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Nonprofit anti-malware organization StopBadware released of its new Best Practices for Reporting Badware URLs, which prescribe specific steps for reporting different types of badware URLs to the entities best able to directly address the threat those URLs pose. 
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Wi-Fi users in the U.S. are confident that they are taking the right steps to protect themselves when using Wi-Fi devices. In fact, 97 percent of Wi-Fi users recently surveyed by Wakefield Research for the Wi-Fi Alliance report they believe the data on their devices and networks is "safe and secure."
However, when asked about which of several recommended steps they have actually taken to protect their Wi-Fi networks or devices, respondents received an overall score of 66 percent, revealing that in practice, users were actually not as safe as they could be.
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Most people already know what QR codes are: a new type of "barcode" that can be used for a variety of purposes - tracking, ticketing, labeling of products, and many more.
They can also be used for storing URLs, allowing users to scan them with their smartphones and be immediately directed to the URL in question on their device's browser - an ability that researcher Augusto Peryra recently claimed will be soon misused by cyber criminals to direct users to malware.
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Malware peddlers are known for using news of unfolding events as lures to trick curious users into clicking on an offered malicious link. This practice is most often seen on Twitter, which is used by many to keep tabs on the latest happenings in the world.
One of the latest examples of this approach has taken advantage of the users' interest in news from the latest Virus Bulletin Conference that took place last week in Barcelona.
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Critical vulnerabilities exist in Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 and earlier versions. These two buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-2443) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
An attacker would need to convince a user to open a malicious binary .grd or .abr file to successfully exploit the issue.
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Facebook and Websense announced a technology integration partnership that helps to protect Facebook users from links that lead to malware and malicious sites.
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