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Article | 9/03/2011 UK banks report lower online banking and card payment losses
U.K. banks reported sharply lower levels of online banking fraud and counterfeit cards in 2010, a sign the industry may be getting better at deflectin...
Article | 7/03/2011 Hackers targeted French gov't computers for G20 secrets
IT staff spent the weekend in a massive clean-up operation to remove traces of a "spectacular" attack on computers at Bercy, the headquarters of the F...
Article | 28/01/2011 Alleged 'scareware' vendors to pay $8.2 million to FTC
The operator of an alleged "scareware" scheme, using deceptive advertising to trick Internet users into buying software to fix their supposedly infect...
Article | 18/01/2011 UK cyber challenge aims to fill IT talent shortage
Paul Laverack of London is an actor, but he's considering a possible career change -- to computer security.
Article | 15/12/2010 Govt websites could face WikiLeaks revenge attack
The UK's national security advisor has warned that government websites used to upload tax returns or claims benefits are at risk of attack from hacker...
Article | 7/12/2010 LimeWire to close online music store on December 31
LimeWire will close for good on New Years Eve as it will shut its legitimate online music store permanently.
Article | 17/11/2010 Trend Micro releases free Stuxnet detection tool
Trend Micro has released a tool that administrators can use to scan dozens of computers at a time for Stuxnet, the malicious software program that has...
Article | 15/10/2010 Google adds phishing URL alerts into network tool
Google has added notification for phishing URLs to its service that lets administrators know if their networks have been compromised.
Article | 14/10/2010 Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns
Microsoft has seen a dramatic drop in the number of computers infected with Waledac, a piece of malicious software affiliated with a botnet that was o...
Article | 3/09/2010 Security program automatically tracks down missing patches
Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after the...
Article | 4/09/2010 Germany to launch antibotnet program for consumers
Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending b...
Article | 25/08/2010 Rustock botnet responsible for 40 percent of spam
More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to ...

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