable should always stay focused online because there are new ways to scam people everyday. Some of the most recently revealed ways of phishing online now include YouTube and Tagged. April 19, 2012
- Facebook is used as a tool for targeting Pinterest fans - Cybercriminals have launched a paid marketing campaign on Facebook that helps to target Pinterest users. This enables scammers to make an online social fraud. April 6, 2012
- Protect your Facebook logins on Apple and Android devices! - Facebook credentials are being vulnerable and are accessible from Apple and Android devices because they aren't protected very well and can be reached to other applications and USB connections. April 6, 2012
- Are you an artist? OK, but 'Draw Something' is a scam!!! - Sophos has discovered a Twitter scam which is old enough but it's not for tricking people again and again. This new version of an old scam Draw something app has been noticed recently. March 30, 2012
- Facebook still is a wonderland for cybercriminals - A serious loophole in a Facebook has been found. This giant social network with over 845 million active friends is a great background for hackers to make their malicious plans come true because of Facebook's feature to become a "Facebook friend" with the March 21, 2012
- Scammers hit the Pinterest site's users - Survey spammers targeted new Pinterest site which enables users to share their sites with others. Pinterest enables users to create virtual corkboards. Users may "pin" content from other web pages onto the virtual corkboards and then share their boards wi March 15, 2012
- Another Facebook scam: “OMG.. I Hate Rihanna” - There are 500 million active Facebook users – a fertile ground for cybercriminals to exploit their evil ways of earning money. This time in order to attack Facebook users, criminals utilize a name of a famous U.S. pop star - Rihanna. March 13, 2012
- Attention! Keylogger comes via rogue Facebook message - According to BarracudaLabs researchers, rogue Facebook messages is hitting users' emails and brings scam for those who fall for fake message. February 17, 2012
- Terrible news for Whitney Houston's fans but not for cybercriminals - As another talent taken too early, scammers already exposing Whithey Houston's death. The news about singers death spread fast on Internet. Countless tweets, Facebook post on walls were a trigger for scammers to use the World's news for earning money. February 13, 2012
- Protect your office emails! - Despite online communication, instant messaging via various programs and also using Facebook or Twitter, most workplaces rely on emails. These may be convenient but they also can be dangerous to use because of various attacks, phishers, spam, rogue links February 9, 2012
- Newest Facebook scam - Russel Brand and Kate Perry leaked tape - 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! January 27, 2012
- Facebook users attacked once again - It seems that Facebook is now one of the favorite places for scammers to benefit – they offered fake skins, offered removing the timeline, etc. This time they combined online survey and identity theft – be careful! January 20, 2012
- Scammers utilize Facebook's Timeline to their benefit - Scammers have been long known as a creative gang being able to make use of every little bit of information or event that people may be interested in. Deaths of famous people, scandals, sport events, you name it. Do you remember a recent Facebook Holiday S January 11, 2012
- New year for Facebook - a Ramnit worm - A dangerous Ramnit worm was designed to steal financial data and to infect various files. It has been around since April of 2010 and now Ramnit started to steal Facebook login credentials. January 6, 2012
- New year but the same security problems: Facebook's clickjacking scam spotted - Recently, a new Facebook fraud was detected which clickjacks curious users into a scam. The main moves this hoax do is that it tries to fool users into thinking that they are linked to a site where are full of videos that their friends supposedly liked. January 4, 2012
- Be careful as holidays are very profitable season for scammers - The holidays season is just wonderful as it is all about giving and receiving, however it may be unpleasantly disturbed by falling in to a scammers' trap and having to deal with scam related problems. One of those traps – a holiday skin for your Facebook December 27, 2011
