Posts Tagged ‘Website’

Facebook, MySpace users hit by cyber attacks

Filed in Cybercrime on Nov.10, 2009

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NZ HERALD reported that Facebook users – already being targeted in a malware campaign – are now under threat from a phishing scam.
Security specialists Symantec report that the company’s systems have picked up fake messages that appear to be sent by the social networking service.
Users will receive an email [...]

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Web 2.0 and malware 2.0

Filed in Malware, Web 2.0 on Jan.22, 2009

A new position paper from ENISA describes the risks associated with web 2.0 and malware 2.0. Web 2.0 includes social networking, photo sharing, wikis and social bookmarking sites and malware 2.0 is defined as a web based infection in which user can be entrap by visiting website.
Web 2.0 applications are thriving because of their dynamic [...]

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