Incidences of romance or dating scams have been on the rise since it came to public knowledge not too long ago.Yet,many people in the Western world are yet t… Read More…. View full post on Select From Our Menu
Dropbox URL shortener targetted by spammers
Spammers are abusing a Dropbox feature that lets users share a shortened link, directing people to websites selling questionable pharmaceuticals, according to security vendor Symantec. Dropbox, the file-sharing and synchronization service, has a public folder that is dedicated to sharing content. Dropbox’s URL (uniform resource locator) shortening service can be…
IPv6 networks targetted by DDoS attackers
Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. Even though 2011 was the first year when IPv6 DDoS attacks were recorded, such incidents remain rare because they…