Hacked Info

For computer users who may be fretting over how to dislodge the latest malware from their PCs after the pop-up indicated that their systems may be infected, wait a moment! The “anti-virus check” that alerted you to download a software, could well be a malware itself. Shocked? Latest PandaLabs research reveals that this new business [...]

Apple, which always shrieks through the rooftop finding holes in Windows PCs’ security, has added animalware to its Mac OS X. The OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” is touted to come with inbuilt checks to catch malware specific to Mac. This Snow Leopard anti-malware system seems to be connected to the downloaded validation system used [...]

The uphill task of recovering your Facebook password
Social networking sites are the favorite haunt of online hackers and malware planters. These networking sites like Facebook, offer a veritable and large resource of accounts – over 250 million – that can be rigged. Hackers often use keyloggers and network sniffers to hack Facebook accounts.
Posts and messages [...]

If you are a regular on Twitter and follow other people’s tweets, look out for this one. There is a bug in the application programming interface (API) of Twitter which lets corrupt or malicious JavaScript code to tiptoe into your tweets. This means that your login account is not completely secure. Your account can be [...]

ScanSafe has recently revealed that over 56,000 websites are under malware attacks, and the number is rising by the day. Password robbers and backdoor Trojans are said to compose what is called the “malware cocktail”. This heady cocktail of viruses and malware is being sent across to millions of Windows users globally from the hacked [...]

Believe it or not, almost 12,000 laptops are lost by business travelers every week. This means that software, hardware and any kind of sensitive information that may be crucial for business could be in the hands of fraudsters.
To secure the user, there are alarms, laptop locks, stickers and labels that have been developed. Mere password [...]