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Australia's anti-spam watchdog has lauded the effectiveness of the Spam Act 2003, but warned international efforts and moves to combat the "fusion of spam,…
Microsoft Monday unveiled a global initiative to crack down on cybercriminals who engage in phishing. The company will set in motion more than 100 legal…
A new variety of unusually powerful Internet attacks can overwhelm popular Web sites and disrupt e-mails by exploiting the computers that help manage global…
Cheap radio chips that are replacing the ubiquitous barcode are a threat to privacy and susceptible to computer viruses, scientists at a Dutch university said…
An Internet scam that prompted three area banks to temporarily shut down their Web sites is a new scheme designed to get confidential data from unsuspecting…
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released its ninth volume of the Internet Security Threat Report, one of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat…
A common scam targeting PayPal customers revolves around an email that claims an erroneous charge was made to the recipient's account. For example, one such…
A new security toolbar has been launched with the aim of protecting your email inbox from offensive spam, online fraud and phishing attacks by verifying the…
The National Australia Bank was able to quickly shut down three sites in China that launched a phishing attack on it. The bank's security response team…
Adobe on Tuesday warned that multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Flash media player put users at risk, possibly from drive-by downloads, and urged all to…
Microsoft has issued one update for Windows and one for Microsoft Office as part of its monthly patch cycle. The Office update patches five separate…
Only two percent of home Internet users believe the Net is safe, according to a new survey commissioned by security vendor Symantec. The survey, querying 518…
Microsoft rolled out two patches for vulnerabilities as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday effort, fixing six vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, and a less…
Australian CIOs believe more strongly than their global peers that employees now pose a threat to corporate security, according to a new IBM research report.…
For over five hours Friday, McAfee's anti-virus software erroneously flagged hundreds of legitimate executables as a malicious virus, leading some customers to…
The Butte County District Attorney's Office, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Postal Service recently helped a 74-year-old Oroville man retrieve…
He can find George Bush senior's social security number and Leonardo DiCaprio's mother's maiden name in under 15 seconds, and led the FBI on a three-year…
A web server belonging to a state-operated Chinese bank is hosting phishing sites targeting U.S. banks and financial institutions. Phishing e-mails sent on…
THE MAC USER who set up a 'hack my Mac challenge to prove how secure the operating system has had the rug pulled from under him. Dave Shroeder's challenge…
Expanding upon its Windows Genuine Advantage program, which requires customers to verify their licenses before downloading operating system updates, Microsoft…
At the beginning of the week, many members of GoTranslators, a worlwide freelance translators' website, received the following e-mail: *Confirm your…
Infection by viruses was the biggest single cause of the worst security incidents for UK companies in the past two years, accounting for roughly half of them,…
Think you've got a refund coming from the Internal Revenue Service? Don't get tricked by a phony e-mail asking you for a little extra information, like your…
In the course of a busy day, you may write a check at the grocery store, charge tickets to a concert or game, rent a car, mail your tax returns, change your…
Cybercrime is on the rise -- and today's attacks are often silent, hard to detect and highly targeted, according to a new survey. Symantec (down $0.57 to…
A hacker is claiming to have hacked a Mac OS X server system in under 30 minutes. The hacker won a Swedish competition last month in which hackers were invited…
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - the industry's "State of the Internet" analysis, confirms shift from hacking for fame to hacking for fortune Online…
We know what a virus is. You catch one, you come down with a cold, or as the medical practitioners would have it, an upper respiratory infection. Most of us…
An Israeli couple has been indicted on charges of developing the ‘Trojan Horse’ computer virus that has attacked corporate computer systems. Michael and Ruth…
If you use a debit card and live in Fitchburg or Leominster, investigators say keep an eye on your account. The Office of Consumer Affairs says a computer…