Following the worldwide shutdown of the Mariposa botnet last week, Panda Security reported today that the massive botnet had infected 13 million computers in 190 countries and 31,901 cities.

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AVG Technologies unveiled the results of a research study which shows that – contrary to popular opinion – most malicious websites are hosted on US servers and not in other countries like China.

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Deep down inside, we all wish for a unique solution that will protect our machine or our network completely forever and ever, preferably one that can be activated with a simple flick of a switch and t...

In a bid to obstruct the phishing onslaught that has lately been targeting its users, Twitter has announced that it will rout the submitted direct messages through a new URL service called twt.tl, whe...

Losses due to credit and debit card fraud have fallen for the first time in 3 years, says the UK Cards Association, only to be supplanted by a rising incidence of phishing attacks aimed at stealing lo...

Trend Micro has seen a recent rise in average of around 300 unique ZeuS samples per day, according to a recent threat report that examines the Eastern European criminal enterprise behind one of the wo...

Barracuda Labs released its annual report for 2009, in which they highlight the shifts in Internet user behavior and the resulting attacker trends.

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Throughout 2009, Twitter experienced a...

Taking advantage of the Oscar fever, criminals have poisoned search results regarding the award ceremony. Entering "oscar winners live 2010" you get this:

TrendLabs reports that the majority on t...

After last month's mammoth Patch Tuesday release, administrators will be glad to know that this month Microsoft delivers only 2 bulletins that fix 8 vulnerabilities targeting Movie Maker and Office, a...

Rapidly approaching the point when retaliation against countries suspected of launching cyber attacks and engaging in cyber espionage will be ordered, the UK Government's security and counter-terroris...