Social sites such as Facebook and MySpace are a big hit nowadays; not just with the young generation but with people of all ages. It’s an amazing platform for people to connect but it certainly isn’t without its dangers. As …

The worst part about going to a mega-conference like Virus Bulletin 2009 is the vast amount of stuff there to see and do, all the food that you overeat and the late nights you spend drinking too much beer with …

Microsoft has filed civil suits in King County Superior Court in Seattle against businesses believed to be responsible for placing advertising that hides malware – sometimes called “malvertising.” The court action was brought against: “Soft Solutions,” “Direct Ad,” “qiweroqw.com,” “ITmeter …

Scammers are using a fake Facebook page with a fake “Flash Player” update window to infect victims’ machines. Visiting various malicious sites results in: Clicking on the “update” installs Trojan-Downloader.Win32.CodecPack.2GCash.Gen that can then install a variety of stuff, none of …

TechCrunch sees phishing on Facebook, saying “I’m not sure what the bad guys want with a bunch of Facebook user account credentials, but phishing scams seem to be hitting the site Look at this clever phishing link TechCrunch posted: Then, …