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• Fake AV scammers impersonate Microsoft

  02.05.2013

  Cyber scammers continue to impersonate Microsoft and try to trick users into believing that their computer is serious need of an AV solution.

• Fake PayPal "Reset your password" request leads to malware

  30.04.2013

  PayPal customers are being targeted with a fake email impersonating the e-payment service, claiming that their account has been put "on hold" and will stay that way until they reset their password: More experienced users will likely identify the email as malicious and consider it a phishing attempt, but it's not.

• Scammy Profile Viewer app is now "offered" by Facebook

  30.04.2013

  Once users become too familiar with a type of scam and stop falling for it, scammers tend to move on to new ones.

• How cybercriminals can target you on public networks

  29.04.2013

  The widespread use of mobile communication, including cell phones, laptops and tablets, makes consumers particularly vulnerable to fraud and malware risks over public internet connections.

• U.S. judge says FBI can't hack crime suspect's computer

  26.04.2013

  A judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has denied FBI's petition to install spying software on and using the built-in camera of an unidentified suspect's computer in order to discover his or her identity and gather evidence of the crime from the computer's hard drive, memory and storage.

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