Facebook has announced the expansion of its AV Marketplace to add seven partners to its growing list of security companies.
Users of the world’s largest social network will now be able to download software from avast!, AVG, Avira, Kaspersky, Panda, Total Defense, and Webroot.
Facebook has previously teamed with other anti-virus makers such Microsoft, McAfee, Norton, TrendMicro, and Sophos – all of which will start providing AV software for users’ mobile devices.
Less than six months ago, …

Google analysis has revealed that websites dedicated to attack other sites by malware distribution are gaining ground once again.
A Google Safe Browsing service analysis, which collects around five years’ worth of information,  unveiled on the company’s online security blog that dedicated attack websites are making a comeback after figures declined last year.
Based on the report, the malicious websites avert detection by Google’s Safe Browsing service through the adoption of several …

David Jacoby, senior security researcher for Kaspersky Labs, wrote a blog post today warning of a new Facebook phishing attack now spreading that first steals your Facebook credentials, then goes after your credit card and other financial information.
 
Kaspersky, an international IT security company with a presence in over 100 countries and one of the top four leading vendors for endpoint security, has for 14 years been protecting individual users and companies from digital security …

Mobile phones are one of the most liked gadgets of phishers to accomplish their illegal activities, reports PCWorld. The findings are based on a research completed at University of California, Berkeley.
The researchers in their study focused on different applications written for Android and the iPhone. Researchers then thought about various methods and malicious codes that phishers can use to get access to the user name and password of a user on social networking sites.
The study found that …

Microsoft has said that cons are alarmingly rising in the social networking world as cyber criminals become more sophisticated in their methods.

In a blog pot on Microsoft’s Technet site, Microsoft Malware Protection Center General Manager Vinny Gullotto said that, “Phishing using social networking as the lure increased 1,200 percent – from a low of 8.3 percent of all phishing in January to a high of 84.5 percent in December 2010.”
According to Gullotto, online gaming sites-targeted …