CEO George Friedman of Stratfor cautioned customers who had their e-mail ids exposed on the Net that a fraudulent, phishing e-mail was circulating while trying to steal confidential client database, published DAILY CALLER on January 6, 2012.

Researchers from ESET a security company based in Latin America have come across a malware program that's getting disseminated through a phony YouTube movie file, seemingly showing Kim Jong-il the dictatorial leader of North Korea as dead, published Softpedia on January 6, 2012.

According to security researchers from MMPC (Microsoft Malware Protection Center), the beta versions of Diablo III and DotA (Defense of the Ancients) 2, two largely awaited PC games that were released to be put to test are now targets of cyber-crime assaults, reports softpedia.com dated January 7, 2012.

According to Seculert, one PC-worm called Ramnit, created for filching straight from financial institutions and bank accountholders, through treacherously capturing Internet bank logins, is widely circulating across Facebook as it's been garnering passwords and e-mail ids of 45,000 members.