Category | Security

Another Phishing mail pretending to be from PayPal

Posted on 13 December 2007

The following is the text of an another spoof email I got a couple of days ago.
Dear PayPal Customer,
We are contacting you to remind you that on December 6, 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.
In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and to ensure that your account [...]

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Kardphisher - Fakes Windows activation to steal your credit card info

Posted on 03 July 2007

Kardphisher is a trojan that mimics the Microsoft Windows activation interface and is aimed at stealing your credit card information. In a sense, it’s a standalone phishing program.

Here is what Kardphisher does if your system gets infected.
The first time you reboot after getting infected, Kardphisher asks you to reactivate your copy of Windows, citing piracy [...]

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Tiny Radio tags to provide counterfeit protection

Posted on 27 June 2007

The diamond ring of the future will radiate its unique beauty quite literally thanks to a minuscule radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in it.
Scientists at Hitachi Research Labs in Japan have devised the smallest RFID tag ever, just 0.05 millimeter by 0.05 millimeter, tinier than a grain of sand.
The so-called powder chip is thin enough [...]

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Pharming - Redirecting website traffic to bogus sites

Posted on 22 June 2007

Most of you would have heard about Phishing. But have you heard about Pharming?
Pharming is just another example of how hackers try to manipulate computer users via the Internet.
Basically, pharming is the act of redirecting a website’s traffic to another, bogus Web site, without them ever knowing it happened. When you want to visit a [...]

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Lost your Windows password? Here’s what you can do to get around.

Posted on 12 June 2007

Due to the security features built into Windows XP, it is virtually impossible to get back into the system without the password.
You have several options to try and get around this problem.
If you have access to another user account with administrator rights, you can use that account to change the password of the account that [...]

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Viruses, Worms & Trojan Horses - What’s the difference?

Posted on 12 June 2007

Whenever our computer behaves strangely, the first thing that we suspect is that a virus has infected our PC. If your computer is connected to the Internet then most probably your suspicion will turn out to be true.
But virus is just one of the forms of intrusion. Computer intrusions can take several forms, including viruses, [...]

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Messenger Service annoyances and how to get rid of it

Posted on 07 June 2007

The Messenger Service is built into all versions and variants of Windows NT, which includes NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP but is not included in Windows 95, 98 and ME.
The Messenger Service is not be confused with the Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger which are basically IM clients.
The legitimate use of Messenger service [...]

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