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Advergaming and You: Part 1
Hello there, you’re worth a lot of money. How much? Well, the IAB released their 2011 Internet Advertising Revenue Report and they found that online ad revenue was worth $26 billion in 2010, and $31 billion in 2011 (with mobile weighing in …
The Olympics are over; Fake Android Apps are still Going for Gold
The Paralympics 2012 (any excuse to link to a cool Youtube video) ended in the last couple of days, bringing the whole Olympics 2012 event – itself a popular target for shenanigans – to a close. While you may still be …
September Webcast Line-up
Every month we organize some exciting webcasts that cover a variety of topics – have a look at this month’s line-up and sign up for what best suits your needs!
Scammers Prey on London 2012 Mobile Game Players
Not long ago, organizers of this year’s Olympic Games released London 2012 – Official Mobile Game, a fun smartphone app for Android, iOS, and Blackberry users. Screenshots taken from Google Play (click to enlarge) According to this website: “The …
Spam and Scam Round-up
Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting scams we’ve seen taking place over the last couple of days: 1) I hate Tumblr spam as much as the next guy, but there are some missives doing the rounds that made …
Weekend Shenanigans
We saw a number of scams across the weekend, and thought it’d be a good idea to round them up into one blogpost. Without further ado… 1) More junk on Tumblr, following the same old pattern but this time around …
GTA San Andreas Facebook Multiplayer Mod: Lacks Flavor
Recently we’ve seen a number of strange Facebook app pages promoting what claimed to be “San Andreas Multiplayer”. This of course refers to the still popular San Andreas incarnation of the Grand Theft Auto series. When the game first launched …
VIPRE® Report for May: Scammers Aim Crosshairs at Tumblr Users
In the April VIPRE Report, we had reminded readers of this blog that online social networking threats are no longer limited within the Twitter and Facebook environments. In May, we found and wrote about a number of spam and phishing …
“Upgrade your Tumblr Dashboard” Leads to Chrome Extension
Yesterday I saw a number of comments being posted to the Ask box of various Tumblr users – here’s one: “hey whats up? saw your blog and really liked it! what do you think of mine? ” The recipient of …
Facebook Timeline Remover: Still Alive
You may have seen reports of a Facebook themed “remove my timeline” scam, where users are asked to install a browser extension to roll Facebook back to the way it used to look. It’s still live and pinging around the …
