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• Cable Tapping: Internet Security Threat

  Have you ever stopped to give that hole being dug in the sidewalk anything more than a cursory glance -- or thought about who you assume is the cable guy wiring up those cable node cabinets in many streets? Perhaps something a little sinister, like cable...

• Love Free WiFi Internet? So Do Hackers

  We are all enticed by a free offer; and when it comes to a free WiFi Internet connection as we are on the move, nearly two-thirds of us admit to being drawn in. You are at the airport or a favorite coffee house, notebook or smartphone at hand, and you mu...

• Scrapers, Crawlers and other Beasties of the Web

  Welcome to the world of data mining -- and a very gray side of the Web it is. It’s a place inhabited by scrapers, spiders, graters, crawlers, harvesters… and lots of other beasties, all after just one thing: your information! Essentially, anyone who ...

• Researchers Offer 'BLADE' to Cut PC Exploitation

  Drive-by-downloads could soon become history, according to a research paper from a group of academics at Georgia Tech. Their system, called the BLADE (BLock All Drive-by download Exploits), is based on user consent and is guaranteed to prevent downloads ...

• A Teen Speaks Out Against Cyber-Bullying

  This week, “Support Blue Shirt Day” was the message being sent out by anti-cyber-bullying campaigners across the United States and beyond. One group, StompOutBullying!, summarizes the cause this way: Bullying is a problem that affects millions of stu...

• Teen Cybercrime Calls for New Moral Paradigm

  Three independent research studies carried out recently in China, the UK, and the US show an alarming tendency for youngsters to commit crimes online. This is either through hacking or computer-based fraud, with many teens seeing such online activities as...

• War on Cyber-Crime Logs Three Victories

  “Cyber-criminals beware!” is the message being sent out by law enforcement agencies internationally. Several high-profile arrests recently show signs of insider intelligence leading to the capture of sophisticated criminal gangs using Zeus bots to ste...

• ID Theft Fosters 'Doppelgangers'

  Current estimates show that two thirds of adult Web users globally have been victims of cybercrime, with ID theft the No. 1 target. And in that vein, although loss from your bank account or credit card via phishing is troublesome, how about discovering a ...

• Stuxnet: Worm for Industrial Sabotage

  Stuxnet is not just another worm, or cybercrime toolkit. It is perhaps the most sophisticated industrial sabotage tool to emerge so far. The good news? This does not infect your home or office PC. The bad news: It is directed to take control of complete i...

• Righthaven: New Troll Under the Copyright Bridge

  Bloggers and Webmasters beware: The litigation company Righthaven LLC has been causing a stir since its inception in March with 117 copyright infringement suits, and counting. The latest is against politician Sharron Angle, who's running for the US Senate...