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Phishing attacks will use more sophisticated social engineering, targeting consumers for financial and identity theft and businesses for intellectual property…
A 17-year-old Grand Junction boy was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posing as a Fruita Monument High School teacher and sending inappropriate messages to…
Eighty-four percent of serious network attacks could have been prevented if, in addition to checking user identity and password, organizations had verified the…
This year's DEFCON was a lively one for wireless security. Probably the most significant event in the wireless realm was Johnny "Cache" Ellch's and David…
Consumers, corporate end users and security-focused solution providers have two more reasons to be overwhelmed this week. First, on Tuesday, AT&T said a…
Mobiles sold on eBay, "are loaded with sensitive personal and corporate information that could be easily retrieved," says Trust Digital, according to…
A hacker posted graphic images of injured children and war rubble where ads for musicals are usually found on the Gloucester Stage Company's website. The…
Members of the Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union in College Station may be the targets of an online scam. The credit union is warning its members that someone…
In recent years, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing sites during the hurricane season. US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious…
Microsoft isn't ready to release Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2, but it has released Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 (IE 7 RC1) to the public.…
A hacker broke into AT&T's computer system and stole credit card information on 19,000 customers who bought DSL equipment online, the company said. AT&T shut…
Authorities said it was the Internet that brought down Clement Bilski Jr. The investigation and subsequent indictment of the 43-year-old Ocean Township…
A hacker who broke into the network of T-Mobile USA Inc. and accessed personal information of hundreds of customers including a Secret Service agent was…
A new proof-of-concept virus recently submitted to Symantec demonstrates that a virus targeted at a certain architectural flaw in most modern CPUs could take…
There's a new threat that can literally take your computer files hostage with hackers demanding a ransom to unlock them. What do you store on your computer? If…
Police tightened security around the Taipei Railway Station, the Presidential Office building and the Presidential residence from late on Saturday night to…
Spam experts based in Sydney, one of the global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers operated by Sophos, have identified an active phishing…
The owner of a massive for-profit software piracy website was sentenced in federal court to six years in prison, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of…
A 19-year-old man today pleaded guilty to breaking the Computer Misuse Act for sending an "email bomb" to his former employer, which caused the company's email…
Few "ethical" hackers can provide simulated attacks with the level of sophistication that Cenzic offers in its Hailstorm "hacker-in-a-box" penetration tester.…
Companies that work with law enforcement agencies on cybercrime can get valuable information, including lists of hostile IP addresses and information on new…
A U.K. teen was sentenced to a two-month curfew after pleading guilty to sending about five million spam e-mails. The 18-year-old admitted that this act…
Indonesian police claim to have arrested two men who helped imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra to use the internet to raise funds for more terrorist attacks.…
Yahoo is testing a new security feature that lets users customize their login page, a measure designed to thwart information-thieving phishing scams. The…
A new PowerPoint zero-day Trojan is making the rounds. The vulnerability appears to be a new one and is unrelated to the one fixed in MS06-048 that has already…
Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. Online…
Experts at SophosLabs™ have reminded computer users of the dangers of identity theft as a 20-year-old man is charged in relation to a phishing website which…
Users of the popular MySpace website have been warned by computer experts that viruses linked to the interactive site, which boasts more than one million…
Yahoo has fixed a vulnerability in its web mail service that, if exploited, could allow hackers access to users' mailboxes. The attackers gain access to the…
An Internet scam sweeping the United States has reached a family in Jefferson County. The scam involves the selling or renting of items over the web. After the…