Mr. Know-It-All: Playing Party Hero, Deflecting Errant E-mail, Avoiding Online Bait-and-Switch
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Mr. Know-It-All explains why certain videogames may not be such a bad idea at a party, and says to be weary of offers for anything other than what you already want.
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After analyzing a variety of common e-mail scams, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara reports that even world-wise, skeptical computer users can be fooled.
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By Greg Miller, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 23--Sabrina McDonnell knew that online crime was bad before Internet scoundrels flooded inboxes with phony e-mails trolling for First National Bank & Trust Co. account information.
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Phreaks, spoofers and spammers want to invade your home computer, and the tricks of their trade include airsnarfs, wabbits and fork bombs.
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Web villains post do-it-yourself phishing kits to help any amateur become an online con artist.
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Crime-fighting "tinkerers" are figuring out how to get all the inside dope about you from your supposedly trusted gadget
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Blog: Suspicious of the guy who is just blowing everybody away in Quake 3? Your future PC might be able to tell who is cheating.
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Fending off predators, preteens and malware perpetrators on the most-visited Web site in the nation? Meet the guy who's got the job you're glad you don't have.
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Online recommendation systems are growing up -- and the spammers, fraudsters and thieves are moving in. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine.
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Think you're safe from Internet fraud? Think again.
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Blog: Popular add-ons could have their update process hijacked by man-in-the-middle attacks.
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GADFLY ALREADY the internet age has given us 'phishing', when criminals use emails to persuade you to give them your bank details.  Now it seems we have the less crooked but nonetheless enraging online experience of 'philfing'  an acronym for 'purposely hiding what I'm looking for'.
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Ingenious hacks abound for the game console's input device. Plus: The
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The purpose of this paper is to explain how attackers behave when they attempt to identify and defeat honeypots, and is useful information for security professionals who need to deploy honeypots in a more stealthy manner. Part 2 looks at Sebek-based honeypots, snort_inline, Fake AP, and Bait and Switch honeypots.
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Also: Flirting, online and off. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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Security researcher demonstrates a way to use cross-site scripting to remotely spam an internal network printer.
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Search engine optimization vendors and other companies can help corporations and individuals monitor and manage their online reputations. But are they crossing ethical boundaries by tinkering with Web search results?