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Facebook Spam Worm Links to "Mobile Entertainment"

f-secure.com

September 7, 2010

The survey spam worm that spread across Facebook yesterday was posted to profile Walls "via Mobile Web".

In here the lab, we're always interested in all things mobile, so we took another look at All Facebook's post. In an update, they show that the spam was also spreading via messages.

New Spam Worm on Facebook

f-secure.com

September 6, 2010

A clever spammer has discovered a Facebook vulnerability that allows for auto-replicating links. Until now, typical Facebook spam has required the use of some social engineering to spread.

Twitter Spam and the OAuthcalypse

f-secure.com

September 1, 2010

Twitter discontinued support for basic user authentication in third-party applications yesterday morning. Good. It's always best to never share your password with a third-party.

So, that being the case... we have a feature request.

Please wait while we infect your computer - more malicious HTML attachments

blog.commtouch.com

August 30, 2010

Commtouch labs have detected large volumes of emails with malicious HTML attachments. The emails purport to come from a range of legitimate sites including...

What's the success rate of Facebook spam?

f-secure.com

August 23, 2010

Facebook spam has been making headlines recently. And with all the attention on "virally spreading" links, we wondered, just how effective is it?

PS3 Jailbreak Trojan

f-secure.com

August 20, 2010

News of a USB dongle that breaks the security model of the PS3 game console to enable execution of third party software (as well as pirated games) have been going around like wildfire.

Intel to Acquire McAfee for $7.7 Billion

thewhir.com

August 19, 2010

According to Intel, McAfee will become a wholly-owned subsidiary, under Renee James, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of its software and services group.

“Hardware-enhanced security will lead to breakthroughs in effectively countering the increasingly sophisticated threats of today and tomorrow,” said Renee James, quoted in the press release. “This acquisition is consistent with our software and services strategy to deliver an outstanding computing experience in fast-growing business areas, especially around the move to wireless mobility.”

Once Again, Zeus

f-secure.com

August 18, 2010

Just now we've been watching a spam run with malicious ZIP files attached to them. Inside the ZIP is always the same Zeus variant but the name varies.

Apple patches the jailbreakme vulnerability

f-secure.com

August 11, 2010

Apple has today patched the jailbreakme vulnerability. This was done via a new iOS operating system update.

Questions and Answers on the jailbreakme vulnerability

f-secure.com

August 6, 2010

Q: What is this all about? A: It's about a site called jailbreakme.com that enables you to Jailbreak your iPhones and iPads just by visiting the site.

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