£10 buys cyber crime toolkit
Simple kits to embark on sophisticated cyber crime can be bought for just a tenner, according to Web security firm…
ID fraud
Russian is ‘most wanted’ spammer
The FBI has named a 23-year-old Russian as Spam Public Enemy Number One, accused of being as the brains behind…
iPhone users ‘vulnerable to fraud’
Apple iPhone users are much more vulnerable to Web attacks from malicious websites – including those which pose as pages…
1 in 4 hit by cyber phone scam
A quarter of Internet users in the UK have been targeted by cold calling cyber criminals falsely claiming their computer…
Facebook accused of scare tactics
Facebook has been accused of scaremongering to get its users to sign up to a new ID fraud-busting service, which…
MPs blamed for Street View let-off
The data regulator has hit back at Parliamentary claims that it was ‘lilly-livered’ in its handling of the Google Street…
ID expert: ‘Lie to protect your data’
A cyber crime expert is risking the wrath of the data industry after urging online users to lie about their…
£1.5m ID scam hits Help Loan
Payday loan firms are likely to face greater scrutiny after an ID scam has hit Finland-based Help Loan for £1.5m,…