Zombie blondes invade Facebook with fake profiles

Apple releases Flashback malware removal tool

Android malware posing as 'Angry Birds Space'

Mac infection rate down, says security firm

Apple issues second anti-malware patch

Watch out for 'Hunger Games' malware

Beware malware networks in search engines

FBI warns of email with bin Laden 'death' video

The FBI is warning computer users against unsolicited emails purporting to show photos or videos of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Charlie Sheen malware could mean not 'winning'

Charlie Sheen's everywhere this week, but the one place you don't want him is in your computer. Cyber criminals and mischief-makers, realizing the actor is getting lots of online clicks as he's featured on websites, videos and even on Twitter and , may try to lure you to click on a search engine website link that could prove to be dangerous."Knowing that millions of people are searching for Charlie Sheen’s most recent video rampage, the bad guys are using the search term 'Charlie Sheen' to game the search results through search engine optimization poisoning," said a spokesman for , a software security firm.

Malware infects more than 50 Android apps

Android users beware: more than 50 apps in the official Android Market have been discovered containing malware that could have compromised sensitive and personal data. While Google has already yanked the apps from the Market, this first big infection highlights the inherent vulnerability of Android's openness to developers.

Cameron Diaz 'most dangerous' celeb search name

What — Brad Pitt makes the list, but not Robert Pattinson? And Cameron Diaz rules it, but there's no Kristen Stewart anywhere to be found? The "list" is McAfee's fourth annual compilation of the "Most dangerous celebrities to search for" on the Internet.

Facebook phishing attack sought passwords

A Facebook e-mail phishing scheme was discovered early Thursday among users of the popular social networking site who may have inadvertently clicked on a fraudulent Web link included in a Facebook message to them.

ConsumerMan: Beware of cute e-cards

Your “secret admirer” just sent you an electronic Valentine’s Day card and you can’t wait to find out who it’s from. Think twice before you do that. Your computer could wind up with a digitally transmitted disease.

Criminals try to "copyright" malware

Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting — with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.

Mobile Malware is no longer in theory but has become a real world security issue to be dealt with. 6 things have proved the impact of Mobile security breach.

The Avast people note that those alternative sites for buying apps may want more from you than your patronage. You're tricked into downloading malware instead of Android apps. "So what is the lesson? Never trust weird looking alternative markets and always check the app permiss …

HELSINKI, Finland, May 4 (UPI) -- Syria is spying on activists by using malware to infect computers using the Skype Internet communication software, a Finnish security solutions company says.

The Internet, it seems, is always full of surprises. According to a report released on April 30 by security software firm Symantec, religious and ideological websites are riskier to visit than adult and pornographic websites.

Summary: Eugene Kaspersky believes Apple Mac OS X is 10 years behind Microsoft Windows in terms of security. He argues Cupertino will have to go through the security overhaul that Redmond once did.

Oracle released Java SE 7 Update 4 this week, which finally gives Mac owners the means to receive critical Java security patches at the same time they're available for users of Windows and Linux operating systems. The new release means that OS X should be receiving regular …

Receiving spam is never fun. Not only does it clog email inboxes, but it's also an easy way for cybercriminals to plant malware on your computer or trick you into handing over some of your private data. A recent report released by Internet security firm Sophos reveals  …

One in five Apple Mac computers is spreading malware to Windows PCs, according to a new study from security firm Sophos.

Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports. The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal computer systems at Iran's oil ministry and its national oil company. Equipment on the Kharg island and at ot …

Russian AV firm says rivals got the numbers wrong, botnet still controls 650,000 Macs.

 I haven’t met a single Mac pundit who ever dismissed Mac security issues or the potential for malware, or who thought their Mac ‘immune’. From Gruber, to Macworld, to TidBITS, and even The Macalope (a close personal friend when h …

Hot on the heels of the antivirus firms targeting Flashback, Apple has released another Java update meant to identify and remove any infections of the malware. The company posted the update on Thursday afternoon both to its website and Software Update, making it the third  …

Apple is working on a tool to detect and remove a computer virus that has taken control of hundreds of thousands of Mac computers worldwide, but faces criticism for its apparently slow response to the threat.

Why Mac users tend to ignore the advice of PC Pundits: A history lesson.

It's being reported that over 600,000 Macs are now infected by the Flashback trojan, a "drive by" piece of Malware that doesn't need administrator privileges or even a password prompt to successfully latch on.

We’ve entered a new era in Mac security, but there’s no need to panic. . . . Flashback is the name for a malicious software program discovered in September 2011 that tried to trick users into installing it by masquerading as an installer for Adobe Fl …

So you're a Mac user who has heard that more than half a million Macs have been infected by the recent Flashback malware. When the news began to spread about how the malware took advantage of a previously unpatched Java vulnerability on the Mac, the the horror stories began pou …

Variations of the Flashback trojan have reportedly infected more than half a million Macs around the globe, according to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web. The company made an announcement on Wednesday—first in Russian and later in English—about the growing Mac bo …

Flashback, a Mac Trojan horse that's been in the public eye since it was uncovered by security firm Intego last year, has a new trick up its sleeve: It can now infect your computer from little more than a visit to a website. Originally, Flashback masqueraded as an installer fo …

A notorious malware campaign that infected hundreds of computers in Japan and India has been linked back to a former graduate student at a Chinese university — a rare instance in which a name and face is able to be attached to the dark underground world of Chinese hackers …

Ukrainian authorities have shut down a long-running forum that was used to trade tips on writing malicious software, a sign the country's law enforcement may be watching hackers more closely. Administrators for the forum, VX Heavens, wrote that its servers were seized on March …

What do Blue Buffalo Dog Food and nasty computer viruses have to do with one another? Before today, I would have answered, “Nothing.” But from one of the dog food review sites flagged as “safe” by both McAfee and PC Tools, my computer picked up what is r …

Patroling the Information Super Highway...

   Throughout the existence of organized society people have always strove to invent new and better ways for us to interact, learn, and communicate. The day after this began there had to be someone trying to figure out a way to maliciously alter these leaps to pervert i …

Lurking amid the flood of games, tax guides and other mobile applications being downloaded onto mobile devices using Google’s popular Android software is a fast-growing array of apps that can slap the gadget’s owner with unanticipated fees, rifle their bank accounts a …

Forget about a horse: Cybercriminals have found a much more appealing front for their latest Mac-specific Trojan — a sexy swimsuit supermodel.

A hard-to-detect piece of malware that doesn't create any files on the affected systems was dropped onto the computers of visitors to popular news sites in Russia in a drive-by download attack, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab. Drive-by downl …