Thanks to the efforts of the FBI and international law enforcement groups, you could lose your Internet access on July 9th due to a virus you never knew you had. We examine, and try to explain. More...

An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn after its password breach, citing the company's incorrect claims about its level of protection for users. More...

The student from Pakistan who recently claimed that he had set a new World record by scoring 998 marks out of total 1,000 in a Microsoft Professional Certificate programme has been caught lying. More...

Reports of scammers targeting PC users have surfaced in some parts of the US, where people claiming to represent Microsoft are calling users at home, offering to fix their PC remotely for a hefty sum. More...

An ex Apple employee has pleaded guilty to a number of criminal counts after he was accused of taking kickbacks from Asian suppliers in exchange for the iPhone makers secrets. According to Reuters, Paul Devine worked... More...

Black Friday, the busiest day of consumer spending in the US, and the symbolic beginning of the Winter holiday shopping season, is also a scammer's paradise. When customers are throwing money at you faster than... More...

If the title on this Amazon.com book (Culture of Pakistan: Culture of Pakistan. Pakistani literature, Urdu, Books and publishing in Pakistan, Pakistani poetry, List of Urdu language poets, Music of Pakistan) seems suspicious to you,... More...

If you are a Sprint user, make sure to check your bill closely. Sprint customers have begun to see items showing up on their bills for long distance calls that they did not place,... More...

HM Revenue and Customs officials have warned taxpayers to beware of phishing emails sent out to take advantage of the January 31st tax return deadline. Telling recipients they are due a tax refund, the email... More...

Secret talks have been taking place between the United States, Russia and the United Nations in an attempt to reach agreement on strengthening Internet security and limiting use of cyber-warfare. Reported by the New York... More...

Computer manufacturer Dell is to pay out $4million in penalties, costs and damages over accusations of deceptive advertising, according to the Associated Press. A case was brought against the company in 2007 by the New... More...

Over 90 per cent of UK firms are putting their customers at risk of identity fraud, according to the results of a study released today to mark National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. The event is... More...

Today in a New York State Supreme Court, Dell's financial services was deemed fraudulent on terms that Dell was failing to honor their promised no-interest or no-payment options. Dell told Reuters it "disagrees" with the... More...

The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) has invalidated this week's ballot on the proposed Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, eliminating one vote in favour of the standard before the International Standards Organization (ISO). The body said... More...

Social networking website Facebook could be closed if legal action in the US by a rival site's founders succeeds. Three founders of ConnectU say Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the site... More...

While the RIAA continues its allegations of copyright infringement, defendants such as Suzy Del Cid, which accuses the RIAA of all sorts of nefarious misdeeds, are fighting back. UMG vs. Del Cid is being heard... More...

Researchers at Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks have uncovered a new type of phishing attack that circumvents a bank's attempt to detect fraud by tricking victims into forwarding their telephone calls to the attacker. The attack... More...

Gigabyte has announced losing roughly $5 million USD due to an internal scandal committed by Chang Chaosong, factory manager at Ningbo Gigabyte Technology in China. Chang allegedly listed Gigabyte as a guarantor for a bank... More...

Yahoo has promoted one of its staff attorneys to an executive-level position that is akin to being click fraud tsar at the second largest web search provider. For seven years, Reggie Davis helped the web... More...

According the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), auction fraud complaints made up about 45% of the 207,492 complaints received by the IC3 last year. That number is down significantly from... More...

Google is to introduce a new service to its AdWords advertisement management service in April that allows clients to block certain users from seeing their ads. The move will allow advertisers to further combat click... More...

Fraud detectors at RSA Security have found a demo of a new online fraud toolkit that automates the process of setting up fake websites that sit between a user and a real site, such as... More...

The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) stated it was 'very concerned' about the... More...

The Opera development team announced a very interesting feature at their Backstage event, which took place yesterday. Opera 9.1 will include fraud protection measures that are more advanced than IE7 or Firefox 2.0. When visiting... More...

