Fanatic iPhone users should already have heard of this by now. Charlie Miller who is an iPhone Hacker released details about the first ever iPhone virus in the world of telecommunications. In summary, Miller and his team discovered a security vulnerability in the iPhone SMS messaging system and reported it to the Apple dev team to fix it up. Unfortunately, Apple has not uploaded a patch yet for this security vulnerability. Miller and cybersecurity expert, Collin Mulliner, will both be revealing more information about the SMS exploit at the Blackhat Cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas.
Is this iPhone virus a real threat?
The unique thing about this iPhone Virus is that it does not require the user to download any file, it…
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Yes, its one of those ‘we can help you find who is looking at your profile page’ applications again, except this time its Twitter. If you are paranoid about knowing who is viewing your twitter profile and such then you may have come across an application called TwitViewer already.
This Twitter app claims to help you find who’s “stalking” you on Twitter but actually, it is just tricking you. Twitviewer actually steals your login credentials when you submit your account details to them. You can say it is effectively an online spyware. Once Twitviewer has compromised your Twitter account, it will start sending notifications to all your Twitter pals to entice them into giving away their login credentials.
It is recommended that…
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When it comes to email hosting services, there is nothing worse or more annoying than receiving countless number of junk mails (aka spam) everyday. In this article we will examine how you end up getting so many junk mails and a number of preventive measures which you can take to stop receiving spam emails.
So what is a spam mail? Spam can be seen as a form of electronic messaging abuse, when people unethically send messages in bulk to an audience which never approved of such spam mails in the first place. Nowadays, the first thing which comes up to your mind when think of spam is one of the following topics: Money reclaims from banks, ‘personal’ emails from famous figures…
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Recently, I have noticed that many of my friends had a Stalker Check Facebook Application appearing on their Facebook Home Feed. Stalker Check is a new Facebook application that lets you see who has been interacting with your Facebook Profile. If you fear that your friend has detected you as a regular stalker on their Facebook page then you do not have to worry. First off, it is against Facebook Policy for any Facebook application to help you detect who has been visiting your Facebook page. If they removed this policy then I am sure the popularity of Facebook would be in decline right now, just like Xanga a few years ago.
To confirm this, I have tried out the application…
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Users of twitter should beware as the next line of viruses hit the Twitter Network. This time, the virus which is known as ‘Koobface’ utilizes infected twitter accounts and post updates which leads other twitterers to a bogus website. The Koobface Virus is nothing new. It has already hit the likes of other social networks such as Myspace and the almighty Facebook.
When a twitterer clicks on a Koobface link like above, they are taken to a bogus video website. If the user clicks the play button of any video then this starts the virus mechanism. Once the user is infected, they utilize their twitter account to spread the link to more twitterers across the network. If you were recently suspended…
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