Lavasoft Malware Labs Blog
Currently 52,000 thousand applications have gone live at Facebook. When such high amount of apps are released to the public, it’s important to verify that they are trustworthy and meaningful. Facebook have now decided to launch a new application directory for this purpose. In a nearby future users have to submit their applications to the “Application Verification Program to get “green light”.
As reported previously, Google Street View was launched in Sweden on April 21. Yesterday, BBC News reported that Greece has put "Hellenic-power-assisted brakes" on the Google camera fitted "surveillance" units while the privacy issues of the Google Street View service are debated.
Various reports state that huge numbers of PCs throughout the world have been “zombified” during the last year. Still, the true number of hijacked computers is likely much higher than what's stated, making botnets a massive global security problem.