Public notifications of breaches reached into the tens of millions last year, but identity fraud only increased four percent. The large number of data breaches and the publicity they have received has created the incorrect... More...

Not for lead plaintiff Joseph Kinney and the other Internet advertisers who this week had their lawyers sue to block the $90 million settlement Google reached in a click fraud case in March. The suit... More...

Osaka based Capcom is currently under criminal investigated by the city's Tax Bureau for fraud. The company failed to report approximately 5.12 billion yen (US $44 million) over six years. The penalty is a stiff... More...

A US man has been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraudover a 'click fraud' scheme allegedly carried out against an internetfirm that rewards subscribers who complete online surveys and viewbanner ads. ... More...

An undercover investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service has led to the arrests of 28 individuals suspected of being part of a global organized cybercrime network. Charges against the suspects include identity theft, computer... More...

A German man was jailed for five and a half years Thursday for repackaging cheap versions of Microsoft Corp. software and selling them on at a higher price. Ralph Blasek, a software... More...

A California man was arraigned on Thursday on federal extortion and wire fraud charges arising from a software program he claimed could allow spammers to defraud Web search company Google Inc. of millions of dollars,... More...

Calpers, the biggest national pension fund, said on Friday it filed a lawsuit alleging fraud against current and former AOL, Time Warner and AOL Time Warner Inc. executives and to recover more than $250 million... More...

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A man who sold high-end computers, laptops and other equipment on eBay Inc.'s online auction site pleaded no contest to allegations of fraud totaling $453,000. Chris Chong Kim,... More...

The FBI's Internet fraud unit said the number of complaints it referred to law enforcement authorities tripled last year, as did the cost of fraud to victims. The bureau's Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC), which... More...

Thanks to nathanintu for his post in BPN POLICE are investigating two fraudulent spam attacks in the same day, as both the country's largest bank and domain name registrar were targeted by... More...

Federal authorities arrested and charged two Enron Corp. executives on Wednesday with fraud for allegedly creating $111 million in bogus earnings from a ballyhooed Internet video-on-demand venture that was a failure from its inception.... More...

Accounting software makers are trying to capitalize on a string of high profile scandals by developing computer programs that flag unusual bookkeeping and launch investigations with little human intervention. For company officials, reviewing... More...

Thanks Jason for this one. This has been all over the local news here in Seattle. Apparantly, this Microsoft guy made money off of Microsoft in more ways then one. For a... More...

A 32 year-old former trainee dishwasher (how can you be a trainee dishwasher?) has pleaded guilty to masterminding what investigators believe is the largest identity theft scam ever attempted. Abraham Abdallah, a... More...

September 26, 2002--America Online Inc. (AOL), already under investigation for questionable accounting practices, could become further muddied as reports surfaced Thursday that the U.S. government's fraud investigation into real estate Web site operator Homestore.com Inc.... More...

A former Cisco Systems executive has pleaded guilty to illegally transferring some $50 million in company stock and funds to an offshore shell account in the Bahamas, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Assistant... More...

In response to recent security breaches on their website, Ebay has decided to take a step forward in protecting customers from on-line fraud. The new system would involve a two tier consumer fraud protection developed... More...

Online auctions account for the majority of complaints about Internet fraud, according to a new report from the FBI. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a joint operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the... More...

Thanks Kusanagi for this story. A federal jury has convicted an Nvidia Corp. engineer on charges of securities fraud, lying to authorities and obstruction of justice. Atul Bhagat, 29, of... More...

Thanks Activewin for the heads up on this story. Microsoft Corp. has been accused in a lawsuit of helping Visio Corp. steal a Utah company's software technology for computer-aided designs. In 2000, the... More...

Internet fraud is expected to cost at least £50m this Christmas, with thieves using the card details of unsuspecting customers to buy a host of expensive goods online, analysts believe. Criminals are increasingly turning to... More...

PC MEGA-GIANT the Dell Corporation is being sued for fraud, defamation and breach of contract by an Austin-based courier, with the US Social Security administration the piggy in the middle. According to newspaper the Austin... More...