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The ‘PokerAgent’ botnet, which we have tracked in 2012, was designed to harvest Facebook log-on credentials, also collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats, presumably with the intention to mug the victims. The threat was mostly active in Israel.

ESET Latin America's Malware Analysis Lab reviews the year and compiles threat trends for the upcoming season. So how will the 2013 threatscape look like according to the IT security company ESET? It will definitely see major growth of mobile malware and its variants, increased malware propagation via websites, continuing rise of botnets and attacks on the cloud resulting in information leaks.

The Storm botnet may have blown itself out, but its legacy remains. This paper places Storm in the context of botnets in general, examining its technical, social, and security implications.

If you know you need to back up your data but you're not sure how to do it, here's a practical guide on how to get started.

10000‘s of AutoCAD Designs Leaked in Suspected Industrial Espionage.

Version 1.31 of a comprehensive analysis of the Stuxnet phenomenon, updated to add pointers to additional resources. This is probably the last update of the document, but further relevant resources will be added to a list here.

The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac

An analysis of the newest and most interesting security features in Windows 8, Microsoft's newest desktop operating system, as well as how it may be attacked in the future.

This is a translation for ESET LLC of a document previously available in Spanish.