Website hacks are a part of a growing trend we’re starting to see with every passing day. If worrying about getting your personal information yanked from a website isn’t worrying enough, we also have to contend with the growing threat of malware on smartphones. As phones begin to function more like traditional personal computers, the likelihood of viruses and malware increases. Just recently, Google removed 10 apps from the Android Market that used Angry Birds to distribute malicious code.

There was a time when only personal computers could get malware. It reaches computers by piggy-backing onto programs that you think are legitimate. Since smartphones are becoming more like mini-PCs, they are becoming more vulnerable to attack. There is a Trojan going around right now called Geinimi that can attack your Android phone. It has the capability of stealing information on your phone before sending it to unauthorized servers.

Here’s another reason as to why you should consistently practice safe online gaming. Antivirus company Symantec has revealed that they’ve uncovered a staggering 44 million stolen gaming accounts. What’s even more surprising was that these accounts were being validated by a Trojan called Trojan.Loginck that was being distributed to infected computers.

According to Symantec’s blog, the server that housed these stolen accounts is part of a distributed password checker that targets Chinese gaming websites. The stolen info comes not only from logins of specific games, but also user login accounts from sites that host online games.

Take Two announced today that it has finally settled all consumer class action lawsuits pending in the US against the company and its subsidiary Rockstar Games regarding the controversial third party program called “Hot Coffee Modification” that unlocks a sex scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The lawsuit began when 85-year-old Florence Cohen who, more »