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We've seen a few rogue security programs use elements of legitimate security software in order to try to make themselves appear more authentic. http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2010/11/09/msrt-tackles-fake-microsoft-security-essentials.aspx

MSRT Tackles Fake Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/tsa-worker-charged-with-attempted-sabotage/

Feds: TSA Worker Tried to Sabotage Terror Database | Threat Leve

A former Transportation Security Administration contractor is being charged in Colorado for allegedly injecting malicious code into a government network used for screening airport security workers and others.
http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/category/1872.aspx/2010/03/12/quarter-million-malicious-facebook-posts/ Shady ticket deals for the 2012 London Olympics? Hardly surprising.

Quarter Million Malicious Facebook Posts « Defensio, the blog

More on Troj/JSRedir-AK | SophosLabs blog

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2009/12/24/trojjsredirak/ Over 100,000 people are part of the Sophos community on Facebook.
http://mashable.com/2009/12/22/facebook-clickjacking/

New Facebook Clickjacking Attack Is on the Loose [WARNING]

A new Facebook clickjacking attack is making the rounds, and this one is as sly as they come. The attack spreads through a malicious website, http://fb.59.to , leading users to this YouTube video . The method used to spread the link is particularly interesting.

Security firms gird for attacks on smart phones

Mobile devices have been mostly spared from the onslaught of cyber-attacks that prey on computer users every day, but security vendors are already positioning themselves in anticipation of a swell in the demand for such services and products in the next couple of years. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/08/BU971DR8K1.DTL