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FTC nails 29 spammers who sent over 180m texts promising freebies
- The US Federal Trade Commission has charged 29 individuals who allegedly sent millions of spam text messages to phone users promising "free" prizes. The defendants are reportedly responsible for sending more than 180 million unwanted messages to random phone numbers,…
Microsoft says free money scams are most commonly encountered
- Microsoft has released results from a recent survey as part of a campaign to promote National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The questionnaire reveals that the phrase “Congratulation, you’ve won!” or something related to lottery winnings is the most popular line…
Sophos: 20% of Macs harbor Windows malware
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Although folks are currently fixated on the Flashback botnet, Sophos draws attention to the fact that one in five Macs harbors some kind of Windows-oriented malware. The company gathered results over seven days from 100,000 Apple machines using its free antivirus program...
Megaupload: MPAA wants data kept for lawsuits, scammers target users
- The Motion Picture Association of America has requested that Megaupload's host, Carpathia, retain about 25PB (yep, that's petabytes) of data. According to Wired, this move follows an earlier appeal made by Carpathia where the hosting company had asked the court to…
Black Friday iTunes email scam doing the rounds
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Black Friday marks the start of the Christmas shopping period for many. Among the endless offers available to consumers is lurking the latest email scam in the form of a would-be offer from Apple. The email titled "iTunes Gift Certificate" purportedly claims...
Xbox Live users victims of massive phishing scam
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Gamers using Microsoft's Xbox Live service have become the latest target of online phishing attacks as news spreads like wildfire about fraudulent transactions appearing on the credit card statements of its users. Microsoft was quick to clarify their gaming platform had not been hacked.
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