Student faces US copyright extradition 

Student faces US copyright extradition

Granted bail, banned from web.
Fifth of Facebook feeds include "dodgy" links 

Fifth of Facebook feeds include "dodgy" links

BitDefender says Facebook needs to better educate users about suspicious content.
Twitter fixes cross-site scripting vulnerability 

Twitter fixes cross-site scripting vulnerability

Exploit stole a user's cookie to distribute compromised links.
Twitter and Google riddled with malicious links 

Twitter and Google riddled with malicious links

Only 29 per cent of Twitter members are 'true' Tweeters.
Security experts emphasise social engineering risks 

Security experts emphasise social engineering risks

F-Secure and Sophos urge greater caution.
Malicious links detected on Microsoft Security Essentials searches 

Malicious links detected on Microsoft Security Essentials searches

Websites serve up rogue AV.
Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites 

Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites

Fake profiles auto-generated.
Twilight star's pictures become latest malware threat 

Twilight star's pictures become latest malware threat

Users have been warned not to click on links purporting to take them to the images.
URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links 

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.
Sponsored links on Yahoo and Google host malicious rogue software 

Sponsored links on Yahoo and Google host malicious rogue software

Cybercriminals are using sponsored links on both Yahoo and Google to promote malicious applications.
Twitter introduces verified accounts to cut down on impersonators and malicious links 

Twitter introduces verified accounts to cut down on impersonators and malicious links

Twitter has introduced the first phase of its Verified Accounts program to help profile users confirm their accounts.
YouTube hit by links that lead to malicious download sites 

YouTube hit by links that lead to malicious download sites

PandaLabs has claimed that almost 5,000 videos on YouTube contain comments with links to a malicious webpage.
Malicious links planted in blogs 

Malicious links planted in blogs

Spammers have moved to use blogs to lure users to clicking on malicious links.
Storm worm shifts path to fake YouTube links 

Storm worm shifts path to fake YouTube links

The notorious "storm worm" trojan is at it again, this time spreading through a bogus link for a YouTube video, security researchers have warned.
Google sponsored advertising links lead to exploits 

Google sponsored advertising links lead to exploits

A seemingly innocuous Google search could yield malware on advertising result links, security researchers warned this week.
Finjan links with Ahkun for Japanese market 

Finjan links with Ahkun for Japanese market

Finjan has signed a distribution deal with Ahkun, the Japanese IT security specialist, for the Japanese corporate marketplace.
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