As if trojans targeting the blind weren't bad enough (see Quickbatch | JAWS crack trojans), the latest Internet hate crime forcibly redirected visitors of an epilepsy support forum to a ... Read More

Since its inception, some gamers have complained the online Sony Playstation Store didn't offer enough games, sported an unattractive interface, and was, well, boring. Now gamers can add another gripe: ... Read More

The Washington state Attorney General filed suit in King Country Superior Court yesterday, accusing Arizona residents Ron and Jane Doe Cooke of deceptive practices that violate the state's Computer Spyware ... Read More

In the real world game of keep-away, two people toss a ball back and forth while a third person - the man in the middle - tries to intercept the ... Read More

Chris Keall of PC World NZ writes, "My personal theory is that any major security software, if kept up-to-date, is going to stop any virus or malware outbreak, since all ... Read More

Every 3.5 seconds in the United States, someone's identity is stolen. Unfortunately, many view identity theft as an 'online' only problem. It's true that phishing scams, Trojans, and other forms ... Read More

Whether through social engineering or through web site exploit, the choice of browser will be of little help. All browsers are equally susceptible to web-based malware and this includes Firefox, ... Read More

Eliot Spitzer watched the back of the little guy. When McAfee tried to squash a review based on an end-user license agreement that barred publishing benchmark data, Spitzer stepped in ... Read More

MonaRonaDona is a self-advertised 'virus' that isn't even a virus at all. It's a non-replicating program (i.e., a Trojan) that loads when Windows is started, changing the Internet Explorer title ... Read More

Independent security penetration consultancy SecureTest says the Trojaned picture frames delivered from China over the Christmas holiday could be indication of a more serious problem: smuggled-in malware embedded in chipsets ... Read More

The Windows autorun feature enables CDs to play automatically when inserted in the drive. Removable and thumb drives use the same autorun feature to load files when the drives are ... Read More

Scammers are exploiting the recent Windows Live outtage, claiming the cause was "due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts". Recipients are instructed to send the scammer their hotmail username ... Read More

Several attentive readers have sent in the following new hoax circulating. It's not actually new, but rather a variation of the 'Invitation Virus' Hoax, which was itself a variation of ... Read More