FraudTip, a Web security portal, claims that an internet scam is defrauding around 71 000 travellers every month by the simple expedient of routing internet users to fraudulent versions of popular booking sites.

The FBI is investigating a $9m large-scale ATM fraud using cards cloned from US card processor RBS Worldpay.

Anti-malware vendor Kaspersky’s site was hacked over the weekend, using an SQL injection attack. While admitting that the site was vulnerable, Kaspersky is denying that the vulnerabiity was critical. The hacker nevertheless listed what he said was the …

Movies have a funny habit of becoming reality and the 1992 hacker movie Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, is no exception.

On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due to a widespread result of human error.

The annual report from IBM’s X-Force security operation shows what many IT managers have suspected for some time, namely that Web application vulnerabilities represent the major risk for most organisations.

On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due a widespread result of human error.

If you’ve had a high company phone bill recently, spare a thought for Martin & Hillyer, a law firm in Burlington, Ontario.

ISACA, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has developed a new business model for IT security.

‘NASA hacker’ Gary McKinnon has won permission from the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States.