A total of 70 people were arrested in Romania earlier this week for their part in an eBay scam which saw them attempt to infiltrate trusted accounts to trade non-existent goods. (more…)

The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to invest £4.5m ($7m) in protecting British citizens from fraudulent activity online, it has been announced. (more…)

Lawyers who filed a lawsuit against the Chinese Government on behalf of a US software company over alleged theft of software code that was used in state-mandated filtering software, was reportedly targeted by a phishing attack that has also targeted Google. (more…)

Phishing attacks saw a dramatic increase in December according to one group of researchers, with cyber criminals looking to capitalise on the seasonal increase in Christmas shoppers. (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…)

The computer system at a British prison was shut down entirely this week, after prison officials asked a convicted cyber criminal to reprogram it. (more…)

Online banking customers are being warned that phishing scammers are now utilising ‘Live Chat’ systems in order to extract crucial security details from unsuspecting users. (more…)

Apple have been criticised by security researchers who have described anti-phishing measures on the iPhone as “ineffective”. (more…)

Recently we have heard about popular social networking sites, namely Twitter and Facebook, being targeted with a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. (more…)

Online scammers are taking advantage of the global economic downturn and targeting those who have been affected by the recession, according to a new report. (more…)