Any occasion that captures public attention – regardless of how sensitive – comes out to be an opportunity for spammers and hackers to snatch users’ personal information and spread malware, and the tragedy of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is no exception. According to the U.S. intelligence officials, Malaysia…
Farmville and “Sex and the City 2” Used as Bait to Hijack Facebook’s “Like” Button, According to PandaLabs
PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has reported the proliferation of scams hijacking the Facebook “Like” option. The attack uses… Thanks to Collective Intelligence, Panda’s exclusive cloud-computing technology, the company’s 2010 solutions leverage the knowledge gathered from the community of millions of Panda users around…
Facebook ‘If I Die’ app used as malware bait
CORRECTION: The original version of this story stated that the “If I Die” Facebook app is malware. In fact the “If I Die” Facebook app is not what was considered malware. Rather, there is an email going around with attached malware masquerading as the app. We regret the error and…