The hacking group Anonymous has announced a new attack on SOPA and PIPA bills supporters on 31st January, encouraging people to join the protest. While supporting protests against these bills, ESET warns Internet users in India to think twice before getting involved in activities which look more like cyber-crime and less like activism. Anonymous has [...]
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Anonymous announces new attack on ESPN on 31st January’12 for supporting SOPA and PIPA
Posted: 25th January 2012 by infosecindia in News, Scam, Social NetworksTags: Anonymous, ESPN, facebook, PIPA, SOPA, Twitter
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Kids in India worst affected by Cyberbullying
Posted: 18th January 2012 by infosecindia in News, Social NetworksTags: Cyberbullying, India, Ipsos, social media
A new poll conducted by global research company Ipsos finds that more than three out of ten parents (32%) in India say their children have been victim of cyberbullying. The findings also disclosed that 45 percent of Indian parents believed a child in their community was being cyberbullied, while a majority (53%) of parents online [...]
Hannibal leaks 20,000 Iranian and Saudi Facebook account details, threats to expose 10 million bank accounts
Posted: 16th January 2012 by infosecindia in Data Privacy, News, Social NetworksTags: cyber attack, facebook, hacker, Hannibal, Iran, Israel, Pastebin, Saudi Arabia
In an attempt to retaliate attacks from Saudi hacker oxOmar, an Israeli hacker that goes by the name Hannibal has hacked over 20,000 Facebook accounts of users from Iran and Saudi Arabia. The hacker also claims that this is just the first part of the attack and in future one can expect much worse. He claims [...]
Free iPhone and iPad2 from Mark Zuckerberg is a Facebook scam
Posted: 9th January 2012 by infosecindia in Scam, Social Networks, SpamTags: Apple, facebook, iPad, iPhone, Mark Zuckerberg, scam, Spam
Has Apple really partnered up with Facebook? Is the social network really giving away free Apple iPhones and iPads to randomly selected individuals? Scammers are hoping you will be tricked by a message offering free iPads and iPhones that has been spammed out across the internet, claiming to come from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Bank-raid malware ‘Ramnit’ infects 45000 Facebook users
Posted: 5th January 2012 by infosecindia in Malware, News, Social NetworksTags: facebook, France, FTP credentials, Hybrid creature, malware, Ramnit, UK, ZeuS
A bank account-raiding worm, Ramnit has started spreading on Facebook, stealing login credentials as it creeps across the site, security researchers have revealed. Seculert’s research lab has discovered that Ramnit recently started targeting Facebook accounts with considerable success, stealing over 45,000 Facebook login credentials worldwide, mostly from people in the UK and France.
Manage permissions to all your apps centrally through MyPermissions
Posted: 5th January 2012 by infosecindia in News, Social NetworksTags: Apps, facebook, MyPermissions, mypermissions.org, Twitter
Apps on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are often a great way to enhance your experience on the platform and to fully utilise them. However, too many apps often create a managebility challenge, wherein it is difficult to identify what permission to grant to what app. To offer a solution to this problem, [...]
Facebook scams target users trying to get rid of Timeline
Posted: 4th January 2012 by infosecindia in Scam, Social NetworksTags: clickjacking, facebook, likejacking, scam, Timeline
If you’re a Facebook user, you surely would’ve observed a new feature called Timeline. A lot of Facebook users are annoyed with the new interface and are becoming a potential target of a new scam attack. Malicious hackers are developing pages that include deceptive instructions on how to revert to the old Facebook profile. These [...]
Twitter gives ‘verified account’ status to fake Wendi Deng Murdoch account
Posted: 3rd January 2012 by infosecindia in News, Scam, Social NetworksTags: Rupert Murdoch, Twitter, Wendi Deng Murdoch
Soon after media baron Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, a fake account by her wife’s name was setup by an imposter. The @Wendi_Deng Twitter account has been bemusing Twitter users for the last few days and managed to earn a (much coveted) blue tick from Twitter verifying its authenticity. While, the account creator has accepted that it [...]
“Laura Frisian: the most beautiful ass in the world!” scam hits Facebook
Posted: 3rd January 2012 by infosecindia in News, Scam, Social NetworksTags: A fisherman catches a couple when they make ... :D, A Really Giant Baby ! Amazing it looks so real :D, Air Race Plane Crashed in the crowd during a show !, Awesome :D, Boy Happier As A Girl !, clickjacking, Compilation of Embarrassing and Busted! Photos, Drill a tooth abscess! Disgusting :s, facebook, If you like Nutella, likejacking, never look this video!!!, obfuscated Javascript, The worst thing that can happen to a girl!, Transgender 10-Year-Old
A new scam has been reported on Facebook, wherein a video link titled, “Laura Frisian: the most beautiful ass in the world!” is floating around. According to a researcher at Kaspersky Labs, David Jacoby, the JavaScript behind the link is filled with obfuscated code and multiple domains. It seems that the server used in this scam is hosting [...]
“Profile me” bot spreading on Twitter
Posted: 27th December 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, News, Social NetworksTags: bot, profile me, Twitter
A new bot activity in Twitter has been observed by Kaspersky labs that is related to the new followers gaining only (at least for the time being). The “profile me” bot is exploring all Twitpic hosted pictures replying to the authors with the same text phrase: According to Kaspersky Labs blog, the bot started working [...]