PC World - A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:30:12 GMT
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, the site fell victim to spammers looking to make a quick buck from Apple's unsuspecting 160 million music lovers exploring the new way to discover what music their friends are listening to.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:10:08 GMT
PC World - Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending botnets.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:10:11 GMT
PC Magazine - Days after its release, Apple's new Ping social network within iTunes is being inundated with spam comments.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:47:40 GMT
PC World - Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is "drowning in scams and spams," security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of clickjacking worms or other forms of aggressive malware, experts say. But if you're looking for links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones, iPads, and other assorted iDevices, then Ping in iTunes 10 is the social network for you.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:57:00 GMT
Mashable - iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple's road to establishing a legitimate social network.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:38:44 GMT
PC World - Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:20:10 GMT
PC World - Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:09 GMT
PC World - A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security.
Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:40:12 GMT
PC Magazine - On September 1, New Yorkers will have a chance to peer inside the sleazy world of cybercrime when the "Norton Black Market Experience" rolls in to Times Square via a converted semi truck.
Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:20:53 GMT
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