By 9 a.m, I was in full combat mode fighting the attack of the zombie. After checking with my computer guru friends, I learned that my “mother ship” computer and laptop were most likely just fine. Virus checks turned up nothing. I changed all my …
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According to Sophos’s annual Internet Security Threat Report, malware attacks, phishing and spam reports, are all on the rise across social networks. Sophos analysts define the terms in the following ways: A malware attack is a piece of malicious …
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Phishers are trying to steal login credentials from Facebook users by spamming them with malicious links through the social network’s chat system. The new campaign abusing the Facebook chat feature has been spotted …
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Caroline Ghiossi / Facebook Blog:
Explaining Facebook’s Spam Prevention Systems — As a global service connecting 400 million people, Facebook has helped build and extend communities around the world. As with any community, the benefits of bringing people together are occasionally accompanied by inappropriate or unacceptable conduct by a small number of people.