Worm steals 45 000 Facebook logins

A nasty bit of malware making the rounds on Facebook has made off with the usernames and passwords of more than 45 000 users, reports CNET.

Most of those affected by the worm - called Ramnit - are from France and the UK, according to a bulletin issued by security researchers at Securlet. The worm is capable of infecting Windows executable files, Microsoft Office, and HTML files, according to McAfee.

“We suspect that the attackers behind Ramnit are using the stolen credentials to log-in to victims' Facebook accounts and transmit malicious links to their friends, thereby magnifying the malware's spread even further,” Securlet said in its bulletin.

In a bid to fuel growth by better tailoring its approach to different markets, Lenovo Group will reorganise its geographical business units, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Chinese PC maker also said it will tap Gianfranco Lanci, a Lenovo consultant who formerly ran rival Acer, to head its new Europe, Middle East and Africa division.

Lenovo, which passed Dell in the third quarter last year to become the world's second-biggest PC vendor by unit shipments after Hewlett-Packard, is reorganising to better implement what it calls its "protect and attack" strategy.

A court in Milan has rejected Samsung's request for a preliminary sales injunction against Apple's latest smartphone in Italy, reveals ZDNet.

Samsung brought the case in October last year, when the court decided it would seek at least one more hearing before a decision was made, according to FOSS Patents author Florian Mueller.

The patents under dispute relate to wireless WCDMA communications. Samsung turned to the courts again for a sales injunction after it had previously tried to block the sale of the iPhone 4S, within days of Apple announcing the device.

On Thursday, Google pledged more support for its Google TV platform at the International Consumer Electronics Show, adding LG as a TV partner, and promising more products with its previously announced partnerships with Samsung, Sony, and Vizio, writes PCMag.

Marvell also announced yesterday it would provide an ARM-based applications processor for the Google TV platform, and Google said MediaTek has joined in as well. MediaTek said it had developed a "120Hz smart TV" chip, providing support for 3D viewing and WiFi network syncing, without specifically identifying Google TV.

Google TV recently received an update to Android 3.1, allowing users to access dedicated Google TV apps. More than 150 apps now run on the Google TV platform, Google said.