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Don’t be Fooled – ‘Thank You for Purchasing ‘ Email Delivers Malware. Inboxes all over the world have been hit by another wave of spam emails. This time the modus operandi involves a sequence of “order notification” emails having the subject line “Thank You for Purchasing.” The email claims that your order is currently being […]
uTorrent is secretly installing Epic Scale Bitcoin Mining Software on users’ computer to get some bucks – They claim it’s a distributed computing platform, but that’s not true. When you hear the word uTorrent it should remind you of piracy, downloading movies, music or books, but today the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent is in the news for some other reason and […]
Tor users will now have to enter their phone number in order to make a new account on Twitter. Last week, Twitter announced its plans to start tracking bothersome users through their mobile numbers. To implement these changes, the social networking website is pushing Tor users, an anonymous web browser, to provide their phone number […]
Smartphones are seriously wonderful since these have introduced us to some amazing things like Snapchat, Vine, Maps, Shazam and some not-so-amazing stuff too like the threat of being stalked. Malwarebytes researchers claim that a malicious Android app gives your location to an anonymous operator through emails. It is called Spy.MailGPS and it surely is creepy. Before […]
Unsealed Document Exposes FBI – Bureau admits using Stingray Devices to Disrupt Phone Service. FBI’s Stingray secrecy has been compromised and exposed by an unsealed document, a pen register application from 2012. The sealed version of this document was acquired by the ACLU previously but a motion to reject the evidence entailed in the device brought […]
The latest round of phishing scam is associated with YouTube. A mail asking one to update YouTube account information is actually a scam coming from hackers trying to access your YouTube account. One should not reply or click on the links that do not appear legitimate; rather it should be forwarded to a support team […]
A set of tools has been rolled out by Facebook to help prevent suicide thoughts among its users. It is now possible to report Facebook posts that identify someone having suicidal thoughts. The reported posts will be reviewed by a third party and then it will decide whether that user should be consulted and counselled or […]
Unsuspected Blu-Ray Players Vulnerabilities Present Open passage to Cybercriminals. A team of security researchers at NCC Group analyzed different Blu-ray players and found numerous exploitable vulnerabilities in them. Security researchers created a disc for running platform-specific fake executable prior to playing the required media content and they were able to exploit the vulnerabilities of the […]
Internet penetration has eased our lives a lot: everything is just a click away and so are the cybercrimes. None is spared, executives, professionals, government officials, laymen and even kids. Apparently, the younger generation is more tech savvy and spends more time with gadgets, making them more vulnerable to cybercrimes; cyberbullying being one of them. […]
Another Phishing Scam Targeting Microsoft Outlook – The Request To Terminate Outlook Account Email is nothing but a Fraud. A new wave of phishing scams targeting Microsoft outlook has emerged. In this latest feat, an email is being sent to users. The email states that a request from you has been received by the “Microsoft Account Team” […]
Uber, a private international transport company headquartered at San Francisco, announced on Friday that the company had suffered a massive data breach in 2014. In a statement released on Friday, the company admitted that their website was accessed by an unauthorized third party and sensitive data of about 50,000 drivers were stolen. The one-time breach […]
WhatsApp banned by Brazilian Judge—Wants the app to contribute in Police Investigations. Luiz de Moura Correia, the Judge from the state of Piauí, has put a ban on the popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp in Brazil. He took this decision to force the owners of this app to cooperate with the State Police in their […]
Lately, an email from Amazon has been hitting the inbox of unsuspecting users all over the world. This email has been masqueraded as an order notification message from the famed marketplace Amazon.com. In this email, recipients are thanked for placing the order at Amazon and they are informed that their order details can be viewed […]
The world renowned Lenovo Computer manufacturing company has been shipping laptops prepackaged with malware that makes you more vulnerable to hackers — all for the sake of serving you advertisements. To get rid of this malware Microsoft has released a signature update for Windows Defender to detect and remove Superfish malware installed on some Lenovo PCs. […]
New Android malware transforms your Phone into a Spy while it is Off – New Android Malware threat has been discovered by prominent security firm AVG. It is called PowerOffHijack and has a very distinct feature: it compromises the Android device’s shutdown process and spies on you. Your phone will appear switched off to you […]
With the recent reports making media headlines about how the NSA and GCHQ have compromised millions of SIM keys manufactured by Gemalto, a Dutch company, one needs to be aware of the security measures that could be adopted to keep their smartphones reasonably protected safe if not unassailable. There are technologies to assist in phone […]
Women Stalked by Security Guards via CCTV – “Sleaze File” contains images of pretty women Five security guards of a high-profile shopping complex in Australia followed attractive women roaming around in the mall using surveillance cameras. Guards zoomed-in on them and also captured invasive images of the female customers. These images were later stored in a […]
Researcher dedicated to debunking hoaxes and exposing scams, have discovered a phishing scam doing rounds on the Facebook. It comes as a “Copyright Violation” message, supposedly from the Facebook Support Team and asks the users to click on a link to verify the page. It warns that failure to verify within 48 hours may result […]
It is somewhat a proven fact that Computer & Internet have brought a new era of productivity into the human life in a number of aspects. That being said, the same computers and internet connectivity options seem to become one of the notable reasons for distraction – especially when it comes to companies that provide […]
Officials from Cybercrime Circle of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have revealed that two of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s ten most-wanted cyber criminals have been arrested by their department on FBI’s request. The suspects Noor Azizuddin and Farhanul Arshad were arrested from their house in Federal B Area in a pre-dawn raid by FIA. […]
The official verified Twitter account of WWE superstar Antonio Cesaro (@WWECesaro) was hacked earlier Tuesday by unknown hacker wishing cancer to the company’s Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. The account with 559K followers has been restored and tweets against McMahon have been deleted. Below is a screenshot users were able to save before it was deleted by Twitter authorities. […]