People searching for video of the incident are directed to sites pushing fake anti-virus software.
Tags: Google, search, anti-virus, Sophos, blogs

A lawsuit alleges that the hacker was given access despite answering a security question incorrectly and using a made-up confirmation code.
Tags: search, security, Baidu.com, Chinese, hacker

Trend Micro researchers have already spotted Valentine's Day spam campaigns in the wild.
Tags: search, spam, search engine optimization, fraud, Spammers

Web searches are leading users to malicious Web sites.
Tags: search, malware, security, Apple, search engine optimization

Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson reports that many search engine results for the phrase 'Facebook unnamed app' lead users to malware distribution portals.
Tags: Google, search, Facebook, malware, application

The new service is designed to prevent Google from tracking an individual's searches and site visits.
Tags: Google, privacy, search, Mozilla, Firefox

The company will delete all IP addresses logging by its servers for Bing search queries after six months.
Tags: Google, policy, privacy, search, Microsoft

Microsoft is trying to move the needle in the online privacy debate by purging IP addresses after six months.
Tags: privacy, search, Microsoft, advertising, EU

The group recently took down Chinese search engine Baidu.com.
Tags: search, Iran, Baidu.com, hacked, Chinese

The company has apologized to the Chinese Writers Association for scanning the group's books without permission.
Tags: search, Google, legal, China, Chinese

McAfee's December spam report finds spammers are still operating with relative impunity despite looming six-year anniversary of FTC's Can-Spam Act.
Tags: FTC, search, services, Enterprise, CAN-SPAM

Asa Dotzler suggested that users consider changing from Google to Bing due to privacy concerns.
Tags: Google, privacy, search, Mozilla, Firefox

The new version of the Web analytics tool patches a cookie-related security hole.
Tags: search, open source, server, security, Web site

Adware.Zwunzi is an adware program that installs itself as a Browser Search Plugin for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Tags: search, Mozilla, Firefox, Internet Explorer, IT

The Apple Snow Leopard update 10.6.2, nearly 500MB in size, offers fixes for 58 bugs.
Tags: search, Safari, Quicktime, operating system, network

Latching on to major headlines tend to be widely used techniques for hackers hoping to spread malware.
Tags: search, Microsoft, Windows, optimization, Balloon Boy

The new tool provides Webmaster with samples of the malicious code that Google's automated scanners detected on their sites.
Tags: Google, search, malware, developer

A malware research revealed how a scam stole millions of dollars from unsuspecting Internet users.
Tags: FTC, search, scareware, FOCUS 09, transaction

A new survey finds that there is little follow-up to security audits.
Tags: search, security, software, media, Enterprise

Google's latest acquisition is expected to play a key role in its Book Search and News Archive projects.
Tags: Google, search, IT, technology