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- 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
- 'Nazileaks' site is hacked by hacker group Anonymous - 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. January 5, 2012
- Be ready for Halloween scare on Internet: avoid scam attacks - Trick or Treat phrase may also be famous as scammers’ motto, because Halloween becomes their perfect background to spread malware, viruses and other infections on computers. October 31, 2011
- After break hackers exploit Amy’s Winehouse death again - After the Amy’s Winehouse death there were many scams floating across the Internet that were exploiting music star’s death. However, after some peaceful time hackers abuse this news again. October 20, 2011
- Cybercriminals is phishing your Twitter passwords via a DM attack - Recently, cybercriminals try to target Twitter users via direct messages pretending they are from their friends. September 6, 2011
- Twitter "Stalkers app" phishing scam is on the wild - The Stalkers application is another Twitter phishing scam which was recently noticed by security researchers. August 12, 2011
- Be careful of spam email that uses Twitter title - It is not very surprising that spammers will not give up creating new ways of making computer users lose their vigilance and fall for scams that may lead to data loss, fraud and etc. June 21, 2011
- New IE bug may expose your cookies - Recently, security researcher has discovered unpatched flaw in IE that can be used for stealing Facebook accounts’ credentials and other web pages that are compromised by this attack. May 31, 2011
- "Unread message from Twitter" scam - It seems to be not the first time when spammers use Twitter for their malicious intentions. This time you can get a misleading email message that reads: “You have 1 unread message from Twitter!”. May 5, 2011
- „Time on Tweeter“ scam - On Tuesday new scam was released and spread widely on Twitter site. This “Time on Tweeter” scam claims to people how they are wasting their precious time on this site. March 3, 2011
- Twitter worm covers under the shortened Google’s URL - A new Twitter worm spreads through shortened Google’s URL and forces users to install a security shield program that is definitely not a legitimate one. It only covers malware that worm tries to spread. January 25, 2011
- The biggest cyber security stories of 2010. Part 1 - The year 2010 is gone and it’s time to take a look what happened during the year in cyber security. Computer Security The 2010 was not a secure year. The summer was marked with massive attack which affected more than 100,000 websites. December 31, 2010
- Do not fall for fake Twitter home pages! - Sunbelt reports that Twitter users have to beware of fake Twitter main pages that have been popping up and trying to convince unwary users to open adult images or download malicious programs. October 19, 2010
- Privacy of iPhone users is in danger - Eric Smith, Assistant Director of Information Security and Networking at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, announced he discovered that Apple iPhone applications forward users' UDIDs (unique device identifiers). October 6, 2010
- How to prevent of your Twitter account being hacked - It seems like hacking to Twitter accounts is not a big news nowadays. This happens all the time and not surprising that news about celebrities is most used for cybercriminals. Usually, accounts representing companies or celebrities are managed by people w August 21, 2010
- Common mistakes of being infected with malware - Nowadays, when we live in a world full of great technologies there is also a huge risk to be a victim of cybercriminals. In this way an Internet becomes a perfect place for hackers to use people reliability for their malicious intentions. August 19, 2010
- Facebook and Twitter are Targets of Spammers Again - Two of the biggest social networks were targeted at once. This time scammers have chosen Facebook and Twitter. Theirs’ ever growing popularity is great background for cyber criminals to spread malware and trick computer users into spending their money for June 23, 2010
- Twitter is a Scammers’ Target Again - Twitter is a target of the scammers again. This time attackers are sending a bogus file with supposedly new password for your Twitter account. The fraudulent message reads June 16, 2010
- 'Tabnapping': A New Phishing Technique - A Mozilla user interface specialist Aza Raskin has brought out a new phishing technique, called 'tabnapping' or 'tabjacking'. At his blog Raskin claims that this new technique leads a user to what appears to be a genuine site but it seems like this is on May 28, 2010
- Ashton Kutcher and Other Celebrities Caused 2009 Twitter Crime Wave - Barracuda Labs has worked out a reason why criminals targeted Twitter in early 2009. The key of attacks was few celebrities joined the site. March 12, 2010
