ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

Ebay users are once again targeted with fake notifications asking them to "confirm their identity".

"Dear eBay Community Member, You're signing in from a computer we're not familiar with," says the bogus message. "That's no problem, but we need to take a few moments just to make sure no one is trying to access your account without permission. Please log in to your account and complete the form on the next page.

===> Users are advised to remember that legitimate online services and companies are unlikely to ever ask them to divulge account, credit card or personal information, and usually don't embed links or attach files to emails for them to look at or review. <===

The development of a new botnet that will rely on a decentralized architecture based on P2P technology is nearing completion and will soon be offered for sale for a sum of $8000 on a number of underground hacking forums, reports The Hacker News.

Attackers are once again exploiting the public's tendency for not keeping its software updated and its ongoing interest about Iran and its nuclear program to infect users with a backdoor Trojan.