Norton Scientific Reviews: Posts Tagged ‘norton scientific scam fraud warning reviews’

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Norton Scientific Reviews Scammers Valentine
Treat

• A global security company issued a scam warning
  against spam messages with catchy subject lines
  for Internet users this Valentines season.
• Users must be extra careful in opening messages
  in their email accounts especially during the
  holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to
  get their attention and steal their personal
  data.
• One such scam warning issued by an antivirus
  company describes email messages that invites
  users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for
  Valentines using an attached discount coupon
  from Groupon.
• Even though the proliferation of coupon services
  is not totally an illegal method, their
  popularity comes with the risk of being used in
  phishing attacks.

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• Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount
  of email messages asking people to enter their
  details on a bogus website one that looks very
  similar to the popular auction sites, social
  networking sites and online payment sites. They
  are designed to obtain personal details like
  passwords, credit card information, etc.....
• Norton Scientific Reviews Symantec source code
  leaked by hackers
• A group of hackers who call themselves the Lords
  of  Dharmaraja, (and is associated with
  Anonymous) have published the source code of
  Symantec, a digital security firm know for the
  Norton antivirus program and pcAnywhere, raising
  concerns that others could exploit the security
  holes and try to control the users computer.

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• The release of the source code came after the
  extortion attempt failed as Symantec did not
  comply with their numerous deadlines.
• Negotiations through email messages between a
  representative of the hacker group, YamaTough,
  and someone from Symantec were also released
  online. The exchange of messages are about
  Symantecs offer to pay USD 50,000 for the
  hackers to stop disclosing the source code and
  announce to the public that the whole Symantec
  hack was a fake, which made them a subject of
  mockery for appearing to buy protection.
• Both sides admitted that their participation was
  just a trick......