Spam using malicious attachments and social engineering techniques are targeting computer users in rising numbers, according to security vendor Sophos.

Sophos reports that Facebook has won a US$873 million judgement against a Canadian man who bombarded millions of the social networking site's members with unsolicited spam messages.

LJ International Inc (LJI) is the Hong Kong-based company behind the Lorenzo collection of fine jewellery. Needing complete protection of its enterprise network, LJI chose Sophos Endpoint Security and Control to deliver best‑in‑class defence and give LJI the focus it needs to expand its global business.

Paul Ducklin, Sophos' Head of Technology for Asia Pacific says infected PCs and web insecurity will remain the scourge of 2009.

Sophos has published its Security Threat Report 2009, examining the threat landscape over the last 12 months, and predicting emerging cybercrime trends for 2009.

Multi-Chem discovered that its existing security infrastructure could not withstand the complexity and volume of malware threats, which had taken the toll on its IT systems and staff. It investigated new ways to protect itself from any possible security incident on a day-to-day basis.

Vulnerabilities in commercial anti-virus software packages may leave users exposed unnecessarily.

Writer, TV star and Twitter celebrity Stephen Fry among users who clicked on dangerous link.

When Fujitsu Asia experienced a productivity bottleneck due to a massive increase in the amount of spam and malware-infected email, the company decided to find a software solution.

Five years on, spam continues to plague users as the US ends another year at the top of the Dirty Dozen spam-relaying league in the last quarter of 2008.