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Mercedes Benz promotion email scam

I recently received a mail with the subject line “Mercedes Benz Promotion (Test Questions)”. The subject line was…

Cyber Criminals (Yahoo Boys) giving good business to Cybercafes in Nigeria

Lagos in Nigeria had been witnessing lot of fraudulent Internet activities as cybercafés out there had a major…

Beware of Loan Scam

In my earlier blog, I had mentioned how scammers had used current events such as “FIFA World Cup…

Increase your twitter followers, an innovative way to get victims

Recently I came across a below website that is promoting itself through twitter accounts of its members. When…

Update Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 3.6.4 has been released, this version address 7 vulnerabilities which range from critical issues such as denial…

Adobe releases emergency patch for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released an emergency update that patches at least 17 holes in its Reader and Acrobat applications….

Growing cyber crime rate indicates lack of skilled staff

Looking at the number of unique malwares that we are receiving in our lab on day to day…

Time to update Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR

Adobe has released a Security Bulletin on the second week of June that lists out vulnerabilities identified for…

Microsoft to discontinue support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000

Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2000 after…

Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center vulnerability

The vulnerability for Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center is being exploited in the wild. More information for…