Sue Marquette Poremba

The "Hit Man" email scam has resurfaced this summer with a new twist.

Spammers are stepping up their use of Shockwave Flash file redirects to avoid detection.

The number of reported data breaches has already surpassed last year's total, according to a report from Identity Theft Resource Center.

Medical identity theft is increasing, in part because of the wealth of personal information available in medical records. And much of this identity theft is coming from within the medical community.

A federal grand jury in New Orleans has indicted a Brazilian man on charges he operated a botnet that was used to deliver spam.

Google's hosted applications are always a favorite of spammers, and now Google Sites, a free hosting service, is moving to center stage.

Several internet network operators admitted to a Congressional subcommittee that they use targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Hackers are using SQL injection attacks to infect websites with updates on the Olympics.

Most malicious internet attacks go undetected by anti-virus software.

After the recent worm outbreak on Facebook and MySpace, the social networking sites and security experts are working to prevent future attacks.