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WordPresz.org - Fake WordPress Site

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Just found out from Weblog Tools Collection about a certain website with the name WordPresz.org that pretended to be WordPress.org and tried to release a backdoored (trojanised) version of WordPress to unsuspecting users who are still using older versions of the popular blogging platform. Blogger Craig Murphy was the first to report about this issue [...]

Blogger.com Hijacked by Scammers

Sunday, March 18, 2007

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Be careful with what blogs you visit. Google’s Blogger.com is reportedly being hijacked by scammers to spread malware through fake blogs. Security experts are calling this the “fake blog scam”. Blog hopping or surfing hasn’t been this dangerous. Scammers are creating what would seem as a normal-looking blogs with ordinary topics like “Star Wars, school, [...]

Spread Love not Viruses

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

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The title may be misleading. This post is about computer viruses. In some parts of the world, people are already celebrating Valentine’s Day. During this special day, married couples and sweethearts are not the only ones who are busy. Spammers and malicious programmers are also busy spreading spam emails, viruses and trojans. Remember the famous “I [...]