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Posts in category Security

“The illusion” – A facebook app that can embarrass you in public

May19
2011
Leave a Comment Written by Sudip
illusionscam

Recently, an app named “The illusion” has been active on Facebook which can embarrass you in Facebook. The ‘scam’ doesn’t do harms like downloading a malware or taking you to survery scams but instead posts a wall message which can be embarrassing to you. It also uncovers a serious flaw in Facebook like button. Here’s [...]

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Posted in Facebook - Tagged Facebook Scam

PHP 5.3.6 released : fixed five security holes

Mar18
2011
Leave a Comment Written by Niran Maharjan
php 5-3-6

A maintenance update to the stable PHP interpreter, PHP 5.3, has been released. PHP development team, Today announced immediate availability of PHP 5.3.6  as a maintenance update with over 60 bug fixes, mainly security related problem fixes. The release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3. x branch. Multiple format string vulnerabilities in phar extension [...]

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Posted in News, Open Source - Tagged PHP, security

Is your phone number secure ?

Feb09
2011
3 Comments Written by gkms
mobile-hacking

Here’s an information which we have received: If you receive a phone call on your Mobile from any person saying that they are checking your mobile line or going to give you some offer/prize, and ask you to press # 90 or # 09 or any other number. End that call immediately without pressing any Number. [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page gets hacked

Jan26
2011
2 Comments Written by Sudip
Mark Zuckerberg hacked

According to TechCrunch?, the fan page of Facebook CEO – Mark Zuckerberg got hacked earlier today and displayed a strange message. The page as a result has been closed down. The message reads: Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let its users invest in [...]

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Posted in Facebook, News - Tagged Facebook Scam

New Facebook Scam : “CLICK HERE to see the status udpate that got a girl expelled from school!! “

Dec26
2010
11 Comments Written by Sujan Semidour
Girl scam

Different types of Facebook scams are spreading this holiday season. Recently, a scam saying girl killed herself on Christmas was viral. Now, its another one saying the status update got a girl killed herself from School. This is a type of Like-Jacking scam from a rogue app taking you finally to a survey and Premium [...]

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Posted in Facebook, News - Tagged Facebook Scam, malware, virus

“revolvingaimage2.tk” facebook scam

Nov22
2010
Leave a Comment Written by r-ach
image_thumb2

It is not an virus only a scam of Facebook. It runs a script made on Javascript and rotate image. After rotating image it will post it to your friends wall (many).. [...]

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Posted in Facebook, News - Tagged Facebook Scam

New Facebook Scam – ’90% of Facebook Users Cried after seeing the following set of pictures’

Oct08
2010
1 Comment Written by Sudip
Sad app scam

We have detected yet another scam active on Facebook via. an app. The application posts the message “90% of Facebook Users Cried after seeing the following set of pictures http:/ /bit.ly/96fjGd” on infected user’s wall. The app finally downloads a program to your computer which is suspected to be a virus, Trojan or an Adware. [...]

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Posted in Facebook - Tagged Apps, malware, scam, virus

Intel takes over McAfee for $7.68 Billion

Aug20
2010
Leave a Comment Written by Niran Maharjan
intel-hq

The world’s biggest chip maker, Intel, has agreed to acquire the security technology firm, McAfee Inc. for $7.68 (approx). Intel’s deal is set to buy out the whole of McAfee’s stock for $48 per share and the boards of directors of both companies have approved the deal unanimously. As they get approval from its shareholders [...]

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Posted in News, Software - Tagged intel, McAfee, security

Warning : ‘Get more followers’ scam active on Twitter

Aug01
2010
2 Comments Written by Sudip
Twitter scam

Recently, I have seen many of my Twitter friends tweeting the message like “I JUST HAVE FREE 100 TWITTER FANS!” followed by a link. These sites are scams and many people are falling for it. Even Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan fell for such scam. It takes to a site which claims to increase your Twitter [...]

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Posted in Twitter, Web - Tagged scam

‘Is this your pic’ on Yahoo messenger contains link to virus

Jul20
2010
Leave a Comment Written by Sudip
yahoo-virus

A type of virus is now active on Yahoo messenger. The virus consists of the message “Is this your pic” followed by a smiley icon and the link which seems to be to Facebook.

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Tagged security, Yahoo!
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