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Web Cams Vulnerable to Clickjackers

A major warning has been given about the high risk of clickjacking - a malicious attack on web servers - is spreading, and spreading fast insecurity fear-mongers are warning.
The clickjacking technique is yet another simple but ingenious way of revealing all to a prying hacker.
This attack works by directing a user to a pre-determined webpage [...]

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Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market

Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.
There were the cards that didn’t deliver as many minutes as promised and the cards that charged extra fees to call a cell phone. There were the cards that [...]

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Hackers Attract Users to Fake Blogs

Cybercriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google’s Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct it to malware serving blogs primarily hosted at Windows Lives’ Spaces.
According to a recent advisory issued by Webroot:
“For the first time, hackers are [...]

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Legitimate Web sites become Hackers Playground

Should we worry about legitimate sites being the main target for exploits? Yes! Many of the trusted web sites we visit today can be your worst nightmare. As more people become accustomed to Web surfing and downloading software and multimedia, legitimate Web sites have become the favorite targets of hackers.
It’s important to surf with protection [...]

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