UK cyber security is apparently getting a boost according to a report by the Guardian, which states that a Government programme has begun developing offensive cyber weapons - adding to existing defensive capabilities.

The defence minister,...

Whether you’re on the way to your family for Christmas this year, or your already there you:

Better watch out, Better not cry! Better not pout! We're telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to rob you!

Clearly Santa Claus isn't...

Mark Zuckerburg, billionaire founder of Facebook, has just been made Time magazine's Person of the Year under the shadow of reports that Facebook is becoming a hive crime - both oniline and in the real world.

A report just out has marked...

The profile of the hacker has changed dramatically since their first appearance on the consumer internet radar 20 or so years ago and, with it, so has the nature of their crime. Whereas online attacks were anarchic attempts to undermine the system,...

Nine people are being held in custody after allegedly earning $300,000 by buying their own records from iTunes and Amazon with stolen credit cards.

The gang supposedly used a US company to upload tracks to iTunes and Amazon.com, and then...

Telesign, creators of voice-based authentication software, was so confident of its StrongWebMail.com webmail site, recently launched, that it set up a prize fund of $10,000 for anyone able to break into it successfully.

Only a week later,...

Take a second to think about the computer you're reading this on. If it was lost or stolen, would you be losing important information? Could it be a security risk?

HP has announced that it's going to be offering a new optional service with...

Police have announced that they'll be setting up virtual courtrooms in major shopping centres across the UK. In an attempt to improve the speed at which justice gets done, petty criminals will be sentenced by video link to magistrates.

London's...

A row has erupted between the UK Prison Service and the Police's Serious Organized Crime Agency over consoles with internet connectivity. The latter claims that prisoners are using "PlayStations" to run their empires from within prison walls.

Ethoca - an organisation set up to make eCommerce safer for companies and web surfers alike - has signed up the world's third largest domain name and email provider.

Tucows has joined Ethoca's Global Fraud Fighting Community.

A couple of weeks ago, an American ISP called McColo was shut down after accusations that it was helping spammers send out junk mail including online fraud and child pornography.

It was shut down and suddenly the amount of spam on the Internet...

Security experts Symantec reckon online fraudsters are making a whooping £3.3bn out of unsuspecting web surfers.

After studying the internet's underground economy for a year, Symantec believes this is the figure online criminals are making...

According to a new report, online fraudsters can make as much as £15,000 from a stolen identity.

The terrifying findings were published to mark Get Safe Online Week.

They revealed that identities are being sold online for £80...

Recent research has revealed that UK businesses have little faith in the government to protect them from rising cybercrime.

Nearly 60% of those quizzed by the Corporate IT Forum said that they didn't think the police were equipped to properly...

The FBI have said it, internet security experts have said it, and now another voice has added to those concerned about rising online crime.

Garlik - the online fraud investigators, who have offices on both sides of the Atlantic, have released...