Security software vendor Intego has released a malware scanner for Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Security software vendor BitDefender is offering a pair of malware removal tools.

Australia’s financial, transactional and global IT security colossus, TrustDefender, warns that while 2010 was “the year of cybercrime”, 2011 will see the trend get worse – and more specific – as the “year of malware attacks”. Take cover!

John Lawler, the CEO of the Australian Crime Commission, has spoken about the serious threat of online crime in today’s highly tech-savvy world, something that extends all the way to the iPhone.

It's rarely that Australia's main public broadcaster, the ABC, dips its feet into the technology arena. And when it does, it often ends up as it did last night, with much hype and little substance.

The 2011 versions of AVG’s free and paid security suites have arrived, set to further cement AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition’s popularity, propel LinkScanner into greater use on PCs and Macs, increase retail sales of AVG’s 2011 Internet Security and new PC tune-up software while convincing more users of the free editions to upgrade to paid versions. AVG’s future looks well above average!

Are you the local computer boffin in your social circle? Tired of forever having to clean off that annoying fake super anti-virus 2010 trojan? Well, friends shouldn’t let friends run Windows. Be a friend to your friends.

Exploits through removable devices have overtaken Trojans as the most prevalent methods of infections to watch out for in the latest security report from BitDefender, and the Trojan.clicker.CM has dropped away in the past month as the number one global e-threat.

New and emerging cyber threats will be used by cybercriminals to target and attack social network sites this year, with McAfee predicting sites like Twitter and Facebook will be the ‘platforms of choice’ for these attacks.

Outlook Web Access users are being targeted by a malware campaign, a security vendor has warned.