Email security provider Proofpoint has acquired an on-demand email archiving vendor to boost its offerings.

Child porn possession charges were dropped against a Massachusetts man after forensic experts proved his state-issued computer had been infected with malware.

MySpace has won a $6 million judgment against a spammer who allegedly used the popular social networking site to bombard users with unwanted advertisements.

The Federal Trade Commission wants the power to punish and fine spyware purveyors.

The deadly twisters that ripped through Kansas this week and the historic floods sweeping across the Upper Midwest will soon give rise to donation scams and malicious attacks, the SANS Storm Center warned on Friday.

Expect more malware, unwelcome email, and social engineering threats as the summer begins.

Spammers are increasingly turning to hosted services to ship out their junk mail, the latest threat report from MessageLabs revealed.

Email is the grease that makes today's business run smoothly, says Peter Stephenson.

Normally, phishers have a short window of opportunity in which to conduct their attacks before service providers take the rogue sites offline. Now, they have found a new way to lengthen their assaults.

Thirty-eight people, including a host of U.S. residents and foreign nationals, have been charged in connection to two international phishing operations that preyed on unsuspecting bank customers, investigators announced Monday.