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Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against an alleged hacker who broke through its copy protection technology, charging that the mystery developer somehow…
The majority of adults who use of social networking sites like News Corp.'s (Charts) MySpace and FaceBook engage in dangerous behavior that exposes them to…
Spam is putting a huge dent in the value of e-mail. The widespread and implicit trust in the use of e-mail as a business and personal communications medium is…
Social-networking sites could give hackers a backdoor into corporate IT platforms and databases, putting businesses at risk for malicious cyber attacks as more…
The US State Department said Friday that it joined the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and that will come into force in the United States on January…
Trinidad and Tobago remains the engine of growth in the Caribbean but its future is threatened by a lack of adequate cybersecurity measures. This was the word…
MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the results of its MessageLabs…
In the past, virus writers seeking fame and attention wrote their malicious programs to spread as quickly and broadly as possible, boasting to colleagues when…
It takes constant vigilance to combat the viruses that persistently lurk in cyber space. While we all know our PCs are vulnerable to data loss, you might be…
Moves by several European countries to tighten laws against computer hacking worry security professionals, who often use the same tools as hackers but for…
A former student who hacked into Virginia Commonwealth University computers and stole personal information from about 2,100 people pleaded guilty yesterday to…
Charges have not been filed against William Hickey, the 44-year-old Mingus Union High School teacher who is alleged to have downloaded pornography onto a…
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted six men on charges they obtained financial information in an e-mail scam over two years and used the information to…
The weekend arrest of a Brockton man accused of using stolen credit cards to buy furniture was a step in the right direction when it comes to fighting identity…
First ghosts haunted the Liberal leadership race, now it's gremlins. An Internet hacker took over leadership hopeful Ken Dryden's website Tuesday. The…
Home PC’s and financial service firms fear greater threat from hackers, reveals the latest Internet Security Threat Report issued by the security-software…
Computer software wizards from near and far will camp at the Silicon Valley headquarters of internet search titan Yahoo this week for an overnight…
No one would knowingly leave their open wallet by the side of a crowded public pool and then go for a swim, but most people don’t realize that their computers…
"Police blotter" is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: Man designated by President Bush as "enemy combatant"…
Large numbers of Britons are still unaware of simple steps they can take to improve their security while banking online. New figures from Apacs, the UK…
A Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., man has been indicted on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud customers of Internet auction…
BEIJING Jiangmin Science Technology Co yesterday launched a new program designed to battle "rogue software." The move comes as the China Anti-Malicious…
Educating users to recognise potential phishing scams may no longer be an effective tool because recent attacks are so sophisticated that fraudulent sites were…
Some computerized voting machines approved by Colorado officials for November's election can be reprogrammed over the Internet, according to expert witnesses…
POLICE are warning of an elaborate internet scam that has already stung three people in the Wheatbelt. It is happening all over the world, and police know a…
A very sophisticated bot that targets AIM users has been spotted while still under construction, a security company said Monday, giving researchers a unique…
Microsoft has confirmed a new security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser and says it plans to issue a patch for the problem on 10 October, its…
Do you know what your computer is doing while you are away? You may be amazed at all of the things that your computer can pick up on a daily basis. First came…
Google has acknowledged the presence of a phishing hole on its Public Service Search application and has blocked access to the service until the problem is…
Morocco's most internationally famous criminal of late is not a terrorist or serial killer, but a young man with a knack for computers. The conviction this…