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Yahoo has confirmed that their advertising servers had been hijacked allowing malware to be distributed to hundreds of thousands of users.

A Warez group has been exposed for collecting information on pirates who downloaded cracked software they released.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified a malware author as one of its most wanted, and is offering a reward up to $50,000 for information.

According to the latest F-Secure report, mobile malware threat families rose 26 percent quarter-over-quarter, to 259.

Mobile device users continue to leave their phones and tablets unprotected from malware.

Surprises all around

An Algerian man accused of developing, marketing, distributing and controlling the SpyEye malware has been extradited to the United States.

Lookout, the popular security suite for Android devices has announced the discovery of BadNews, a malware family that has affected many downloaders

European police group Europol has dismantled a cybercrime group profiting from ransomware in several EU countries, holding 11 people.

Rates dropped from 2011, however

German authorities are warning about a ransomware virus that accuses the computer owner of viewing child pornography in order to extort money.

An Estonian man has pleaded guilty in a New York court to charges related to the DNS Changer malware and advertising scams.

Earlier today, Google was forced to block TwitPic temporarily, causing issues for Twitter fans who were using Chrome to try to access some of ......

Security firm McAfee Labs has released their annual "Threat Predictions" report this week, giving some insight into the malware world into 2013.
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A man who infected thousands of Android phones with malware and scammed the owners out of money using premium SMS, has been arrested.

According to McAfee, actress Emma Watson is the most dangerous celebrity to search for online, if you hope to avoid malware.
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Google has purchased the browser-based URL scanner VirusTotal for an undisclosed amount.
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July 9 is the deadline to clean-up malware that alters the DNS settings on PCs, Macs and Routers, with potentially hundreds of thousands still affected.

Peddlers of malware for Android are copying the same tactics to scam users as have been widely seen on Windows PCs.

Symantec details malware that uses fake app websites in order to charge for apps that users get for free on Google Play.
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