Researchers at the security firm Symantec report that a new version of the notorious Waledac botnet 'W32.Waledac' is distributing spam mails and using American Independence Day (4th July) as the message's subject.

Cyber criminals from Ukraine reportedly filched $415,000 from Bullitt County's coffers in Kentucky (USA) during the end week of June 2009. Over 24 accomplices in the US aided the crooks along with a string of harmful codes that were designed to bypass the security measures installed by the banks.

KnownSec, a Chinese online security organization based in Beijing, revealed its enormous database of malicious software, detected on Chinese websites, for the benefit of other security organizations as well as national CERTS (Computer Emergency Response Teams).

Two websites of Parish Council (UK) were attacked by hackers who were using them to send phishing mails and direct users to porn websites.