We sort of wish we didn't have to say this, but if you receive a text message from a "hitman" asking for $5,000 for your life, as thousands of Australians already have, do not pay it, just delete it.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced indictments against seven Europeans it said operated a massive online fraud scheme that made them $14 million by infecting millions of computers worldwide with malware that redirected Internet searches to fake sites.
Groupon might be inflating prices to sweeten up sales
It doesn't look likely that the email "spear-phisher" will face criminal charges
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