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Cyber-security no longer means only protecting your computer from ne'er-do-wells. Hackers are cracking codes on all sorts of devices and getting sneaky about breaking into everything from cell phones to car systems.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert includes a bogus advance-fee email purportedly sent by the director of the FBI as well as harassing payday loan calls from scammers claiming to represent the IC3. Alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar...

If you receive an email claiming to contain photos or videos of Osama bin Laden's death, delete it immediately. The FBI is warning computer users to be on the alert for virus-laden emails that trick consumers into opening them by promising to show images or video of bin Laden's recent shooting by...

The latest federal scam alert includes virus-laden spam claiming to be from the Automated Clearing House network; new lottery scams by Jamaican gangs; and reports of overpriced potassium iodide. The alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),...

Scams targeting cash-strapped and unemployed Americans are on the rise, and the con artists are getting even more creative. Here's how to avoid becoming a victim.

MyLife.com, a social networking site that bills itself as "America's #1 People Search," is facing a class-action suit accusing the site of spamming, scamming and hacking the address books of millions of consumers. The site, which claims more than 42 million registered users and a database of more...

In an attempt to crack down on spam, Facebook has shut down a number of third-party software applications in the past week. The move could signal that the world's most popular social network plans maintain righter control over the apps that run on its site.

A good con is like a magic trick. Those best thought out (think of The Spanish Prisoner) stand the test of time, and can be recycled generation after generation. What makes a con work? Human nature. By applying psychology, criminals achieve predictable results most of the time. High-tech giant...

That's the value a new report from financial research firm Trefis puts on Facebook, if a lot of things work out. And a new monetization plan that lets advertisers "sponsor" your actions on Facebook could give it a huge new revenue stream and contribute to that lofty valuation.

In a previous column we talked about annoying spam ads for graphics and photo services coming from China. Since then, our experiment to try to get a response from the sender came to nothing. However, we did hear from some of you who received similar strange messages. They don't seem like the...