CSIS Security Group has turned over its findings to law enforcement in several countries.

Microsoft, along with the FBI and Europol, said the botnet cost online advertisers $2.7 million a month.

People are at an increased risk of medical identity fraud, partly because they do not recognize the life-threatening scenarios that could result from having someone else use their credentials to obtain healthcare services, a survey found.

'Cover up' tops list while 'nobody will find out' and 'grey area' also in top 10

Facebook is increasing its efforts to eliminate scammers from pumping up profiles.

Facebook said it can detect click fraud despite a company's claim that 80 percent of its ad clicks were generated by bots.

Oracle had cited fraud by HP to defend its decision not to support Itanium in its software.

The U.S. Department of Justice is charging seven individuals with 27 counts of wire fraud and other computer-related crimes, alleging that the group hijacked 4 million computers across 100 countries in a sophisticated clickjacking scheme.

Microsoft on Tuesday blacklisted all DigiNotar certificates after seeing active attacks from at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar. The company has released updates for all versions of Windows with the new blacklisted data.

Oracle is accusing Hewlett-Packard of fraud in connection with the companies' settlement agreement over the hiring of former HP CEO Mark Hurd, and wants the pact dissolved, according to a court filing Tuesday.

About 3,400 of the 360,000 compromised credit card accounts were hit with fraud.

Paul Devine, a former Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks from the company's suppliers in Asia, pled guilty in a San Jose federal court to wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

Suspect initially claimed that his company and clients were victims of another's actions.

A Click Forensics legfrissebb felmérése szerint a kártékony, online reklámok révén megvalósuló támadások száma tovább emelkedik.

The woman formerly responsible for managing Microsoft's Internet domain names has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bilking her employer out of US$1 million in fake registration fees.

A 21-year-old could face up to 10 years in prison in the U.S. after pleading guilty to installing advertising software on PCs located around Europe without permission.

Credit card thieves are becoming big-time charity donors, but it's not out of the goodness of their hearts.

Oracle Corp. took its bitter rivalry with business applications vendor SAP AG up another notch, filing suit Thursday against SAP alleging violations of U.S. fraud legislation, unfair competition and civil conspiracy.

Google Inc. will provide more data and tools to help its advertisers assess and combat click fraud, a controversial practice that is the biggest enemy of the otherwise highly popular and profitable online advertising model known as pay per click.

Microsoft Corp. has initiated 97 lawsuits throughout Europe and the Middle East during its eight-month investigation into fraudulent Web pages, with another 32 criminal complaints filed in cooperation with local authorities, the company said Wednesday.