Child-safety activists charge that age-verification firms want to help Internet companies tailor ads for children.

Even the network operators that run the backbone of the Internet are worried about the increasing scale of attacks.

A computer security specialist said the flaw could be exploited by an attacker who might trick a G1 user into visiting a booby-trapped Web site.

Programs take over PCs remotely and wire them into “botnets,” which help send the majority of e-mail spam, seek financial information and install malicious software.

Programs take over PCs remotely and wire them into “botnets,” which help send the majority of e-mail spam, seek financial information and install malicious software.

An international spam network was ordered to shut down, stopping what the authorities say was one of the most prolific spam gangs on the Internet.

A Canadian human rights group has uncovered a system that tracks politically charged text messages sent by customers of Tom-Skype, a joint venture of which eBay’s Skype is a partner.

The Princeton Review, the test-preparatory firm, accidentally published the personal data and standardized test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students on its Web site, where they were available for seven weeks.

Weeks before physical bombs fell on Georgia, a security researcher was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.

Weeks before physical bombs fell on Georgia, a security researcher was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.