Three members of virus-writing gang held.
Three members of a malware-writing group were arrested last month following investigations in Finland and the UK. The three men - a 63-year-old Englishman, a 28-year-old Scotsman and a 19-year-old from Finland - who are believed to be members of the malware...
read moreJapan's first crackdown on organized phishing.
Police in Kyoto have arrested eight men in Japan's first crackdown on organized phishing. The men are suspected of belonging to a phishing ring which stole personal information from some 1,000 visitors to a fake Yahoo! auctions site.
Visitors were...
read moreThe recent Yahoo! Mail worm, JS.Yamanner@m , is symptomatic of our increased usage and reliance on Web applications. This past weekend we saw a similar attack, but this time it was on the MySpace social networking site. Web applications are just as vulnerable to certain exploits, and even more so in...
read moreWith the hot weather come the storms!
Just a piece of friendly advice to all you dial up users.
Please make sure you unplug the modem cable after using the internet.
As leaving it plugged in during a storm can result in the damage of the modem or the PC. As lighting strike can travel d...
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