Trojan Poses as Fake Google Chrome Extension
As more and more people are using Google Chrome and its functionalities to browse the net and to organize information, cybercriminals are setting their minds on exploiting this environment to spread malware and steal users’ information. The story is simple: Google Chrome users receive an unsolicited e-mail which announces that a new extension of their [...]
Opera browser gets to iPhone
Apple Inc has accepted distribution of Opera Software’s Internet browser for its iPhone after a long review, opening a new and potentially lucrative market it has so far closely guarded. There are numerous versions of Apple’s own browser on App Store, but Norway-based Opera is the first rival to get access to iPhone. Opera applied [...]
Live.com is now…Windows Live Home
If you visit www.live.com today, you will no longer be redirected to Bing.com, but instead you’ll be taken directly to Windows Live Home. No surprises there as Windows Live Home finally takes its rightful place. Although do remember that Windows Live Home is due for a major revamp coming up in Wave 4, and it [...]
‘Mind-reading’ brain-scan software showcased in NY
Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers — now some computers can do it, too. Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp., which drew back the curtain on a number of projects that [...]
French hacker arrested for targeting Obama’s Twitter
A 25-year-old Frenchman has been arrested for trying to gain access to President Barack Obama’s official Twitter account, as well as other notable public figures. The man, whose name wasn’t released, is unemployed but obviously has some technical skill up his sleeve. French police official Captain Adeline Champagnat said the suspect was able to retrieve [...]
Microsoft Internet Explorer Loses Market Share in Europe
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets, such as France, Britain and Italy, after the U.S. software firm started to make it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers. Microsoft’s pledge to allow easier access to rival browsers in Windows by the middle of May, ended a long antitrust dispute [...]
Antivirus paralyzes Computer
last week there have been a lot of reports from the users of an antivirus program called BitDefender. The owners of this program could not start their PC if they were running 64-bit version of Windows. The experts have concluded that the cause has been in the recent update, that made the program think that [...]
Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam Run
Facebook‘s 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data. Over the last two days, millions of messages have been sent. The messages appear to come from Facebook, with a return address that looks legitimate but has been spoofed, [...]
Email scam targets Facebook users
Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords. Some users of the world’s most popular social networking site were receiving emails that appeared to be from Facebook informing them their Facebook password had been reset and to click on an attachment to retrieve it. The attachment is [...]
Huge ‘botnet’ amputated, but criminals reconnect
The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control. But the victory was short-lived. Less than a day after a service known as “AS Troyak” was [...]