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.

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.

The 100 websites most affected by viruses each have about 18,000 nasties to attack net users' computers, an internet security company says.