In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.
New York state authorities have arrested the e-mail marketer "Buffalo Spammer," in the state's first criminal case against a junk mailer.
Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk e-mail messages.
Australian authorities have detained a man in Sydney in connection with an e-mail scam targeted at the Commonwealth Bank's online banking service.
Mobile phone carriers in the U.K. have launched a crackdown against junk e-mail using short message service text, which is the latest wireless marketing craze.
Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
If legislation against spam is to be effective in any way, it needs to be implemented on a global level -- particularly in the United States. Declan McCullagh doesn't give much hope of that.
It's time to accept an unpleasant truth.
On April 12, 1994, a pair of attorneys in Arizona launched a homemade marketing software program that forever changed the Internet.
Security firm Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organised criminals turn to cybercrime.
Almost all of the malware circulating the Internet is written by organised criminals looking for financial gain, experts say, and the problem is set to get worse.
Dutch police have arrested three individuals suspected of hacking into more than 100,000 computers worldwide and using the hijacked systems in online crimes.
Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems
At least four Australian teenagers have been arrested for their alleged part in an Internet banking scam that has generated millions of dollars.
Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned.
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