Scammers Invite Facebook Users to Test the New PS4, XBox 720
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March 7, 2013
Exactly two weeks ago, Sony introduced the new PlayStation 4 (PS4) to the world in a press conference in New York. The only obvious problem that got people on the Web riled up was that Sony only showed the controller, …
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GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
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December 3, 2012
How was your weekend, dear Reader? Hope you had a good one! This week’s email threat roundup is a bit longer than usual since we didn’t get to release one during Thanksgiving week. What we have below are noteworthy spam …
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Festive UPS Delivery Notice Serves up Fake AV
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November 28, 2012
There may only be 26 days until Christmas, but you can get your hands on a jolly bundle of “My computer is on fire and would you like a mince pie” considerably faster than that. Here’s a rather seasonal looking …
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The Fail is Strong with This One: Angry Birds Star Wars Android SMS Sender
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November 28, 2012
Back in April, fake copies of Angry Birds Space were in circulation – with the recent release of Angry Birds Star Wars, scammers have caused a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of phones cried out in terror and were …
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Fake “Beyonce Nude” Flickr Fakeout leads to Shenanigans
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November 26, 2012
It’s entirely possible that someone is onto a good money thing when the third result in Google for “Beyonce nude” is a stray Flickr account up to a little spamming, using a tried and tested caper that isn’t typically seen …
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Claims of Content Theft on DeviantART leads to XSS Phishing Run
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November 26, 2012
What happened on DeviantART at the weekend? This happened. Click to Enlarge While I’d love to leave it at the analysis above which is stated as being “ERMERGERD HACKERZ”, the antics at the weekend focused on swiping the accounts of …
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ENISA Names GFI Sandbox as One of Most Useful to CERTs
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November 23, 2012
In a recent study released, ENISA, or the European Network and Information Security Agency, recommends GFI Software’s online public sandbox, ThreatTrack, to Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT)s and national and government CERTs. Why is this important? CERTs are responsible for a number of things. …
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Sneak Peek: IRISSCON 2012
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November 21, 2012
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) is scheduled to hold its annual conference, IRISSCERT Cyber Crime Conference, or IRISSCON for short, on Thursday, the 22nd of November. This year, GFI Software is once again given an opportunity to take …
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GFI Labs Email Roundup for the Week
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November 19, 2012
Good Monday morning, dear Reader! Without further ado, here is the roundup of email threats for November 12 to 16. “Congratulations! You and {random name} are now connected!” click to enlarge This is a spam that purports to have originated …
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Rolex Spam Rolls Out in Time for Black Friday
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November 19, 2012
It is no surprise that online shenanigans abound when big holidays and major events are just around the corner. What remains to be seen are the forms of these shenanigans we ought to expect to see online and in our …
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VIPRE Business Premium Launches with a Unique Feature
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November 16, 2012
Early this week, GFI Software announced that VIPRE Business Premium, the company’s premium small-footprint antivirus and management software for administrators, is now available for download for a free 30-day trial period. It is also the first and only one of its kind that has …
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