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Notorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Links in direct messages on Twitter and e-mail notifications about direct messages will be filtered in an attempt to stop phishing attacks.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Site investigates malware delivered via ads on its site in a fake antivirus attack similar to that on the Drudge Report site.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

FTC complaint alleged that LifeLock made false claims for adequately protecting customers from identity fraud and data theft.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

HTC mobile device running Android was distributed by Vodafone with a botnet program on it, as well as Conficker and a password-stealing Trojan, Panda Labs says.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

New vulnerability in Windows and Office could allow an attacker to take control of IE 6 and IE 7 systems, software maker says.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Drudge says a Senate committee has falsely accused the conservative news aggregation site of spreading malware, but a CNET reader says it's true.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

The battery maker says it doesn't know how the Trojan got into the software it offered via download for Windows-based computers.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Two IT employees at Lower Merion School District have been put on administrative leave while alleged misuse of Webcams in student laptops is investigated.

Originally posted at Safe and Secure

roundup Everyone who's got cybersecurity on the brain--politicians, Web giants, and security vendors alike--are descending on RSA this week.

Microsoft will have a relatively light Patch Tuesday next week, fixing eight holes with two bulletins, but a fix for a zero-day VBScript vulnerability is still pending.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

In a highly visual, hands-on display at RSA, the security firm shows tools and methods used for cybercrime and identity fraud.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Stealthy thieves rob a Best Buy in New Jersey "Mission Impossible" style, making off with $26,000 in Apple laptops.

The study, funded by Microsoft, concludes that Microsoft's browser bests competitors in blocking socially engineered malware attacks.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

McAfee's analysis of Perforce software, which is used to house source code, finds numerous security weaknesses.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

New report finds that it can cost tens of thousands of dollars if someone uses your identity or insurance coverage to pay for medical treatment.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

The so-called Mariposa botnet was made up of about 12.7 million PCs infected with worm that stole data and spread via USB drives, MSN Messenger, and P2P networking.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Under Scott Charney's plan, ISPs would keep infected PCs off the Internet, much like doctors quarantine sick people and governments restrict smoking in public areas.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Microsoft's Scott Charney says company's identity management system can give consumers the power to control where their data ends up.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Court strikes down law that required data from phone calls and e-mail to be retained by service providers for six months for use by law enforcement officials.

Originally posted at News - Politics and Law