When I first saw this story it read like fiction, or a movie synopsis, because of the way that the exact details are not being revealed yet, albeit quite understandably. The flaw exploits the internet's address mechanism, known as the Domain Name System (DNS). This maps the names we associate with websites to the true numerical addresses of their internet servers, in the same way that a mobile phone's ... Read full entry

Is internet banking safe? This is a longer article, but well worth the time, especially when you read a paragraph like this: A recent survey commissioned by eBay showed that a staggering 93 per cent of Australian internet users don't know what phishing is, with 72 per cent of us engaging in online behaviour that puts us at risk of an online scam. Aren't phishing scams all over the news nowadays? ... Read full entry

Behind the Alicia Keys MySpace Scam You might want to take a closer look at your MySpace "friends" and perhaps consider parting ways with those you've never met, or had any sort of association with outside of MySpace, if the Alicia Keys incident is anything to by. Some visitors to her MySpace page ended up with far more than they bargained for... such as malware and an assortment of ... Read full entry