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As the ever-expanding age of the Internet develops further, so do the problems, such as identity theft and computer viruses, that accompany it. University…
The number of phishing Web sites skyrocketed in December, as did the number of sites designed to spread password-stealing badware, according to the most recent…
The issue of online fraud has barely left the headlines in recent times. Separate fact from fiction - download the FREE UK Online Fraud Report 2006 from…
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, are warning of a phishing onslaught facing PC users, with more…
Security firm Secunia on Tuesday documented a possible exploit in Apple’s Safari Web browser that the company describes as “extremely critical.” Secunia calls…
Scammers passing themselves off as the "Nationwide Verification Office" have popped up in Indiana this month. Indiana Attorney General Steve Bell says the scam…
A second OS X worm has been identified that exploits an old Bluetooth vulnerability to spread from one Mac to another. Inqtana.A is a 'proof of concept' and…
In a town hall meeting last week by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), top law enforcement officials from the United States and Europe said that combating…
A state Office of Information Technology worker was placed on paid leave yesterday in connection with the investigation of a potential security breach to a…
Investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Computer Crime Section, the Tallahassee Police Department and the U.S. Department of Defense…
The first worm targeting Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system has surfaced, though it does not appear to be widespread or especially dangerous. Its…
Panda Software has published the PandaLabs 2005 Annual Malware Report, an analysis of developments in the malware panorama over the last year, and a reflection…
A British computer enthusiast accused by the US government of the world's "biggest military hack of all time" has begun a court fight against extradition to…
With Internet-based transactions and interactions growing at an explosive rate, it's incumbent upon providers of the networking equipment that runs the…
A lesser publication might suggest it fitting that Microsoft’s Chairman Bill Gates began his speech today at the RSA security conference with a joke. “I am…
Hackers broke into the computer system of the University of Arizona journalism department, and students were unable to use the computers Monday. All of the…
Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated - the latest are even using valid looking SSL certificates to fool people into believing they are using a…
A would-be hacker was being investigated by police Monday after threatening to attack the internal computer network of the Turin Olympics organizing committee.…
The preview of Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware wrongly fingered two Symantec enterprise anti-virus products as password-stealing programs last week. If users…
Cyber Storm was the federal government's first full scale test to assess its readiness and ability to respond to what it deemed 'a cyber incident of national…
Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Tuesday 14…
This is the season for new spam-fighting and security systems to emerge, perhaps the result of mass New Year's resolutions by techno-merchants that have…
If you thought that ICICI Bank alone had smelt something 'phishy' in a site that impersonated its own, you would be wrong. HDFC Bank, another banking major,…
So my Dad calls me up last week to tell me that he’s just got a call from his building society to say that his account has just been completely emptied out.…
Are you harbouring zombies? There's a fair chance you could be, if Paul Judge, the CTO of e-mail security firm CipherTrust, is right - he says that his…
Billions of dollars are lost each year in communities such as Tallahassee to cybercrimes, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Walter McNeil said Wednesday. To…
Identity theft is on the rise, but the strategies presented in "The Real Safety Guide to Beating Cybercrime" can help consumers avoid becoming a victim. The…
Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that beginning in June it would start charging $49.95 a year for Windows Onecare Live, a (currently free) managed-security…
With the world of technology in a panic over Symantec’s hidden files and Microsoft’s security holes, computer safety expert and author Victoria Roddel shares…
An estimated 80 percent to 85 percent of all e-mail is spam, said Lee Burton, chief engineer at Scottsdale-based Extreme Internet. "Hackers are moving away…