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Social media sites are storehouses of people who are easily duped into believing almost anything which is posted and some proof of this is another circulating ‘shocking footage’ video link that has once again taken over Facebook. The video link, like many others, shows a particularly distressful image of an African woman with the caption […]
Last week, news spread across the web (appearing in newsfeeds of many users) that Facebook is about to assign a fee for every user who wishes to keep their profile private. This is just a hoax! Many variations of the hoax have been passed around stating that users have to copy and paste a specific […]
Endangering Humanity: Spammers steep to the lowest level of cruelty — Exploiting the shocking pictures of drowned Syrian boy is plain Inhuman. This week has been extremely difficult, trying and emotionally stirring for The internet and social media users because this is the week when the photos of the lifeless body of a Syrian boy […]
Around 150 University of Michigan employees lost sensitive information thanks to scammed emails, informs the university’s Division of Public Safety and Security. Several phishing emails were sent by scammers to the U-M community. The emails had links to unauthentic Google Form, which were designed to steal personal information. People clicked on those links and submitted […]
An email is being sent to users having the subject line ‘New Security feature’ and its sender appears to be Amazon. In this email, the company informs the recipient that a new security feature has been added and therefore, the user has to click on the provided link to update account information. The email also […]
Another day, another Facebook phishing scam — The email claims to be sent by Facebook Team and warns recipients that they have 24 hours to reconfirm their account details to avoid permanent deletion from the social network. Facebook is in the news again and so is its Security because a threatening email titled “Last Warning” […]
In October last year, we reported how a 10-year-old filipino virtual girl “sweetie” takes pedophile to prison in Australia for good. Now a report suggests that scammers/predators are tricking users (mostly males) into extorting money via online video chat on Skype and other chatting softwares. The scammers are smart, all they do is use an attractive woman and some sweet […]
A new phishing scam has surfaced on the web via Facebook in the form of a message titled “Attempts to Export Opengraph File.” This alleged security warning purports to be sent by Facebook. The message informs you that you have tried several times to export your opengraph file through an illegal application. The message also […]
A former employee of P2P cyber security firm Tiversa, turned whistleblower spilled the beans that the firm hacks its customers in order to fake bogus data breaches and then furthermore extorts its clients to finance its ‘incident response’ services. The P2P cyber security firm Tiversa is once again in the news but for all the wrong reasons, this time […]
Due to a cyberattack an Alaska Native Corporation had to bear the loss of $3.8million which the firm was transferring to a Hong Kong based bank account last month. CEO Greg Hambright of the Kodiak-based Afognak Native Corp explained to the group’s 900 shareholders in a letter that one of its affiliates Alutiiq LLC was […]
A fake email from Paypal is used by hackers to carry out a phishing attack on users. The email says a transaction has been made from your account to Associated Dairies (ASDA), for a product you recently ordered (relevant details in relation to the product are also mentioned). Of course, the receipt is just a way of […]
Hackers are targeting users with a fake Facebook email tricking them into clicking an attached application to generate a trusted connection to the network— Attachment contains malware. Number of users around the world have reported a new scam from Facebook (which in reality is not from Facebook itself). Users who are scammed have reported an email from Facebook having […]
A fake Facebook interface will display an attractive looking “Hot Video” link. If you hit Play button, you will be requested to download Flash Player. As usual, a Trojan will be installed on your computer if you agree to download the player — Beware of such links as this technique has become relatively common modus […]
Tax Refund Emails From the Australian Taxation Office just a Malware. Reportedly, an email message is being circulated that appears to be sent from ATO/Australian Taxation Office and informs the recipients that they have become eligible for tax refund. To know the details about the surprise windfall, users are encouraged to open an attached file […]
Hackers are targeting bank of America’ customers with a phishing campaign – If you are a customer at the bank of America DO NOT click any such link. Cybercriminals can send you a fake Bank of America website link in an email or through a social media account. Once you will click the link, it will redirect you […]
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 […]
The CEO of WhatsApp, Jan Koum informed on January 21 that the very popular and well-known mobile application has a web client that can be used from Google Chrome which will enable users to retrieve all the conversations and messages from the mobile device. Banking Trojan delivered in Brazil via Fake WhatsApp for web: Attackers […]
Users hoping to see saucy “leaked” footages and pictures of celebs may fall prey to identity fraud- Warns Security Firm BitDefender Facebook users are in for a surprise if only they click on links promising never-seen-before nude pictures of celebrities from popular messaging app SnapChat. Renowned security firm BitDefender claims that this latest breed of […]
A website mimicking the official BBC News site has garnered immense traffic earlier this week through false information about Charley Hebdo massacre and it is likely that the fake website may be a facade for cyber criminal activities, according to a report from a cybersecurity firm. The identical website(bbc-news[.]co[.]uk) carried a fake story claiming the […]
Facebook users, beware! A message from a Facebook page that claims CNN announcement regarding the finding of the missing AirASia Flight QZ8501 in Tacloban area of Philippines. The message invites you to click on a supposed image of the jet with a �Play� button on it just in case if�you want to see the breaking […]
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) has confirmed yesterday on its blog that it experienced one of the biggest criminal cyberattacks ever and has requested its users to change their passwords. “Changing passwords is a best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users,” said the blog. The hackers compromised a small number of employee log-in […]