Beware of Facebook's Jester Malware Warns Security Firm

Security software vendor Symantec has warned of a growing number of attacks on social networking platforms and mobile operating systems. In its annual Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, the company advises that cyber...

Security software vendor Sophos has said that the malware spreading Christmas tree application on social networking platform Facebook is a fake.Fake warnings about a Christmas tree app have been circulating on the platform,...

Users of social networking platform Facebook have been once again targeted by a sophisticated malware attack.  Security firm Sophos has come across a new method used by scammers to hijack users' profiles on the social...

Social networking giant Facebook has warned its users about a new password stealing scam that has hit the popular social network, involving users receiving a fake email asking them to reset their passwords.  According to the...

As many as 75,000 personal computers in around 2,500 organisations worldwide have fallen prey to a botnet based on a new variant of the infamous ZeUS Trojan, codenamed Kneber, it has been emerged. The botnet, which was unearthed...

PandaLabs, the anti-malware arm of Panda Security reckons it detected some 25 million new strains of malware during 2009, making it the outstanding trend of the last 12 months. To put that in context, the malware total for the...

Identity thieves and hackers striking Windows users on all fronts, as Russia rears its head higher in the Dirty Dozen league of spam-relaying nations. IT security and control firm Sophos has released the results of its...

Email-based attacks used to be the weapon of choice, but hackers have now shifted their attention to the web. Despite users becoming more computer-savvy and wising up to malicious emails, many have remained uneducated to the...