F-Secure says Android malware is king, but are these reports just FUD? (updated)

Android malware has reached a new, dangerous high -- at least if you believe F-Secure.

ZeroAccess: A look at just how big a botnet can get

Sometimes it's hard to imagine just how contagious a botnet can be, and then sometimes you see them from space. Security researchers at F-Secure created this look at ZeroAccess botnet infections today, across the United States and the world.

Report suggests malware hits Iran atomic organization, blasts AC/DC at night

A purported Iran scientist working for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran e-mailed an SOS to F-Secure Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen this weekend, saying the AEOI was under a cyber attack.

Hypponen, who is well-regarded in the security community, …

Better safe than Siri: Security firm says Apple voice assistant is risky

Apple’s Siri feature may be good for some casual fun, but it’s bad for company security.

That’s according to F-Secure Vice President Maria Nordgren, who calls Apple’s iPhone and iPad voice assistant a major security liability for businesses, technology site …

Security researchers: Flame malware is a “nightmare scenario”

While security experts are still getting to the bottom of Flame‘s true capacities, recent findings suggest the malware is one of the most perplexing and complicated programs of its kind.

Flame is the name given to a particularly formidable bit …

Update your software! New Mac Flashback Trojan uses same vulnerability

Stop being lazy and run Software Update already, Mac users. Antivirus company Intego has identified a new form of the Flashback Trojan that is infecting Apple computers through the same Java vulnerability because you’re too “busy” to update your software.…

Apple updates Java again to clean up Mac Flashback Trojan

Apple released a second update to its form of Java today that will clean up “the most common variants” of the Flashback Trojan affecting Mac computers.

The Java update will not only clean up these variants, but will also disable …

F-Secure releases automated Mac tool to clean up the Flashback Trojan

Security company F-Secure released a tool today to automate the detection and clean-up of the Flashback Trojan. The virus has been infecting Mac computers, which are generally mistaken as impervious to viruses.

The tool can be downloaded from F-Secure’s website …

Apple releases Java update to protect Macs against Flashback trojan

As Apple grows, so will the number of viruses that can affect its systems. Today, it issued a Java update to keep one of these viruses, the Flashback Trojan, at bay.

Flashback is a type of malware that is transferred …

Phishing e-mail targets new Apple customers, steals billing information

Just got a new Macbook, iPad or other Apple gizmo for Christmas? A new e-mail scam is targeting you.

Cyber criminals are sending around a very official looking e-mail asking Apple users to update billing information, according to Intego, an …

Consumers will lose $10M to cyber crime this holiday season

Over $10 million will be intercepted by cyber criminals this holiday season, as consumers turn toward the Internet for their presents.

Online shopping around the holidays has increased 10 percent since the same time in 2010, to around $30.9 billion …