“Three men have been indicted in connection with a Ukraine-based fraud scheme which tricked Internet users into believing their computers were infected and collected some 100 million dollars, officials said Thursday.
Internet users in more than …

“Contractors that fail to live up to security requirements in federal technology contracts should be held accountable, even if the vulnerabilities originated in products or capabilities provided by suppliers, a top Homeland Security Department official …

“Media Temple, the Web host for Adobe, ABC, Sony, NBC, Time, Volkswagen and Starbucks, was recently shut down by a distributed denial of service attack.
‘The outage began about 3:50 p.m. PDT [Tuesday], when Media Temple’s …

“The past decade may be portrayed as a period of growing cyber threats, or at least as a period of increasing fear and a growing conviction regarding cyber insecurity. Among many different cyber-vulnerable industries, critical …

“Canadian government, college and industry computers are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack, federal authorities said.
Cyberattacks via social networking sites have grown ’substantially’ in Canada, said a censored report from Canada’s Security Intelligence Service.
The Canadian government needs …

“Like convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, phishing is no longer a mom-and-pop operation, according to a study released today.
A single crime syndicate dubbed ‘Avalanche’ was responsible for some 66 percent of the phishing traffic generated …

“Hackers have begun using compromised servers instead of client PCs to launch more powerful denial of service attacks.
Hundreds of web servers are infected with a DoS application that transforms them into zombie drones, according to …

“The FBI’s top anti-cyber crime official today said the agency is planning a law enforcement action against so-called ‘money mules,’ individuals willingly or unwittingly roped into helping organized computer crooks launder money stolen through online …

“The U.S. military may never have a direct answer on when to fire back against a computer-based attack, a top Pentagon leader said Wednesday, reflecting the complex world of cyber warfare.
James Miller, the principal deputy …

“The U.S. Army Reserve Command began alerting affected reservists on May 7 via e-mail. Col. Jonathan Dahms, chief public affairs for the Army Reserve, said the personal data was contained on a CD-Rom in a …