Internet security experts are gathering at a secretive conference later this week to strategise in their fight against cybercriminals.
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.
There's a 50 percent chance your unprotected Windows PC will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online, says security vendor Sophos.
An annual survey coordinated by the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team has revealed that electronic attacks on businesses have decreased, but is it all good news?
Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.
The threat of infection by mass-mailed viruses is decreasing, according to reports, while tailored attacks are on the increase.
Spam e-mails with racist messages flooded computers in Germany on Thursday.
The latest innovation in identity fraud typically begins with an unexpected e-mail message from a financial institution proclaiming something like: "Your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports."
Over the past year the number of online dating sites has increased significantly but security experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS) say many of these sites are being used at this time of year to spread malicious code, not love.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is stepping up its anti-spam campaign by deploying forensic technology allowing it to closely examine e-mails and act against spammers.
The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission says anti-spam bills being considered by Congress lack teeth and could be counterproductive.
Microsoft on Wednesday made available a free software tool to help victims of the worms that are currently attacking Windows computers clean their systems.
Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday.
The latest variants of the Bagle worm have alarmed antivirus vendors because of the multi-stage process they use to attack PCs.
Virus authors are choosing not to create global epidemics -- such as Melissa or Blaster -- because that distracts them from their core business of creating and selling zombie networks, according to anti-virus experts.
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