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Social Networks & Social Engineering – Twitter Round 2
Continuing on from Round 1, I decided to take a step further and show you exactly how susceptible you are to a socially engineered infection through Twitter. Actually it’s more an attack through TinyURL.com, but since Twitter automatically converts URLs … Continue reading
Social Networks & Social Engineering – Twitter Round 1
My first review will be Twitter. I selected Twitter because it’s widely used and even easier for social engineering than some of the others. First a little background on Twitter. Many people categorize Twitter as a “micro” blog. This means … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networks
Tagged bit.ly, cyber attacks, cyber threats, cybercriminal, cybersecurity, evading detection, Facebook, get-shorty, hacker, hackers, infected webpage, infected website, infectious websites, malicious code, malware, snipurl, social engineering, tinyurl, Twitter
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Social Networks & Social Engineering – What a Pair
When we started this service we knew that one of our main goals was to “get the word out” on how websites have been in the line of fire for cybercriminals. We published a report, “How Cybercriminals Use Your Website … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networks
Tagged anti-virus, cyber attacks, cybercriminal, Facebook, fastpitch, Frank Kern, hacker, hackers, infected webpage, infected website, infectious websites, Jeff Walker, linkedin, malicious code, malware, myspace, security threats, social engineering, trojan, Twitter, Yanik Silver
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Is the Internet worth it?
I know I’ll be accused of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) with this post but here goes. The whole world knows the Internet is used for building businesses. Some businesses rely solely on the Internet – they simply wouldn’t exist without … Continue reading
Posted in Current Event Attacks
Tagged Add new tag, anti-virus, CMS, computer security, cyber attacks, cyber threats, cybercriminals, cybersecurity, hacker, inauguration, infectious websites, malware, malware strategies, Obama, security threats, social engineering, trojan, virus, vulnerabilities, worm, www.businessweek.com, www.cbs.com, www.mlb.com
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