Customers of an Australian recruitment firm have been targeted with resumes that are booby-trapped with a backdoor trojan.
More than a million users were duped by phishing attacks last year, compared to the year before.
National Computing Centre research warns that neglecting the security of new technologies puts businesses at risk of cyberattacks.
FBI officials are warning users of a new phishing scam that plays off a recent round of bogus extortion threats.
The number of "phishing" e-mails circulating on the Web has increased from 279 to 215,643 over the past six months, according to e-mail security company MessageLabs.
Following a rash of Telstra customers reporting phishing attacks, the telco has issued advice on how to discern the real Telstra from fake ones -- but the advice it gives is more likely to help phishers than its customers.
Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service.
According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?
Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?
Verification gadgets range from tokens to mobile-phone-based systems, but cost keeps them from catching on.
After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?
Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn old lessons.
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