A supermarket manager has been the victim of a blind date sting on Facebook, which culminated in him being gagged and blind folded whilst the criminals ransacked his Carrefour branch.

Admittedly, for some, being blind folded and gagged is the...

Last year Facebook introduced face recognition technology for easier photo tagging with the feature being rolled out in the States.

Well now we're hearing that the addition has reached our green and pleasant land, although it's not all bright...

Internet security specialist Sophos has issued a warning regarding a Facebook scam that is currently doing the rounds.

Now, we know what you're thinking; "Who actually falls for these scams?", but the numbers suggest that quite a few people...

A security flaw on Twitter has been exposed that sounds pretty funny, unless you are a goat who has been the victim of a sex attack that is.

A Twitter worm created random Tweets beginning with WTF that contained a bogus link which, in turn,...

As pressure mounts on Facebook over its privacy settings, the news that 60 per cent of respondents to a Sophos questionnaire were considering quitting the service wouldn't have gone down to well with Mark Zuckerberg and the gang.

The survey,...

We at Pocket Lint would hate for any internet baddies to get the better of you by tricking you into installing nasty adware on your PCs. That's why we're bringing you this news from security specialist Sophos.

It is saying that a bogus video...

If rumours are true, then the next version of OS X - Snow Leopard - contains baked-in antivirus software. A screenshot has surfaced of a DMG downloaded by Safari being stopped in its tracks by the operating system.

The dialog box names the...

Two new Twitter security threats have been revealed, as users of the micro-blogging site appear to be increasingly targeted for malware attacks.

Sophos brings news that Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account has been used to spread malware that...

Sophos is warning Apple Mac users to "be on their guard" against websites hosting malicious code designed to infect their systems.

This follows the discovery of a new version of the OS X/RSPlug Trojan horse that is being distributed via...

Sophos is "urging" computer users to use different, and stronger passwords for online accounts and services.

The IT security firm advises people to take the time to "assess the strength of their passwords and ensure that they are choosing...

Sophos is warning Twitter users against an evolving attack which threatens to steal personal information from them.

Thousands of Twitter users are reporting having received direct messages from friends inviting them to visit a bogus website....

According to the latest research, a website infected with malware is detected every five seconds.

Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - which is three times...

It was Facebook that had a hotter than hot summer, with constant stings and court cases.

First up, it was Vodafone and First Direct that took a pop at Zuckerberg and his crew.

Both companies opted to pull their adverts from Facebook...

A Sophos experiment has shown that 41% of UK Facebook users ain't that smart.

The IT security firm invented a Facebook profile, "Freddi Staur" (an anagram of "ID fraudster" - the wits) who was in actual fact a small green plastic frog,...

Virus firm Sophos have discovered a mass-mailing worm that poses as a plea for donations to help with the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. On a statement on its website the company urges email users to be vigilant.

"The W32/VBSun-A worm spreads...