These articles have been tagged under 'fraud' by the bigmouthmedia team.
Google Phishing: the fastest-growing con on the Internet
Online fraudsters are targeting Google AdWords users in an attempt to steal internet traffic and gain access to the banking details of businesses and individuals.
Net criminals to target social networking sites in 2008
Cyber criminals are set to target social networking sites over the coming year, security firms have warned.
2007 'saw high-tech crime become firmly entrenched'
Cyber criminals are becoming increasingly advanced and 2007 was the year that hi-tech crime became firmly established and entrenched, an expert has said.
Yahoo!, eBay and PayPal team up to reduce email fraud
Yahoo! has announced it is joining forces with eBay and PayPal to protect consumers against email fraud and phishing scams.
Yahoo! launches click fraud centre
Yahoo! has launched a new Traffic Quality Centre to help combat the issue of click fraud.
FBI steps in as cyber criminals infect 10,000 websites
Over 10,000 websites have been infected by a Trojan virus that tries in install malware onto visitor PCs.
Yahoo! leads the way in fight against email fraud
Yahoo! is leading the fight against fraudulent emails and online phishing scams, by teaming up with industry leaders to develop DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) to give users extra protection.
Data theft scam targets Google ads
Last week saw many Google users become the victims of a sophisticated phishing attack, which 'hijacked' 20 online search terms using Google AdWords.
Britain developing e-crime reporting portal
British computer security experts have announced their intention to create a portal that would help report and pool information on internet crime.
Yahoo! appoints click fraud chief
Yahoo! has promoted one of its staff lawyers, Mr Reggie Davis, to the position of Click Fraud Tsar. Mr Davis has been assigned to tackling the problem of click fraud and the effect it has on advertisers' confidence.
