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Image via Wikipedia Tahun 2011 sudah di depan mata. Berbicara mengenai serangan cyber, apa kira-kira yang menjadi target para penjahat cyber di tahun 2011? Vendor keamanan McAfee merilis sasaran utama serangan cyber, mulai dari produk-produk Apple hingga sejumlah layanan gratis yang makin digandrungi. Simak lebih lanjut daftar tersebut agar Anda lebih berhati-hati. 1.  URL-shortening service Layanan penyingkat URL atau  URL-shortening service  makin banyak digunakan dengan situs seperti Twitter yang menjadi pendongkraknya. Layanan yang mampu meringkas alamat situs seperti bit.ly dan TinyURL ini ternyata mengeluarkan 3.000 URL setiap menitnya, demikian menurut McAfee Lab. Maka tak mengherankan jika layanan ini menjadi sasaran empuk kriminal cyber. Diprediksi, mereka akan memanfaatkan layanan tersebut untuk menyuntikkan spam,  scam  (penipuan online) dan program jahat lainnya. 2. Layanan  Geolocation Bagi Anda yang gemar memakai Foursquare, sebaiknya berha...

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc. If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a program that steals passwords, McAfee said on Wednesday. Hackers have long targeted Facebook users, sending them tainted messages via the social networking company's own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software.

Facebook has responded to a an apparently massive attempt to steal passwords from its users. "There's another spoofed email going around that claims to be from Facebook and asks you to open an attachment to receive a new password," read a post on the Facebook Security page. "This email is fake. Delete it from your inbox, and warn your friends." Facebook will never send users a new password in an attachment, the post says.

Adobe Reader and Flash will surpass Microsoft Office applications as favorite targets of cybercriminals, a security vendor predicted Tuesday. In unveiling its 2010 Threat Predictions report, McAfee said the growing popularity of the Adobe products has attracted the attention of cybercriminals, who have been increasingly targeting the applications. Adobe Reader and Flash are two of the most widely deployed applications in the world. As a result of Adobe's success in client software, McAfee Labs believes "Adobe product exploitation will likely surpass that of Microsoft Office applications in 2010."