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Paypal phishing attack

I came across multiple emails in my inbox which were talking about my Paypal account being blocked. The…

Internet Explorer .HLP vulnerability on Windows XP

Microsoft’s security team is investigating a security vulnerability reported at https://isec.pl/ by Maurycy Prodeus. The vulnerability is observed…

Spanish police arrested 3 hackers as suspected masterminds of Mariposa botnet.

Mariposa botnet which has grown much stronger over last six months was posing a big challenge for security…

Rogueware “Security essentials 2010”

Microsoft has warned Windows users to be cautious against a rogueware (fake software) which calls itself Security Essentials…

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) attacks are increasing rapidly

One has to be very careful when using search engine for looking for information or news on the…

Operation B49

Since couple of weeks back Microsoft has been working on secret Operation B49 to wipe out Waledac botnet….

Security threat on smartphones and tablets

Computer scientists at Rutgers University have demonstrated that rootkits (a familiar threat on PCs) can now attack your…

Google Buzz surprised many of its users

Google recently launched Google Buzz had to roll back the automatic implementation of the service to its users…

Xbox Phishing Site

For years, PC users have been suffering from phishing threats. But now, the newest phishing attack targets users…

Alureon infected system show BSOD after MS10-015 applied

If your system has restarted after applying the MS10-015, this might be a sign that your system is…