BBC.co.uk wrote: The mastermind of a "vast international spam network" has been ordered to pay a fine of $15m (£10m) by US courts. New Zealander Lance Atkinson and his US accomplice Jody Smith sent billions of illegal e-mails marketing prescription drugs and and weight-loss pills. US autho
BBC.co.uk wrote: A second worm to hit the iPhone has been unearthed by security company F-Secure. It is specifically targetting people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING. It redirects the bank's customers to a lookalike site with a
BBC.co.uk wrote: Visitors to technology blog Gizmodo are being warned that they could have picked up more than tips about the latest must-have gadget. According to security firm Sophos, the website was delivering advertisements "laced with malware" last week. A statement on the Gizmodo webs
CNN.com wrote: If you're on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site, you could be the next victim. That's because more cyberthieves are targeting increasingly popular social networking sites that provide a gold mine of personal information, according to the FBI. Since 2006, nearl
BBC.co.uk wrote: Online criminals are making millions by convincing computer users to download fake anti-virus software, internet security experts claim. Symantec says more than 40 million people have fallen victim to the "scareware" scam in the past 12 months. The download is usually harmf
BBC.co.uk wrote: The industry-wide phishing scam that has affected popular web mail services such as Hotmail and GMail, is spreading, according to experts. Security firm Websense says it has noticed a sharp rise in spam e-mails from Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail accounts. This is because infecte
BBC.co.uk wrote: Google has confirmed to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme". The search giant said that it had taken immediate action to safeguard the affected accounts. Phishing involves using fake websites to lure peop
BBC.co.uk wrote: Thousands of accounts on web-based e-mail system Hotmail have been compromised in a phishing attack, software giant Microsoft has confirmed. BBC News has seen a list of more than 10,000 e-mail accounts, predominantly originating from Europe, and passwords which were posted onl
BBC.co.uk wrote: Cyber-criminals have developed sophisticated ways to remain undetected, a new report finds. The report, from security firm Finjan, describes how one gang, based in the Ukraine, stole €300,000 euros in 22 days. It used a sophisticated piece of malicious software which fool
Pete Cashmore from Mashable.com wrote: Reddit fans beware: a very effective XSS (cross site scripting) attack is currently live on the site: even hovering over a comment will cause your account to post scores of rogue comments. Turning off javascript before visiting may prevent the attack, or you
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