Fake Microsoft Updates pages Used in Attacks Targeting Firefox on Windows

Cyber criminals are now using fake Microsoft update website to launch fake Antivirus attack targeted at users of FireFox on Windows.  Chester Wisniewski, a Senior Security Advisor at Sophos Canada is warning of the new “distribution model” of a fake antivirus which attempts to fool customers into thinking they’re actually downloading and installing a security solution from Microsoft Update.  Cyber ...

Hacker Group Sets Nov 5, 2011 as Facebook Destruction Date

There are millions of people worldwide who use Facebook every day for uploading pictures, videos, and information about where they are, what they're doing, and how they're feeling. There is one group of people, however, who has decided to make a stand against the privacy, or lack thereof, that Facebook has given its millions of users. The matter of a user's privacy on websites like Facebook...

Hackers hit canadian news paper website and claim Quebec PM dead

Again a big hacking news and this time it came from Canada. This time hackers hacked the website of a prominent Canadian newspaper early on Tuesday and posted a false news item alleging Quebec Premier Jean Charest had died of a heart attack. This false entry was on the page for more than a hour and it was re tweeted by many users before deletion. But this false news was spreaded among thousands...

StumbleUpon overtaken facebook, accounts for half of all U.S. social media traffic on Web

According to report on StatCounter, StumbleUpon has beaten facebook and drive traffic to over 50% websites in U.S. StumbleUpon was rival in this field but lost market to facebook. As on the month August,  facebook has fallen down to 38% in US. Stumble upon has only 12 million users while facebook has more than 750 million users. This is really a great achievement for the company. But ...