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Microsoft Security Essentials Ranks as Best-Performing Free Antivirus [Antivirus] (Lifehacker)

Anti-malware testing group AV-Comparatives.org not only gave Microsoft Security Essentials a top rating for malware removal, but now they’ve given it their best ranking in their performance test as…source


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Distributing malware through Facebook

People ask me many times how are the bad guys using Facebook to distribute malware. Even though there are multiple answers to that question, at the end of the day Facebook is just another way to communicate, and it has more that 400 million users, so it’s just another mean …source


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Rethink Web-site security management: Cybercriminals already have (TechRepublic)

Web sites are becoming cybercriminals’ preferred way to steal sensitive information. It’s also their method of choice for installing malware on visitor’s computers. Make sure you’re ready for them.source


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Google’s Chrome Browser Focuses on Speed (Enterprise Security Today)

Chrome’s multi-process architecture also makes it more difficult for malicious software to get a toehold. Browsers where all the tabs work in one process make it easier for malware to make its way into the system.source


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Homemade airship prang closes highway in Oklahoma (The Register)

79-year-old unlicensed pilot-inventor grilled by feds A homemade airship went out of control above Oklahoma last week and came down on an interstate motorway, causing startled highway patrolmen to hurriedly close several lanes to traffic.… Offloading malware protection to the cloudsource