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FTC smackdown! More fake support scammers taken out...
The FTC has taken out more fake support scammers who are said to have badgered consumers into parting with more than $120 million. In return, the consumers received technical smoke and mirrors that was...
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FBI offers $1 million reward for anybody who can help catch online car scam...
The alleged kingpin behind a multimillion-dollar online car selling scam, Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, just made it onto the FBI's 10 Most-Wanted Cyber Fugitives list.
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Uber taken to task over anti-journalist privacy debacle
After Uber's bumpy privacy-related ride this week, US Senator Al Franken has sent a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick with 10 pointed questions about the company's lackadaisical approach to privacy.
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Want to know how to shop safely on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Join our...
Learn how to protect yourself online, not just on the forthcoming Cyber Monday, but for the rest of the year as well. Join us and the Center for Internet Security in a Twitter chat...and bring your...
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Has the PlayStation Network really been hacked? Should you change your password?
A smallish sample of usernames and passwords allegedly stolen from the PlayStation Network (PSN), Windows Live and 2K Gaming Studio has been leaked by a trio of crackers. Real or hoax?
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"That's not a hack..." - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here's our latest 60 Second Security video. One week of news in one amusingly informative minute...
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Monday review - the hot 24 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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Dirt-cheap PS4 Amazon listings in Walmart price-match scam
Who needs to wait until Black Friday for doorbuster, price-slashing, Insanely! Low!! Prices!!! when you can instead defraud price-matching policies with bogus Amazon listings showing whatever crazy-low...
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16 webcam hijacking suspects arrested in wake of bedroom-peeping
An international bust of people illegally using remote-access Trojans (RATs) to hijack people's webcams last week led to the arrest of 16 people across Europe.
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WordPress issues critical security fixes, closing remote anonymous compromise...
WordPress has just published a critical security release. If you're still on WordPress 3, this is about as critical as it gets, because one of the fixes closes a "remote anonymous compromise" bug.
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Google Contributor: would you pay to remove ads on websites? [POLL]
Google has invited web users to pay a monthly fee instead of continuing to see Google-served adverts on their favourite websites.
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Craigslist back up and running after DNS hijack
If you had trouble getting onto Craigslist to sell your apple green velvet armchair over the weekend, join the club: the site was hijacked on Sunday night.
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Google reaches settlement with troll victim
Three years after first discovering some 3,600 abusive, defamatory postings online, a UK businessman has settled with Google to get search results taken down.
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Sophos Techknow - Dealing with Ransomware [PODCAST]
No type of malware seems to get people's blood boiling quite as much as ransomware. Learn how to protect yourself in this episode of our Sophos Techknow podcast series...
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5 online scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season in the United States is also an opportune time for cybercriminals, scam artists and conmen to gear up their activities. Here are the top 5 online...
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Sony Pictures breached - or was it?
Sony has been in the computer security spotlight several times before, from rootkits and jailbreaking to industrial-scale data breaches. The company is back in the limelight again after a claimed...
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Twitter exec Anthony Noto reveals secret company plans in direct message goof
Don't worry, you're not the only one to ever hit "reply all" and then run through the office screaming at people to delete it. Even Twitter execs can mistakenly push out public Tweets that were...
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Which social network is the worst for bullying? [POLL]
This week is Anti-Bullying Week in the UK, coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. We'd like to know which social network you think is the worst for bullying, and you could even win a T-shirt as a...
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Home Depot facing 44 lawsuits over data breach as clean-up cost reaches $43m
Home Depot, which revealed a huge data breach in September, said it now faces at least 44 civil lawsuits across the US and Canada after the security slip that left 56 million credit cards and 53...
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SSCC 175 - "My, what an ENORMOUS malware infection you have!" [PODCAST]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. For your listening pleasure - the news you can use!
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