If the law can ever find him, the spam king owes $223 million to the popular social networking site MySpace.

Half a million websites have been infected with a new round of malware attack and poorly implemented website configurations have been blamed.

A hacker has exposed the personal information of about six million Chilean people.

Microsoft has released what is believed to be the final update for Windows XP, the operating system prior to Vista, but still very much in use by enterprises and consumers.

The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum, which looked at the advantages and security risks of Web 2.0 technology use in the enterprise, debuted today in New York.

A flaw in popular blogging portal WordPress 2.x rated "highly critical" was posted today.

Some users of Skype, the popular software application that enables users to make free phone calls over the internet to other Skype users, found their communication channel blocked earlier this week.

As might be expected, email users are beginning to see the first stages of what is expected to be a major phishing attack capitalizing on the populace's eager expectation of IRS refund checks, as well as the Bush administration's economic stimulus payment distribution, scheduled to begin May 2.

An advisory was issued today regarding a "highly critical" vulnerability in two software products: Adobe After Effects CS3 and Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.x.

Oracle announced it plans to release patches for a number of products on Tuesday.