A phishing outbreak unleashed on November 10, 2009 and posing as an important warning, reportedly led many students of VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) to become victims of fake e-mails and fraud.

A security investigator at Foreground Security has found that the method in which Web browsers deal with Adobe Flash is flawed; consequently, it could allow malicious users to hijack websites, which accept user content.

UK's Southwark Crown Court sentenced imprisonment to four men after they had pleaded guilty to committing an online fraud. They had cheated customers of NatWest Bank off £600,000 pounds. The scammers reportedly employed a Trojan virus for carrying out the theft.

IT professionals struggle to cope with or prevent cyber security problems a minimum of once every seven days, finds a new study poll by CDW-G, the federal wing of CDW (a computer security firm in America). The firm, which surveyed IT professionals of 300 civilian, defense and federal departments, aimed at detecting the most serious Internet dangers confront by them daily.