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Almost 20m UK households are opening themselves up to fraud by failing to take precautions against identity theft, according to new research marking the UK's…
MI6 launched its own website this week. Its aim was to dispel myths about the British secret service - and to attract a new kind of recruit. By the time…
Three men from California have been charged with involvement in the biggest CD counterfeiting operation ever discovered in the US. The men - Ye Teng Wen, Hao…
Sophos has published its latest report on the top 12 spamming countries during the last six months. Experts at SophosLabs analyzed all spam messages received…
The US has yet again topped a list of spam producing countries. One in four (26.4 per cent) of the spam messages intercepted by security firm Sophos's global…
US authorities have confirmed that three men behind the largest piracy ring yet found have been indicted. Ye Teng Wen, Hao He and Yaobin Zhai, all from…
An exploit for one of the worst Windows 2000 vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched on Tuesday has already been spotted in the wild. The remote exploit is…
Internet Users at Risk from Phishing Crime Epidemic; New Survey Shows Most People Unaware of “Phishing Scams,” Despite Being Targeted A recently released…
A Swedish internet bank was forced to shut down its website for a short time last week after its one-time password security system was targeted by a new type…
The Internet security firm Finjan and its Malicious Code Research Center provided Google with information leading to the correction of two vulnerabilities.…
Texas Man Sentenced To 46 Months In Jail And Ordered To Pay $1.54 Million Dollars In Restitution For Illegally Selling Copyright Protected Software And Video…
In the twilight hours of Oct. 26, 2004, a plainclothes U.S. Secret Service agent stood by a grove of maple trees near a middle-class home in the suburb of…
A majority of executives said their firms experienced unplanned disruptions of their computer networks in the last year, according to a national survey. The…
A Macon man faces a 200-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Monday to child porn and molestation charges. As a result of an investigation that began…
Microsoft has warned Windows users of three new "critical" security flaws in its software. The flaws could allow attackers to take complete control of a…
**Beware of unfamiliar e-mails and never provide personal data** Cybercrooks are stepping up their attacks against your personal financial data, with more…
Dutch police arrested three men for creating a botnet of more than 100,000 compromised PCs, authorities in the Netherlands said Friday. They allege the botnet…
PlayStation Portable users looking to modify their gaming system so it can run software that has not been approved by Sony Corp. may find themselves running…
As reflected in the previous PandaLabs quarterly report, diverse cyber attacks against Internet DNS servers occurred during the first quarter of this year.…
Microsoft Corp. launched a trust-building initiative on Thursday designed to show its commitment and progress to date in making its frequently attacked Windows…
Two 20-year-olds from the UK have been sentenced to prison terms for their part in a virus-writing gang. Jordan Bradley, 22, and Andrew Harvey, 23, were…
Two British hackers who infected thousands of computers with a virus in a transatlantic plot were jailed yesterday. Andrew Harvey, 24, and Jordan Bradley, 21,…
The US’ Federal Trade Commission has gone after what it claims is a spyware and adware operation that invaded users’ machines and served up bogus search pages.…
Microsoft has just outlined plans for a range of new corporate security services and products. CEO Steve Ballmer and security VP Mike Nash jetted in to Germany…
The European Commission said today that it appointed professor Neil Barrett, a British academic specializing in computer science and cybercrime, to oversee…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online, the online division of Time Warner Inc., on Wednesday said it plans to step up protections against the illegal gathering…
Frederiksen to remain in custody before trial. A federal prosecutor says Noel Miller's boyfriend, who's accused of possessing child porn, molested a girl when…
Mozilla Foundation overlooked critical patches on its SpreadFirefox site. As a result the site has been temporarily taken offline and site visitors are being…
Users of Kaspersky anti-virus were warned this week of a potentially serious security vulnerability. The bug - unearthed by security researcher Alex Wheeler -…
Internet fraud is on everyone's mind these days. Anyone with an e-mail account most likely has received dozens of e-mails offering huge monetary rewards for…