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Twitter Traffic Scams Twitter is no doubt in rage. With the recent joining of celebrities like Barack Obama and Bill Gates, Twitter has gained unprecedented popularity in such a short time. And as a general rule, popularity not only attracts the genuine users, but also attracts scammers, spammers, hackers and malware writers. Keeping the trend you might come across lots of Twitter traffic scam sites, which lure ...

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Many people think that websites of Financial Institutions and banks are the top phished sites. It is logical also. These are the sites, where the user data is most sensitive. Just a few clicks and lots of money can change hands, if the login credentials of a user are phished to a rogue person. However, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) has stated that the top ...

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Need of Safe and Secure Shopping on Internet Online Shopping through Internet sites is convenience unleashed; No more hassles of visiting the store, No more searching through isles for your favorite product, advantage of lots of discount coupons, convenience of comparing products across different merchants, manufacturers and stores and what not. But ...

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Has it ever happened to you that you have received a phone bill running into thousands of bucks, without ever remembering to use your phone to such a large extent. While you investigate other things, keep in mind that one of the culprit may be the Dialer Malware hidden in your computers. What is a Dialer Malware...

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Spread of Malware Infection and Social Engineering no longer depends solely on porn sites, drug sites, stick idea sites and so on. The times have come when you never know when a rock solid, trusted and legitimate site is compromised by the malware artists and start distributing malware to its visitors. But How do Perfectly Legitimate ...

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Zeus is a financial malware. It infects consumer PCs, waits for them to log onto a list of targeted banks and financial institutions, and then steals their credentials and sends them to a remote server in real time. Additionally, it may inject HTML into the pages rendered by the browser, so that ...

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In its recently published report on the status of worldwide phishing activities, the distinguished security vendor Symantec has reported that there are five main phishing techniques used by different groups. Automated ToolKits: There are automated toolkits available in the underground economy, which allow even a novice phishing scammer to start his own phishing ...

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"This site may harm your computer". How many times you have seen this phrase on a Google Search Page. A click on such a link will lead your browser to another warning page that this web site may be harmful for your computer. We know that you are careful enough to trust Google ...

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The Need of Cloud Security Based Antivirus Despite a lot of advancement and progress, today's best Security software and antivirus suites are not capable of detecting and removing malware beyond a certain limit. Howsoever smart and intelligent your security software is, you cannot be absolutely sure about your PC Security and Privacy. It is because of the very mechanism with which these products function. The efficiency and ...

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Search Engines - Growing Privacy Concerns Privacy on the Internet is increasingly under attack, as searches and visits are routinely recorded and combined into personal and behavioral profiles by the major search engines. While you are searching the internet, these engines register the time of your searches, the terms you used, the sites you ...

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