Tag Archive for: attacks

Facebook is an increasingly used hook in phishing attacks, report says – San Francisco Gate

both Facebook and eBay phishing attacks paled in comparison to PayPal scams, with composed 53.5 percent of all scams. Meanwhile, Google left the Top 5 most popular spoofed companies, dropping to No. 9 with 1.8 …
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Buying a Mac doesn’t halt malware attacks – Democrat and Chronicle

Question: I have a Dell Inspiron with XP running Avast antivirus. The database is up to date. Even so my PC was infected with a fake security virus called Security Tool. It disabled my e-mail and antivirus …
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Tired of Malware Attacks? Move to Africa, the Safest Web Region – Gizmodo

Despite the masses of negative publicity heaped on the continent by the famed Nigerian spam industry, Africa is actually one of the world’s safest places to go online in—featuring seven of the ten nations least …
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Growing Internet Connectivity Could Increase Malware Attacks – msnbc.com

As our daily lives become increasingly linked to — and controllable by — the internet, experts say we may encounter computer viruses attacking us in a host of new ways. With items not traditionally thought …
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