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HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has joined 18 other state attorneys general in a new online safety campaign with the popular social networking site, Facebook. The initiative, which was formally unveiled at the National Association of Attorneys General’s Presidential Summit on “Privacy in the Digital Age,” provides teenagers and parents with [...]

The Department Of Homeland Security issued a statement advising Internet users to disable Java. Since the initial release, DHS has updated the advisory: Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java 7 (1.7, 1.7.0) including Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) Java SE Development Kit (JDK 7) Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE 7) OpenJDK [...]

NBC.com was hacked and malicious code was placed on the homepage that looks for exploits on your browser (through plug-ins such as Adobe Acrobat and Java, as well as, iframe script.) When browsing the web, users should take care in viewing pages with exploitable code. The hack known as Citadel is downloaded onto a victim’s [...]

Facebook was hacked last month; however, they did not notify users for a month. Why? Here is what Facebook says: Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target [...]

The IC3 continues to receive complaints reporting telephone calls from individuals claiming to be with Tech Support from a well-known software company. The callers have very strong accents and use common names such as “Adam” or “Bill.” Callers report the user’s computer is sending error messages, and a virus has been detected. In order to [...]

A new extortion technique is being deployed by cyber-criminals using the Citadel malware platform to deliver Reveton ransomware. The latest version of the ransomware uses the name of the Internet Crime Complaint Center to frighten victims into sending money to the perpetrators. In addition to instilling a fear of prosecution, this version of the malware [...]

There is a Facebook phishing scam circulating via email. The email looks as show below; however, the link doesn’t really take you to Facebook. Example: From: “Facebook.Team” F28991E87@borgesglass.com To: myemail@domain.com Subject: Account activation Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:04:41 -1200 List-Unsubscribe: mailto:1B337AA6C3EE4D64226F@shabri.org Hi id, Your account has been blocked due to suspicious activity. To re-activate [...]

The IC3 has been made aware of various malware attacking Android operating systems for mobile devices. Some of the latest known versions of this type of malware are Loozfon and FinFisher. Loozfon is an information-stealing piece of malware. Criminals use different variants to lure the victims. One version is a work-at-home opportunity that promises a [...]

Malware is malicious software that a user unwittingly installs on their computer. Malware can disrupt computer operations, capture every keystroke, destroy data, gather usernames and passwords, acquire your address book and email addresses, or gain access to private networks. “McAfee has announced, in its quarterly threats report, that it has identified 8 million new kinds [...]

Fandalism is a website that claims to be for musicians; however, MUSICIAN BEWARE! Fandaslim chooses to violate your, and your friends, privacy. You are not doing yourself, nor your friends, any favor by utilizing this privacy violation and security risk. This is how a typical Fandalism Facebook Application attempts to phish for you and your [...]