Plagued with what seems like constant attacks from hackers and spammers, Twitter has finally put a feature in place that blocks malicious URLs. However, the feature, which was introduced with little fanfare, is not exactly a rock solid defense. When someone posts a link that is malicious, they get an immediate notification from Twitter which more »

A new Twitter worm is taking aim at celebrity accounts. It hacks into profiles and sends fake status updates to the account’s followers. Researchers say Ashton Kutcher and Oprah may be among those infected. The worm is a new variant of the Mikeyy worm that hit over Easter weekend, compromising nearly 200 accounts and sending more »

Researchers have discovered a frightening new worm that targets routers and DSL/Cable modems rather than PCs themselves. Called psyb0t or Bluepill, it is believed to have come from Australia and is armed with over 6,000 common usernames and 13,0000 passwords for 55 popular routers and modems, including the two most popular brands, Netgear and Linksys. more »

Facebook users need to be very careful these days. The popular social networking site has been hit with a new wave of malware that pretends to be one of the thousands of third party apps available on the site. One of the most dangerous is the newest version of the Koobface worm, which turns the machines it infects into zombies and adds them to a botnet.

Another rogue program that made the rounds last week, causing havoc as it did so was an app called “Facebook-closing down!” which sent fake notifications to users saying one of their friends had reported them to Facebook for terms and services violations. Anyone who clicked on the link in the fake alert was directed to the app, which then sent the same fake alerts to all their friends. Since the fake alerts actually named the friend who allegedly did the reporting, a lot of drama and hurt feelings ensued.