Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site
A New Jersey teenager was sentenced to a year in jail and was fined $37,500 after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a DDOS attack on the Church of Scientology Web site. Read more...

Banks on watch after suspected card breach

Three indicted for Comcast hack last year

Security pro says new SSL attack can hit many sites

Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009

Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009

UK police reveal arrests over Zeus banking malware

T-Mobile UK employees sold customer data

Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation

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Three indicted for Comcast hack last year
Three hackers have been indicted for redirecting the Comcast.net Web site to a page of their own making in 2008.

Security pro says new SSL attack can hit many sites
A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack.

Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009
Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense -- many of them coming from China -- have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday.

Q&A: Encryption effort on track despite VeriFone dispute, says Heartland CEO
In a conversation with Computerworld today, Heartland CEO and Chairman Robert Carr blasted VeriFone's lawsuit and its suggestion that Heartland is incapable of supporting VeriFone customers.

Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.

Practical identity protection you can use
Is it Christmas already? I'm beginning to receive informative e-mails about evil hackers who want to steal my identity during the dangerous (and ever lengthening) holiday season. As usual the advice ranges from lame to impossible.

Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
It's become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there's something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.

Baited and Duped on Facebook
Social networking raises the specter of employees divulging sensitive information outright or revealing enough about themselves or their workplaces to give cybervillains a way in. Experts offer tips to foil the bad guys.

How Hackers Find Your Weak Spots
A look at some of the ways hackers use social networking tools to gain access to victims' systems.

Your Own Worst Enemy
Recent breaches have put a spotlight on Web 2.0 applications security. John Viega, a security expert at McAfee, says both software developers and end users must share some of the blame.

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