cyber-criminals

But one of the biggest fears around the Olympics is not a crashed server or power outage, but a deliberate attack by cyber criminals.

The site's users are a good target for cyber-criminals because of the implicit trust people place in Facebook.

But as the Mac user base goes mainstream, cyber criminals will no doubt make the jump too.

Now, a unique new weapon in the war against cyber-criminals has been launched by forensic computing experts in the United Kingdom.

James Finch is assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division . He says governments are in a constant battle with cyber criminals.

Microsoft now faces a race with cyber criminals, who are likely on the prowl for the same bugs as well, experts said.

As the criminal-justice system grinds into action against cyber-criminals, civil lawsuits are beginning too.

The more countries which join it, the better chance we have to gain ground against cyber criminals.

Security professionals are being called on to band together to fight the highly organised cyber criminals of the world.

Follow-up work by the researchers revealed that some cyber criminals may already be exploiting keyboard errors.

Once hackers and cyber criminals had gained access to this data, they could sell the information on to a third party.

Cyber criminals release thousands of new programs each day so it is important to update antivirus software.

Unfortunately, cyber criminals prey on the needs of Web users at any given time, and this time the economic crisis is their meal ticket.

Smart grids are also said to be vulnerable to cyber criminals.

Such botnets can be created, or simply rented from cyber-criminals.

The few researchers who have observed cyber criminals in action are similarly sceptical about the industry's estimates.

Most people never have their bank accounts raided by cyber criminals, but an unfortunate few do, and lose a lot.

It is also one of the most profitable times of year for cyber criminals and other ne'er-do-wells.

Targeted attacks are also popular because they enable cyber-criminals to go after individuals with access to large banks of information.

But apps also make smart phones a target for cyber criminals.

but they could be traced only to Russian cyber-criminals.

For novice cyber criminals who lack technical know-how to craft their own attacks.