More than 40,000 websites have fallen victim to a virus attack that is still growing, security experts have said.

The average PC user has a dozen unpatched applications installed.

Filters and other parental control tools often make sense for young children, but as kids mature into teens, we must pull back on the technological controls in favor of self-control.

Computer users should think twice before using websites that enable them to shorten URLs.

Like many people, I'm worried about identity fraud. Not paranoid, just generally curious what the chances are that I could be victimized by things like mail theft.

Microsoft is testing free anti-virus software, but no date has been announced for a public release.

Security experts have discovered two new attacks targeting Mac users, a new version of a worm and a Trojan hidden inside a porn site.

A scareware attack on Twitter over the weekend is the latest in what has been described as a "worrying new trend" of social networking security attacks.

On the heels of Symantec's OnlineFamily.Norton, released earlier this year, security stalwart McAfee is jumping into the family protection game with a new home-oriented protection program.

Web 2.0 technologies, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, are a major security concern for businesses, according to research by Deloitte.

You might have heard about online "phishing" scams designed to steal money from unsuspecting Web users, but now criminals are using another type of scam called "vishing" to commit the same crimes.

Phishers were having a field day with Facebook and Twitter on Thursday.

In a new report, McAfee has identified what popular search keywords are most likely to lead to malware. The answers may surprise you, and give you pause as you search for your favorite song lyrics on Google.

The attackers behind a series of rapidly spreading Web site compromises have begun using a new domain to deliver their malicious code, security experts say.

Spam now accounts for 90.4 percent of all e-mail, according to a report released Monday from security vendor Symantec.

In what's just the latest Facebook phishing scam, hackers on Thursday broke into accounts and sent e-mails to friends urging them to log on to fake Facebook sites, according to new reports and anecdotes from members.

Be careful who you give your mobile phone number out to.

Women are more affected by identity fraud then men are, according to a new survey that also found that it takes women longer to restore their identities but they also tend to change their behavior afterward.

Security firm Finjan has uncovered what it says is one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybergang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers.

At least one Facebook account that was hijacked in phishing attacks last week was used to send out spam directing people to a malware site, according to the social-networking company.

A computer security enthusiast in India has released a tool designed to allow people to take complete control of strangers' Facebook accounts if they can get hold of the targets' session cookies. It also could be used to manage large quantities of ...

Cybercriminals have moved on from search engine optimization techniques and are now creating fake search sites designed solely to direct Web surfers to pages hosting malware, Panda Security warned on Wednesday.

Spam levels continued to rise in April, reaching the highest level in 19 months as image spam made a comeback and keywords related to the outbreak of swine flu became more common, according to security firms.

With all the Internet attacks that exploit Adobe Acrobat Reader people should switch to using an alternative PDF reader, a security expert said at the RSA security conference on Tuesday.

Phishers and spammers have caught swine flu fever and are exploiting fears around the outbreak to try to sell pharmaceutical products or steal information.

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It's easy for crooks to rip you off at the cash machine, especially if you're not paying attention. And your PIN won't offer the protection you might assume it would.

Malware has risen by a staggering 278 percent in the first half of 2008, according to a new study by ScanSafe

Web sites that tailor their content to each viewer raise privacy concerns, researchers find.

New attacks from games and virtual-world Web sites can deliver bot-like control of browsers to attackers, said Ed Skoudis, a security consultant with Intelguardians, speaking at RSA.

What can parental-control software do to keep kids away from the seamy side?

Customers of HSBC, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual suffer the highest rates of identity theft in the banking industry, according to an investigative study released Wednesday by a UC Berkeley Law School researcher.

So few people back up the files on their computers; you don't want to start off on the wrong foot.

Here are 10 ways to use passwords to best effect.