Beware of Email Scams on the Internet

December 17, 2008 · Filed Under Internet Security · 6 Comments 

I was really astonished to know that email scams on the internet constitute 90% of the total emails sent daily, Cisco reported. Agence France-Presse also indicated that “armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people’s machines”. This report was based on Cisco’s findings.

Beware of email scams, that’s the only advice I can give you. Don’t open emails coming from unknown sources especially those claiming that you’ve won a large sum of money. Read more

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Facebook Virus: Facebook Users Under Attack By a Vicious Virus/Worm

November 8, 2008 · Filed Under Facebook News · 4 Comments 

Vicious Facebook Virus on the Loose! Are you a Facebook user? If yes, then beware of the vicious Facebook virus that attacks users relentlessly by disguising itself as an “invitation” to Facebook users to click on links leading to a Youtube-like website. Sounds like the “Invitation Virus“, doesn’t it?

On a personal note, this is expected because even in other social networks like Friendster and Myspace, malicious viruses and spams have been reported to attack unsuspecting users. I’m not just sure if the new social network Ziggs will encounter the same fate at the hands of spammers and malware creators. Maybe in the near future. :-)

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Secure Websites are Even Vulnerable to DDOS Attacks

October 21, 2008 · Filed Under Internet Security, Internet Technology · 3 Comments 

Recent news on internet security reveals how vulnerable our online activities are, especially online transactions. This is because even teenagers can hack secure sites like the Church of Scientology website using DDOS attacks. Before this, I have blogged about the Limbo Malware and Invitation Virus (which turned out to be a hoax). Please read them if you are interested in more stories about internet security. :-)

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Download Free Anti-virus Software, Firewall Software and Secure Email Software for Your Online Protection

October 5, 2008 · Filed Under Free Softwares, Internet Security · 3 Comments 

There are many computer tools like free anti-virus softwares, firewall softwares and secure email softwares that can be downloaded over the internet. The reason why computer tools like these are needed is simple: you can’t trust everything online. When you transact online, it’s possible that you could be hijacked by malwares like the Limbo malware, or when you open your email, your mailbox could be infected by the alleged Torch/Invitation Virus. Even cell phones could be attacked by viruses. WTF!!

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Limbo Malware is on the Loose so Beware: Be Careful With Your Bank Account Information

October 2, 2008 · Filed Under Internet Security · 5 Comments 

Beware of Limbo Malware that hacks bank accountsDo you transact online and do online banking? If yes, then beware of Limbo malware. It’s a Trojan horse program that can hijack your account by injecting itself in web browsers and requests bank card numbers and PIN numbers from innocent or unknowing users.

According to IDG News Service, the malware known as Limbo “integrates itself into a Web browser using a technique called HTML injection, said Uri Rivner, head of new technologies at RSA Consumer Solutions. Because it’s so closely integrated in the browser, it can operate even while the user is at the real bank site and can actually change the layout of that site, he said.”

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Olympic Torch Virus aka Invitation Virus

August 16, 2008 · Filed Under Internet Security · 11 Comments 

How true that there is an email virus going around the internet that has a subject line called “INVITATION”?. I got this info from my mailbox saying that “Do not open any message with an attached file called ‘Invitation’ regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which ‘burns’ the whole hard disc C of your computer.” Categorically, the alleged virus is fit to be named “Olympic Torch Virus”.

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