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The number of new worms and other security problems hitting instant-messaging services in July, climbing 24 percent over the previous month, according to a…
The volume and severity of phishing scams is rocketing as cyber-criminals become ever more cunning and sophisticated. The online scams attempt to trick unwary…
An Austrian hacker has earned the dubious distinction of writing what are thought to be the first known viruses for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.…
The vulnerability in Microsoft's operating system could enable remote intruders to enter a PC via its Internet Protocol address, Marc Maiffret, chief hacking…
Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive…
State police received several calls from parents whose children had contact with a reporter charged with soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a…
Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesman for the vendor's…
A vulnerability in many hotel television infrared systems can allow a hacker to obtain guests' names and their room numbers from the billing system. It can…
Spanish authorities say they have disbanded an internet fraud network in an operation that resulted in 15 arrests. The Interior Ministry said on Saturday that…
Florida is creating so much hysteria over the deaths of two precious angels it is ludicrous. What society, the media, the legislature and Governor Bush need to…
Internet has exerted a strong catalytic influence on development of child porn. If caught red-handed producers or owners of child porn could face up to 15…
The Web has become the latest frontline in the war against terror. With the world wide web increasingly used as the main instrument of propaganda and…
With phishing attacks becoming more of a threat to e-commerce, Standard Bank says it is stepping up security measures. Herman Singh, director of technology…
A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection,…
On the morning of May 19, South Africans around the country began receiving emails, purporting to have been sent by Standard Bank. If they were customers of…
A former trainee neurosurgeon at the Monash Medical Centre has received a suspended jail sentence after admitting having more than 1400 images of child…
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today announced the transition of the Windows® Genuine Advantage (WGA) pilot to a version 1.0 launch with worldwide…
The number of companies reporting Web-site attacks has skyrocketed in the past year, according to a survey the Computer Security Institute released last week.…
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved the world's first treaty targeting "cybercrime," clearing the way for a floor vote later this year. All nine members of…
The FDIC on Friday urged banks to enhance their protections against spyware, to limit the risk that customers' personal data may be stolen. The guidance from…
Israeli technology firm Blue Security has reportedly set up a plan known as the "Blue Frog Initiative" to hammer spam websites with thousands of complaints.…
The Australian Bankers Association is still grappling with two-factor authentication for Internet transactions and has almost hit a "brick wall" in its…
Spanish authorities are reported to have arrested 310 people as part of an international investigation into one of the Internet's most active "419" or…
Investigators had no doubt Johnny Oxendine was visiting child-porn sites on the laptop computer he used while working for Lockheed Martin Corp. Three hard…
More than 40 million credit card customers are at risk of fraud after hackers pilfered data from a US company that processes online transactions. CardSystems…
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Yesterday Ukrainian police approved the fact that they arrested a group of people and Dmitri Golubov as a leader of the group suspectedly committing crimes…
A new instant messaging worm that masquerades as Apple Computer's iTunes application and drops adware on infected Windows PCs has been found. The worm, dubbed…
A California, Mo., man with two previous sex offenses on his record was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison Wednesday for producing and transporting child…
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Roman Meydbray, 27, of San Jose, California, the former Information…