Cybercops drowning in data
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Government official calls for tools to help investigators sift through increasing amounts of data seized by law enforcement.
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Every month seems to bring another episode of sensitive personal information escaping into the wild because a corporate or government laptop computer is lost or stolen. A common response is a lot of hand-wringing over how the data should have been encrypted.
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Huge crowds in social networking sites draw money-minded malware authors.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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A nonprofit group in Mumbai is spearheading an effort to place keyloggers -- which many computer users would regard as spyware -- on public machines in cybercaf&eacute;s. Reaction is mixed, and police have yet to give their assent to the plan.
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A new study from the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and America Online (AOL) paints a dire picture of the state of security in the land of the home PC.
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Cybercrime reporting confusion The HMRC child benefit data loss debacle has reinvigorated calls to establish a central police unit to tackle cybercrime. Business leaders are expressing concern that not enough is being done to help victims of computer crime, who are unsure of who to turn to in the event of being subjected to computer-related fraud or attack.â¦
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Security experts look back on a year in which hi-tech criminals consolidated their hold on the net's underground economy.
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How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computerÂs hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet.
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Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses.
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Scammers and hackers are targeting the human factor in system setups. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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IBM's chief scientist has developed a data sharing system that hides what that data contains--by shredding it.
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers is soaring to unprecedented levels, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.
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A study released the Computer Security Institute indicates that legal frameworks designed to catch up online attacks are hamstringing security researchers.
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Careless security measures invite cybercrooks and scammers, researchers say.
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A computer security researcher figures out exactly how a high-tech scammer
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When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?