CYBERCRIME

The cyber bully that is thought to have driven Canadian teen Amanda Todd to suicide last week has reportedly been exposed by the internet hacktivist group Anonymous.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has launched a new page in its Family Safety Center to give users tools to prevent cyber bullying.

The malware protections on Windows 8 has been improved.

Todd still receiving torment in the fashion that caused her to take her own life.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the nation was faced with a dire cyber threat from foreign actors targeting computer control systems that operate chemical, electricity and water plants and those that guide transportation.

Microsoft's war against botnets gained momentum as reports have emerged that the Redmond giant has disrupted threats to unsecured supply chains from Nitol botnet that was found to infect computers even before they could go on sale.

Just how secure is your PIN number? According to the data security blog Data Genetics, much more vulnerable than you might think. The results show that obvious choices such as 1234 are extremely popular and wildly unsafe.

Device proliferation as well as social media and browser intrusion continue to lead the parade of cyber threats to computer networks and data centers, a new IBM study found.

Apple will begin its official rollout of iOS 6 on Wednesday, just a couple of short days before the release date of its recently revealed iPhone 5. The next-generation operating system boasts a host of new features for iOS devices, but one crucial flaw may have some users considering a switch to Android.

A new study conducted by Microsoft dubbed Operation b70, from Aug. 2011, shows that several computers carry malware installed in the factory, BBC News reported.

GoDaddy.com, the popular website that hosts millions of domains for businesses, said it had restored most service Tuesday. On Monday, it was subject to cyberattack by someone claiming to be a member of the Anonymous hacker group.

Customer sites operated by private GoDaddy.com reported major computer problems Monday due to an apparent cyberattck by Anonymous. Last winter, Intyernet activists attacked GoDaddy.com for its support of the Stop Online Privacy Act.

Emma Watson has become the favorite celebrity for the cyber criminals to lure the unsuspecting browsers.

The Norton Cybercrime Report released Wednesday pegs the total cybercrime cost for the U.S. consumers at $20.7 billion, with close to 71 million Americans falling prey to the online scam.

Kaspersky Lab, a leading security firm, says it has discovered a fourth state-sponsored virus in the Middle East in a span of three years that targets computers in Lebanon.

The National Security Agency has sought the help of professional hackers to render the Internet more secure against cyberattacks and for intelligence sharing against potential threats.

Much like Google Talk going down earlier today, Twitter is experiencing service issues all over the globe, according to TechCrunch.

According to Gawker, Iranian nuclear facilities have been hit by a new computer worm. A computer worm that has excellent taste in music, apparently, as AC/DC's Thunderstruck has been heard blasting late at night on facility computers.

The Grum botnet, which experts believe is responsible for about 18 percent of the world's spam email traffic, has been shut down, according to security company FireEye, based in Milpitas, Calif. According to M86Security, Grum was responsible for roughly 17.4 percent of the worldwide spam email traffic, which made it officially the third largest active botnet in the world, after Cutwail and Lethic, respectively. In January 2012, however, Grum became the No. 1 spam botnet in the world, accounti...

America's leading cyber warrior is distressed about a potentially grim future for cyber-security.