January 20, 2012 - A mere three years after a South African bank spent $1.8 million on a new fraud-detection system, hackers managed to swindle $6.7 million out from under that system's nose. Although customer funds are thought to be safe, would you actually (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2012 - Anonymous seems to want revenge after the arrest of Megaupload's founders on piracy charges. Take care what links you click on, you could be launching a denial-of-service attack against the US government and entertainment industry. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - As you can't have failed to have noticed, on Wednesday some of the world's most famous websites chose a variety of ways to protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation in the United States. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - With the another UK citizen facing extradition to the US, this time for copyright offences, should the UK really be doing more to rebalance the US-UK extradition process? Read more
January 19, 2012 - The publication of a detailed probe into the alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. But there's no sign that the Russian authorities are planning to investigate the alleged gang anytime soon. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - A suspected Russian cybercriminal arrived in Manhattan on Tuesday to face charges of security fraud, computer hacking and ID theft after being deported from Switzerland. Read more
January 18, 2012 - The wrangle between Indian cybercrew The Lords of Dhamaraja and Symantec over a source code breach in 2006 continues. Whatever happened, the fact remains: this was a cybercrime and the "hackers" are the crooks. (continue reading...) Read more
January 18, 2012 - One of TechCrunch's web servers is serving up pages which definitely don't belong at TechCrunch! But it may not be the result of malicious hacking.. Read more
January 18, 2012 - There's an easy way to get around Wikipedia's blackout, using a tool which can also boost your online security. Find out how now. Read more
January 18, 2012 - A data-stealing Trojan horse may have smuggled out login information to gain access to a cargo shuttle that carries food and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). Read more
January 16, 2012 - The in-depth story of how five men have been identified as part of the Koobface gang, in a detailed investigation conducted by independent researcher Jan Drömer and Dirk Kollberg of SophosLabs. A must-read! (continue reading...) Read more
January 16, 2012 - A new survey finds that 56% are likely to check out the social media profiles of potential employees. If you want to avoid limiting your career progression, it might be time to clean-up your social networking accounts. (continue reading...) Read more
January 16, 2012 - Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com has warned its users that it has suffered a massive data breach, impacting up to 24 million customers. Read more
January 15, 2012 - SophosLabs is warning users not to read too much into docs.google.com URLs. Two scam campaigns this weekend used Google Docs to attack two very different targets. One had big-four Aussie bank ANZ in its sights; the other was aimed at a (continue reading...) Read more
January 15, 2012 - Tens of thousands of Twitter users have been tricked into retweeting a message claiming that Twitter will donate $1 per retweet to a baby needing treatment for cancer. Of course, it's a hoax. (continue reading...) Read more
January 15, 2012 - Are Ashton Kutcher and Lorene Scafaria an item? A hacker would certainly like you to think so. Read more
January 13, 2012 - Join Chester Wisniewski and James Hilliard for a webcast covering the latest security developments from the second half of 2011 on January 26th, 2012 at 19:00 UTC/2PM Eastern time. Read more
January 13, 2012 - A man and his daughter are rescued by police after they were lured to South Africa by a scam email telling them they had won a fortune in a lottery. Read more
January 13, 2012 - Did you receive a message saying that Hotmail's email servers were congested, and so they were removing all unused accounts? If so, I hope you responded to the email with a roll of the eyes and a quick stab of the (continue reading...) Read more
January 13, 2012 - Reddit plans to shut its doors on January 18th, in support of the anti-SOPA internet blackout. Read more