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Anonymous to attack Malaysian Government website.

A hacker group going by the name Anonymous which is quite famous has threaten to attack the Malaysian Government website www.malaysia.gov.my on 15th June. The group posted the threat in the form of graphic which appeared as follows. The image was posted on https://i.imgur.com/PTFWh.png The group stated that it will launch the attack at 7:30 […]

Fake “E-Set Antivirus 2011”

E-SET Antivirus 2011 is a fake computer security program distributed throughout the web through several sites. Formulated to mimic the design and functionality of legitimate security programs. When E-Set Antivirus 2011 is installed it will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once started it will perform a scan on your computer and when […]

Fake “Windows XP Recovery” tool.

We have analyzed below malicious email. As usual it pretends to be from DHL Inc. As we can see this email has a zip file attachment which contains a malware. On extraction of this zip file user gets an executable file which has icon like a pdf file. If this file gets executed it runs […]

New variant of Zeus malware targets LinkedIn members.

It has been observed that the Zeus recent new variant has started to target LinkedIn members again. It was observed that the same malware Zeus had spam fake LinkedIn connection request to thousands of LinkedIn members during September last year. LinkedIn is a most popular business networking site with more than 90 million members and […]

Microsoft Previews ‘Windows 8’

Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows this week, and the operating system has an interface almost nobody expected or predicted. The default interface for Windows 8 will look almost nothing like Windows 7, but will look and feel like Microsoft’s cell-phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. Windows 8” is optimized for newer touch-centric hardware, […]

Stay away from the phishing emails claiming to be from Reserve Bank of India.

Below image shows the fake email supposedly send by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), that is being circulated on the internet. If you click on the Click Here to Update Your Account it will take you to a fake RBI site that will collect your customer id and password as shown in the below image. […]

Apple Releases Security Update To Remove MacDefender

Apple has released security update 2011-003 to address the recent increase in MacDefender malware targeting Mac OS X. Security Update 2011-003 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Apple security update 2011-003 (only for Snow Leopard) consists of three components: File Quarantine Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7, Mac […]

Beware of ‘MACDefender’ fake Antivirus for MAC OS X !!!

A new malware for MAC OS X is on the rise. Its being downloaded on the users machine via Safari. The malware appears to be deployed via JavaScript as a compressed ZIP file reached through Google searches. In its advisory over the issue, Apple said an administrative password prompt is a good time for a […]

Is your password weak?

Are you one of the many people who is using a dangerously easy-to-guess password? Now is the time to fix that before it’s too late. Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail, Rediff and Yahoo are amongst the popular websites which are used by most of the people. And most of these websites are advising users to […]

Fake BitDefender 2011

Fake BitDefender 2011 is a misleading security software that will mimic the legitimate program in order to deceive computer users. The real BitDefender 2011 can be downloaded from bitdefender.com web site and must be installed manually, while the rogue one’s will be dropped on to computers and be installed without users consent. It is good […]