Lawyers defending the hacker accused of breaking into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account claim that his PC had been infected with spyware. (more…)

Password security is once again in the spotlight after a recent phishing attack on Hotmail users after it was revealed that users who had seen their accounts hacked were using woefully inadequate passwords. (more…)

Microsoft has disabled a feature that allows Hotmail users to embed an image into emails due to security concerns, the company has confirmed. (more…)

We all know the scene. You open up your email account and the first job that’s presented to you is to wade through the latest collection of spam emails in an attempt to find a message of any value at all.

You’ve probably also thought to yourself on more than one occasion “who actually buys this stuff?” Of course, there must be somebody who responds to these messages, that’s why you’re getting them right? (more…)

A third of computer users have admitted to responding to spam email messages, according to a new report. (more…)

A cure for the H1N1 strand of swine flu has overtaken Viagra as the most spammed drug on the internet, according to medical experts. (more…)

Internet users who use rely on “gut instinct” to avoid falling prey to online scams and those with advanced knowledge of financial products are actually more likely to fall victim to cyber criminals, according to surprising research published in the UK by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). (more…)

Computer users are being warned that online criminals are using the recent outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu virus as a means of distributing malicious software and selling bogus “cures”. (more…)

More than 97% of all emails sent worldwide are unsolicited spam messages, according to research by Microsoft. (more…)

Users of the online job site Monster could be at risk of identity theft and phishing attacks after it was revealed that hackers had targeted the site. (more…)