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New type of malware: website links (the links themselves, not the websites they lead to)

Ashraf September 2, 2012 8
New type of malware: website links (the links themselves, not the websites they lead to)

We all know what URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) are; put in popular jargon, a URL is the address to a web page. URIs (Uniform Resource Identifier) are similar to URLs but are one level above; URIs point to a resource and are [...]

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Be careful of trojan disguised as e-mail from Facebook

Ashraf September 2, 2012 8

You get an e-mail that looks like it is from Facebook. The e-mail says you have been tagged in a photo by a friend and the photo is attached to the e-mail. You open the attachment and BAM you are infected by a trojan known as Troj/Agent-XNN. Or at least [...]

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