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Are “Offerwalls” siphoning your personal information?

A relatively new development in app advertising has a concerning feature. It leeches much of the same information that many Android Trojans also steal. Through an app promotion campaign, a new feature called “offerwalls” are used by Pay Per Install (PPI) services to promise further adoption and revenue for app developers. But what is the …

Malicious QR Codes Pushing Android Malware

According to Wikipedia QR code is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. QR codes are becoming more and more popular today and are used in banners, magazines, transport and badges in order to provide quick and easy access to particular information. A QR code has a pretty …

F-Secure ShareSafe Beta For Facebook

Security applications and Facebook tend to mix together like oil and water.

Folks generally want to share when they’re online — and not to worry about security. Many people don’t use security tools if they prove to be too cumbersome.

Therefore, when attempting to develop a security application for Facebook… it had better not be …

Why you shouldn’t trust Google+ Verified Accounts

Google may have started to roll out verification badges for celebrities and public figures who have Google+ accounts. But, unfortunately, it’s not going to close the door to fraud on the fledgling social network.

The idea is to make it easier for members of the public to tell if they’re the person you’ve added to …

The Danger of Remote Widgets – Feedcat.net Sold and Now Distributing Malware

Do you like to add all types of “widgets” and cool badges to your site? Be careful which ones do you choose, or your site may get compromised. Be specially careful if the widget vendor sells the technology and doesn’t inform its users. Why, you may ask?

Recently, a popular widget site (feedcat) …

Avoiding Facebook phishing

The page below was flagged by Commtouch’s GlobalView URL Filtering as a phishing page yesterday.  While we admire the authentic look of the page, there are several pointers that give this away as a phishing site (genuine Facebook login page is provided at the bottom of the post for comparison).

The very idea …