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Every year most of the security vendors' forecasts predict dramatic spikes in volumes of spam, phishing, botnet activity, and malware. Usually, they're right.

Facebook is increasingly being targeted by cybercrooks, so the social network has chalked an unprecedented deal with security specialist McAfee to offer its users free security software.

Waikato DHB is re-starting computers in key locations after staff worked all-night battling a computer virus which crippled the organisation

Waikato DHB is trying to keep as many people out of hospitals as possible while it tries to fix damage caused by the Conficka computer worm.

The days of fretting over whether your new employer might find all those embarrassing drunken photos on Facebook are coming to an end.

Concerns about the implications of evolving technology are reflected in a spike in the number of complaints to the Privacy Commission.

A NZ man has been ordered to pay $21.3m for his part in a global spam network said to be one of the largest ever.

Facebook users have been warned they will be among targets of a huge increase in cyber crime next year.

Today's hacker is a smart IT graduate, probably living in Eastern Europe, who is in the business to make money.

NZ climate scientists have criticised alleged hackers for "stealing" emails at the centre of a worldwide internet storm.

Facebook and MySpace users are being targeted in a large-scale malware and phishing campaign by cybercriminals.

Windows 7 users should not get complacent about viruses, warns security specialist SophosLabs.

If your laptop's been stolen or you've been mugged for your mobile, is there anything you can do to get them back - and catch the culprit?

Hackers have set their sights on Google's Gmail email service after revelations of widespread attacks on Microsoft's Hotmail yesterday.

Hackers have posted thousands of Hotmail, msn and Windows Live users' passwords online.

Criminal cyber networks have begun creating viruses to hack into mobile phones in order to steal sensitive information.

Norton Internet Security has gone on a code diet and now runs swiftly, without greedily eating up your system resources.

Serena Williams' US Open semi outburst has served up an ace for cyber criminals, say security experts.

Security specialists are warning that cybercrooks now have the power to listen into internet calls using popular application Skype.