Twitter, hurt by a recent spate of phishing attacks, has revealed plans to run all links through a filter to make sure that they don't contain anything nasty. The service scans any link posted, and if it's iffy then it'll be rejected.

It also...

Intel UK has had its Twitter profile hacked by the "This You????" phishing scheme, with tweets supposedly coming in from the company, complete with logo,  and a link to a fake login page.

The company tweeted an apology saying: "Our Twitter...

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,...

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.

Companies going through consolidation and mergers in these tough times are being targeted by online scams.

Malware developers have picked up on the fact that IT departments, like all departments, are facing cut backs at the moment, as well...

With daily news of yet another bank in trouble, customers are understandably worried about their investments at the moment.

And online fraudsters are taking advantage of this.

In fact, things have got so bad that the US Federal...