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Jay Leno Tops List of Most Dangerous Hollywood Celebrities in Cyberspace
Published on 13 Jul, 2011 at 15:48 in Cyber | Viewed 54 times | No Comments
What do Jay Leno, Madonna and Cameron Diaz have in common, besides celebrity? According to new research, they are the most frequently spammed-about personalities.
Analysis of 25 million spam messages by Internet security solutions provider BitDefender revealed that cyber crooks most commonly use Jay Leno, Madonna and Cameron Diaz to spread spam. Barack Obama and Stephen King also make the dubious honor of placing in the top 10.
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Angelina Jolie Used by Scammers to Distribute Malware
Published on 2 Aug, 2010 at 9:55 in Cloud | Viewed 73 times | No Comments
Cyber criminals, who are always quick to latch onto the latest trend to disseminate spam, have taken to using the launch of Angelina Jolie’s new film, Salt. The criminals are placing infected QuickTime files on file-sharing sites purporting to be related to the new movie.
Users who attempt to download the files receive a prompt to download “update codecs,” which are actually Trojan infected files. The trap appears…
