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Jay Leno Is the Celebrity Most Frequently Mentioned in Spam Security researchers from Romanian antivirus vendor BitDefender have analyzed recent spam messages and determined that Jay Leno is the celebrity most frequently mentioned in such campaigns."Jay Leno is the most dangerous Hollywood celebrity in cyberspace, according to analysis of 25 million spam messages by BitDefend... 14 July 2011 12:31 GMT Facebook Scams Start Attracting International Audiences Security researchers who analyzed recent Facebook survey scams point out that international users are clicking on spammed links in larger numbers than before.Facebook has been invaded by spammers this year and that's mainly because social networking spam campaigns are significantly more successful than tradition... 22 December 2010 08:34 GMT Trojans Account for Half of New Malware According to a report (PDF) released by Panda Security, computer trojans accounted for almost 52% of new malware created in the past three months. Meanwhile, the number of traditional virus samples received by the antivirus vendor during the last quarter has almost doubled.Computer trojans remain the malware type mos... 1 July 2010 09:23 GMT