400 million new variants of malware created in a year

Symantec provide overview and analysis of the year in global threat activity via its Internet Security Threat Report ISTR, with a exclusive details that 400 million new variants of malware were created in 2011, which is an average of 33 million new variants of malware a month, or an average of on...

Facebook Spam Tries to Phish Credentials

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to...