‘Angry Birds’ Website Hacked

Considered as the most rampant and popular game, Angry Birds became the latest lure used by hackers to circulate malware.

Needless to say online success attracts online hackers as well. A famous website selling “Angry Birds” gets hacked and loaded with malware, as per the reports by MALWARECITY.COM.

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HTC Data Logging Vulnerability

It's not been a good year for Android security, with malware on the rise, and potential security holes flowing thick and fast.

So when it is further announced that HTC has updated some of its devices with data logging capabilities, and that just about any app can get access to this data, one has to wonder if everyone is taking data security seriously.

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Facebook Scam related to the death of Amy Winehouse

There is a new battle in the fight against spam, that is eerily similar to previous title bouts. Today's round is dedicated to the death of Amy Winehouse. Spammers catch on to the latest trends in news and gossip to make their links extra enticing for people! This Facebook link scam states that if you click, you will see video of Amy Winehouse on crack right before she died. "Amy Winehouse is dead!! Leaked Video!!" is the message you will see.
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Crimeware Targets SME/SMB Sector

Crimeware, malware and hacking that targets financial details to steal money from unsuspecting users accounts and credit cards, is not all just about high profile targets that hit the headlines. The thieves have a new target in site: Small businesses. When you think about it, that makes sense from a perpetrators persp
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Washington Post Job Site Hacked

The Washington Post has disclosed that their job site was hacked during 27th and 28th of June and that only limited data, including some email addresses and user IDs were harvested. No user passwords or other personal information was accessed. The Washington Post is now working with law enforcement agencies to try to find those responsible. The vulnerability (undisclosed) has since been identified and closed down. Users of the Washington Post job site should be careful of unsolicited email (SPAM), particularly that which might purport to be from the job site, which might try to target users in phishing scams to get more details from the user.
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