According to Fortinet, an Internet security firm, miscreants recently hit Internet with a massive campaign of ransomware, as per the news published on NETWORKWORLD on March 6, 2010.

According to Avira a German security company, more than half of the entire phishing attacks during February 2010 targeted PayPal.

People behind a ticket fraud scheme that used a botnet so as to undermine protection mechanisms implemented by ticket purveyors were indicted in the first week of March 2010.

Four ex-students at three suburban Houston high schools (USA) have been charged after they reportedly hacked into their schools' computer systems.