A major DDoS attack against US and South Korean government websites is not thought to be the work of North Korean interests, says a security expert

Holland's largest Usenet group, FTD, are suing anti-piracy outfit BREIN. File sharing is perfectly legal in the Netherlands and Bittorrent sites such as Mininova are fighting to stay alive by going on the attack

A hacker known as orinOco has boasted that he hacked Steve Job's Amazon account, emailed pics of the hack attack and intends to sell the grimy account details

An American based blogger and activist has decided that the best way to protest against Google's recent privacy changes is to attack them where it hurts - by creating a script that automates multiple ad clicks without clicking.

There is a risk of banking websites falling prey to a new form of malicious keyboard logger, but there is a way to reduce your risk

Essential criteria: Must think like the enemy, know the enemy and report to the American Government. Previous hacking experience considered.

See why this relatively unknown, but simple, efficient and affordable package holds its own against the likes of AVG, Norton, Kaspersky and McAfee.

The internet's most famous meme has now turned up on Australian iPhones, infecting vulnerable jailbroken phones with the 80s pop star's image - proving that not all malware is humourless.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill.

In an apparent protest against YouTube deleting music off their servers, members of a Japanese web forum have apparently attacked YouTube by uploading thousands of porn videos.

Windows is the key to hacking another OS says security firm.

Covering your PIN code with your hand is no defence against new malware targeting ATMs that has appeared in the Ukraine and Russia, recording card transactions at the machine, including PIN, security number and account details

If MySpace has its own credit card, maybe other Web sites will follow. We gaze into a warped crystal ball to imagine how the Digg card and others might work.

We take a closer look at some of the more common scareware traps; what to look out for, how to identify the fakes and 5 rogue security software packages you should try and avoid at all costs.

A robotic camera snake that mimics the actions of the actual reptile has been developed by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for surveillance use on the battlefield

There are any number of reasons why you could be delayed by traffic congestion and up until now, there’s been little motorists could do about it. We've road-tested a traffic-equipped GPS for a week to see if it can help.

Has a war between humans and machines already begun? A Swedish factory worker tried to fight back against a robot bearing large mechanical arms, when it attacked him unexpectantly.

Swine flu, the virus that threatens to be the next big global pandemic is now making its way into the video game world as The Swine Flu: Hamdemic.

Crowd photos appearing in an offical Iranian newspaper appear to show uncanny signs of photoshopping