Spyware Techie

Have you heard about Citadel Trojan?

Originally Citadel Trojan has a banking Trojan that has been used to enter computer systems of financial institutions to steal money from personal and corporate bank accounts. It is a variant of Zeus malware and it is claimed that the commercial copy of Citadel Trojan has been removed from underground forums in 2012. However, now Citadel Trojan emerges as a tool to steal intellectual property all over the world. Instead of targeting the money and banks, Citadel Trojan moves on to espionage. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know what SaveByClick is?

SaveByClick is a browser plugin that provides you with various internet shopping options from such websites as eBay, Amazon and others. The offers displayed by SaveByClick contains coupons that are supposed to allow the user purchase various goods at a better price. However, SaveByClick is commonly categorized as a potentially unwanted software, and a lot of users complain that it displays commercial advertisements that are not related to their searches. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know what Skype Scam is?

Skype Scam is a number of Skype infections that try to lure your money out of you. If you use Skype daily, you might become subject of this Skype viruses. The most important thing is not to click on outgoing links you receive from unknown users. Even if you receive a message from someone on your contacts list, Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know what Babylon Toolbar is?

Babylon Toolbar can offer search engine and multilingual translation services; however, this is not all that the extension can bring, as the questionable browser plugin may also implement browser helper objects to collect information about your online sessions and can help schemers to flood your PC with deceptive advertisements. Read the rest of this entry »

With the help of a highly successful journalist Mat Honan, now it is clear that Apple’s iCloud is not as safe as everyone thought, and the question of other cloud services security has been raised. The scandal started with a thorough analysis from the journalist, who reported personal, digital data breaching events that were recorded on the evening of August 3rd, 2012. That particular night, Mat Honan, who currently works for Wired, found out that his iPhone, MacBook and iPad gadgets, as well as Twitter and Gmail accounts were hacked by cyber criminals, using security vulnerabilities connecting Amazon and Apple ID accounts. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever since removable devices became highly popular within the computer users’ community, cyber criminals have implemented this highly useful implementation for malignant intentions. Malware spread via removables reached the peak in 2008, when, according to elsevier.nl, 25% of worms were infiltrated into operating systems via USB drives. Despite the fact that this was recorded four years ago, industry specialists are warning the public to be highly careful when using removable devices, as malware counts are getting higher, and schemers are starting to remember their old tricks. Read the rest of this entry »

Cyber crooks are well known for their changing strategies and abilities to use different opportunities to gather profits, utilizing deceptive and highly treacherous scams to reach the goal of fooling thousands of unaware people online. The most recent window of opportunity to embezzle money out of their hands is the London Olympic Games, and even though scams, revolving around this international sports event, have started emerging months ago, the peak of highly criminal activity was recorded just a few weeks before the Opening Night. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook reported @facebook.com email service development in November of 2010; however, the social networking site did not warn its users about the changes that were made in the end of June of 2012, and now all 900 million of Facebook’s users are being forced to expose their email accounts without any of their approval or authorization. Read the rest of this entry »

With 55 thousand pieces of malware  counted every single day, governments and corporations have been focusing their attention on this growing issue, and ways to deal with it. One of the major steps towards the fight against cybercrime has been made in the end of 2011 by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Read the rest of this entry »

It may seem that Security Shield Pro, Smart Fortress 2012 or even Live Security Platinum, have had plenty of opportunities to tamper with personal data and gather enough money that would suffice few cyber criminals’ lives. However, the story is on a reverse and Windows users remain vulnerable to the vicious WinWebSec family and its devious infections, which have been affecting systems all over the world. Live Security Platinum, the newest instrument in cyber criminals’ hands, Read the rest of this entry »