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Sale of virtual goods will hit $2 B next year
Not-so-virtual theft will probably increase Miguel Helft in his “Bits” column in the New York Times today reported that researchers expect the sale of virtual goods to hit $2.1 billion next year. Media research firm Inside Network estimated that the …
Top 5 Threats in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Employer Should Know
Top 5 Threats in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Employer Should Know While social media usage has become increasingly popular, the question about whether it should make its way to the workplace or not triggers a series of debates. …
Shocking Girlfriend on Facebook is rather predictable
Another day, another scampage lurking on Facebook. Let’s kick things off with a look at shockingirlfriend(dot)com: Click to Enlarge Do you really think some guy went “a little too far with his revenge”? No, me neither. They do seem awfully …
Letting the Texas Hold’em chips fall where they may
Not in your pocket This surfaced today: (click graphic to enlarge) It’s another Facebook scam, this time trading off game maker Zynga’s name: (click graphic to enlarge) The page prompts you to “like” and “share” its advertisement. It looks like …
Don’t be fooled by Labor Day phishing scams
If you see an increase in phishing attacks it’s to be expected due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday. GFI Labs, our dedicated malware research center, warns that consumers are traditionally at high risk for targeted phishing attacks due to …
Scammers let Facebook users take up the spam reigns
Here’s an odd collection of websites promising lots of free Facebook goodies, including “Free Texas Holdem Poker Chips” – one million chips, to be exact. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, all we’re left with is proof positive that too many …
Fake hacking programs jump on the survey bandwagon
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with those wonderful CPA Lead popups, which typically hide content until you fill in a survey. Well, here we have an interesting development in fake hacking program land. Shall we take a look? Click …
Twitter in the workplace: to take action or not to take action?
Twitter has, like similar social networking sites, raised many security questions – especially when it comes to whether businesses should allow employees access in the workplace. While many businesses have adopted Twitter as part of their marketing arsenal, they would …
The Secret FarmVille Cow of Fail
Oh dear. And when a writeup starts with that as an opener, you know you’ve got problems. This is a facebook page, with a rather happy cow on it:Click to Enlarge The cow is happy because it knows people like …
Orkut users asked to recharge phones with the power of Javascript
Here’s a curious scam putting users of Google’s Orkut in the crosshairs. There’s a number of sites out there claiming a “free recharge code” (presumably they mean call credits) will be posted to your Orkut scrapbook, but only if you …
