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Malware spammed out as “FaceFacebook Support”.

  • Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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Another Facebook spam mail pretending that your password is not safe, currently circulating on Internet. The subject is: FaceFacebook Support. Personal data has been changed!ID55733. The email comes with an attachment called New_Password_IN33494.zip. The zip file (New_Password_IN33494.zip) contain New_Password.exe file, Quick Heal detects this file as a “Trojan.Menti.gen”. New_Password.exe tries to fool the victim as […]

Is your kid having Facebook account?

  • Sanjay Katkar / 15 years
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It has been observed that more and more children are using social networking websites. Kids even fake their age to join Facebook. Facebook is for high school and college students. Facebook is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older and the age limit is there for the purpose. Any […]

“Windows license locked!” Ransomware

  • Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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“Windows license locked!” is a fake warning (ransomware) that impersonates Windows Product Activation wizard and states that you may be a victim of software counterfeiting. It also states that all data stored on your computer will be locked for security purposes. You have to phone one of the numbers listed to obtain an activation key. […]

Google Boosts Android Security With Encrypted Tablets, Remote PIN Reset

  • Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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Google has boosted the security features on its Android operating system to allow stolen Android smartphones to be secured and reseted remotely. Google said its new Google Apps Device Policy for enterprise users allows employees to quickly secure lost or stolen phones running Android 2.2 and up. With the new version of the Google Apps […]

Microsoft April2011 Patch Tuesday Released.

  • Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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Microsoft has released 17 security bulletins to address publicly disclosed 64 vulnerabilities.Nine bulletins are critical, with all carrying the risk of remote code execution. The remaining eight are ranked important; six of these enable remote code execution, one allows privilege escalation, and the last can lead to information disclosure. The vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Windows, Microsoft […]

New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Found, Embedded in MS Word documents

  • Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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A critical vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for Android, and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for […]

Malware family “Chepvil” leads rogueware “XP Anti-Virus 2011”.

  • Pravesh Shinde / 15 years
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One after another malware family trying to panic user to install fake security application. Now the Chepvil malware which comes via email as an attachment. The email as shown below: Email Snip The attachment comes with the names doc.zip, details.zip, document.zip. On extracting user gets an executable file with the pdf file icon. If user […]

UPS Malware attachments.

  • Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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From last few days we have seen a significant increase in the activity related to spam E-mail messages. One of cause of rise is due to malware being heavily distributed by emails as an attachment. The package delivery mails have increased. The email claims itsels to be from UPS or Postal Expres courier service companies […]

“Worm.Ckbface.adj” spreading via Yahoo Messenger

  • Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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A “Worm.Ckbface.adj” is spreading via Yahoo Instant Messenger ,that tricks people into downloading what they think is a pictures from a friend but is instead malware that installs a backdoor on Windows systems and spreads to a victim’s IM contacts. The worm arrives via a message from a contact with the word “picture” or “pictures” […]

Bank of Baroda Phishing Scam

  • Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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Its now Bank of Baroda getting targeted for the phishing attacks. A mail having subject line : MESSAGE TO ALL BARODA CONNECT USERS!!! getting circulated containing an attachment. If you click to open the htm file, it displays Bank of Baroda Login form.This form get displayed from your local machine. It ask to fill your […]

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