Malware active on Facebook can drain your bank account

06 Jun, 2013, 1:33 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

If you never came across any information on 'Zeus' in the past, then you have a good reason now to educate yourself about this six-year old malicious More

Gayle is this season's 'Most Dangerous Cricketer' in Indian cyberspace: McAfee

28 May, 2013, 3:47 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

Christopher Henry Gayle, best known as Chris Gayle, is an exceptional batsman and we all know it. In the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), More

IP theft commission wants to use rootkits and malware to attack piracy

28 May, 2013, 1:45 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar General

The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property in its 89 page report talked about using malware or ransomware as it is also known, to catch and penalise pirates caught copying content... More

Music, lighting, vibration can trigger malware in mobile devices, say researchers

28 May, 2013, 11:24 am IST tech2 News Staff Science and Technology

Malware plaguing mobile devices are a growing concern, and some researchers have made an even worrying revelation. They have found that criminals may get down More

Almost all new mobile malware targets Android Phones

23 May, 2013, 1:43 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Science and Technology 1 Comments

According to a report, 99.9 percent of all the new malware that were detected in the first quarter of 2013 have been designed to prey on Android phones... More

Cyber experts fear escalation of attacks

19 May, 2013, 10:29 am IST Science and Technology

Cybersecurity professionals know a myriad of ways hackers can try to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure or infiltrate corporations to steal or spy... More

Malware targeting Facebook profiles on Chrome, Firefox detected

13 May, 2013, 8:09 am IST tech2 News Staff Science and Technology

Facebook users, especially those accessing the service on Chrome and Firefox browsers, here's something that you ought to take note of.  More

Malware on Google Play masquerades as font installing app

11 May, 2013, 11:38 am IST tech2 News Staff Apps

When a user installs the app on his phone, it looks like a harmless app that will let him install new fonts on his phone... More

32 apps on Google Play infected by BadNews malware

21 Apr, 2013, 2:20 pm IST Shunal Doke Android 4 Comments

Google removes apps found to have been infected by BadNews, which sends messages to premium charge text numbers. More

Controversial Facebook app update is part of a beta test

16 Mar, 2013, 11:38 am IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Yesterday it was reported that Facebook is bypassing Google Play in order to prompt users to update its app on Android devices to build 141046 and other More

Facebook bypasses Google Play to update Android app

15 Mar, 2013, 5:26 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking 1 Comments

Users of Facebook on Android devices the world over were in for a surprise today as the social networking app started prompting them to download an update... More

Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr on edge after customer support company gets hacked

22 Feb, 2013, 2:00 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

It seems that no big company is safe from cyber-criminals right now: a hack attack on customer support service company Zendesk may have exposed user data... More

McAfee issues tips for consumers to secure their devices

21 Dec, 2012, 6:05 pm IST tech2 News Staff Social Networking

In its official statement, McAfee is advising consumers to live their digital life more confidently by issuing tips to help consumers secure these devices... More

eScan Antivirus for Android Review

18 Dec, 2012, 5:43 pm IST Francis D'sa Social Networking 2 Comments

Antivirus for Android smartphones and tablets. More

Trend Micro detects malware posing as Trend Micro component

08 Dec, 2012, 1:33 pm IST tech2 News Staff Social Networking

In a rather worrying finding, Trend Micro has stated in a blog post that it has stumbled upon a Trojan that disguises itself as a Trend Micro component... More

Hong Kong riskiest nation for experiencing malware attacks: Sophos

05 Dec, 2012, 6:05 pm IST tech2 News Staff Social Networking

Hong Kong is the country you should head to if you want to experience a malware attack, as, according to Sophos' Security Threat Report 2013, it is the riskiest country... More

Norton Mobile Security for iOS released with improved user experience

30 Nov, 2012, 4:42 pm IST tech2 News Staff Social Networking 2 Comments

Today, Norton by Symantec released the latest version of its flagship mobile offering, Norton Mobile Security. More

Firefox Beta with IonMonkey available for desktop, Android

27 Nov, 2012, 12:54 pm IST tech2 News Staff Software

Mozilla, in an official blog post, confirmed yesterday that the new Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux is now available for download and testing. More

New malware detected by Trend Micro steals images

19 Nov, 2012, 3:31 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Software

In an official statement Trend Micro has elaborated on its latest find -- a malware that steals image files from all drives of an affected system and then sends them to a remote FTP server. More

New computer virus targets Venezuelans after vote

13 Oct, 2012, 9:42 am IST Software

The digital security company Kaspersky Lab says a newly detected computer virus aims to steal Venezuelans' online credentials... More