Hackers exploit security hole in Excel
Microsoft says hackers have found a way to use some older versions
of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's
computers.
Record sentence for computer sabotage
A computer systems administrator was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for trying to sabotage his company's servers out of fear he was about to lose his job, prosecutors said.
Hacker break-ins at record level
The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social
Security numbers has soared to unprecedented levels.
Police raid penis enlargement spammer
A businessman alleged to be the source of millions of emails
offering penis enlargement pills falls foul of New Zealand's tough
new anti-spam laws.
In the world of emails, junk rules
Nearly 95 per cent of the email sent in 2007 has been "spam", junk
advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report
released today by a US web security firm.
The hunt for Russia's web crims
An online crime network appears to have gone to ground. Peter
Warren reports.
Is internet banking safe?
Each year online banking customers are being defrauded of more than
$25 million. Can we keep the cyber crims from scamming us? Katie
Cincotta reports.
Internet hijackers pull the money
Some operators are intercepting net traffic to steal fees. Paul McIntyre looks at the rogue practice.
Syria puts Facebook off limits
Syrian authorities have blocked Facebook, the popular internet
hangout, over what seems to be fears of Israeli "infiltration" of
Syrian social networks.
Microsoft axes Vista 'kill switch' feature
Microsoft dumps feature that disables programs on users' computers
if it suspects the software is pirated, opting instead for a
gentler approach based on nagging alerts.
Microsoft looks to curb piracy in Vista
Microsoft said on Monday it would disable the two primary methods used by software pirates to illegally copy Windows Vista software in the next major update of the operating system.
Microsoft sends out security over bug scare
Microsoft is releasing a patch for serious security vulnerability
that allows lone attackers who register particular internet domain
names to seize control of millions of computers.
A-team hackers: teen 'leader' autistic
A New Zealand teenager accused of leading a group of cyber
criminals is mildly autistic, his mother has said.
Kiwi teen named as cyber gang mastermind
Police question the suspected teenage kingpin of an international
cyber crime network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers
and skimming millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts.
Porn site users asked to pay up or face pop-up hell
Online pornography hunters' internet adventures are already fraught with danger from malicious code many porn sites use to commandeer visitors' machines or steal personal data.
PlayStation a hacker's dream
The powerful processors in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console now
have another use: cracking passwords.
Maths error exposes 'millions of PCs' to simultaneous attack
One of the world's most prominent cryptographers has issued a
warning about a hypothetical incident in which a maths error in a
widely used computing chip places the security of the global
electronic commerce system at risk.
Police swoop on 'hacker of the year'
The Swedish hacker who perpetrated the so-called hack of the year
has been arrested in a dramatic raid on his apartment, during which
he was taken in for questioning and several of his computers
confiscated.
The hack of the year
A Swedish hacker tells how he infiltrated a global communications
network used by scores of embassies over the world, using tools
freely available on the internet.
Botmaster faces 60 years behind bars
US man admits infecting 250,000 computers and stealing the
identities of thousands of people.
