CYBERCRIME

A new study from McAfee says more cybercriminals are focused on corporate data, rather than individual people.

A hacker from Devon, England was sentenced to two years in prison for hacking social gaming company Zynga and stealing virtual gaming chips.

Microsoft and federal agents took down Rustock, a botnet responsible at its peak for nearly half of the world's spam.

Researchers say they have developed a technique to determine the authorship of anonymous emails, which often are gateways to cyber crime.

Various members of the United States Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recent defended their cyber security bill saying it didn't promote the notion of a kill-switch.

Sony Computer Entertainment America won a preliminary injunction against a hacker who publicized a method for allowing Playstation 3 consoles to install non-Sony operating systems. But others might still tinker with their machines.

A recent survey says the growing demand of security professionals is outpacing the supply.

The Canadian government was hit by an unprecedented cyber attack from Chinese-based computers last month that penetrated two key economic ministries, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday.

A Chinese man quoted in McAfee report on hacking from China targeted at US oil companies flip-flops on his claims.

Where's the love? Not in the hacking community, where more are taking aim at dating sites.

Senior U.S. lawmakers demanded answers on Tuesday from regulators and financial exchange operators about computer hacking attacks.

McAfee says mobile threats increased by 46 percent from the year before.

The Italian government’s website had been hacked over the weekend by a group of software experts called “Anonymous,” apparently as a protest against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Since the Egyptian government shut down the Internet for days in the wake of protests, some have asked if the U.S. government could set up an Internet kill switch to cut off access -- either to stop people from communicating or protect the country from cyber attack.

Federals are trying to identify hackers, who have repeatedly entered the network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Computer hackers repeatedly entered the network of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market in the past year, but the trading platform was not compromised, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Figures show how deep the malaise is.

Security firm Panda Security details the price for various forms of stolen financial information in the black market.

Cybercrime has evolved beyond targeting Windows as it moves into smartphones, tablets and mobile platforms.

Sophos reported that cyber attacks on social networking sites nearly doubled in 2010, a clear sign that the threat continues to grow at an alarming rate. A study by the IT security and control firm reveals dramatic increase in malware, phishing and spam through social networks, most prominently Facebook.

Latest cyber threat is creating an underground economy and a pool of new hackers.