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Controversial historian suffers email hack

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 18 November 2009 10:20 AM

Activists steal account data from David Irving.

AOL phisher sentenced to seven years

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 15 August 2008 10:00 AM

A 24-year-old, who admitted to phishing AOL users during a four-year period, has received seven years in prison.

AOL spammer gets 27 months in slammer

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 6 November 2007 9:56 AM

A convicted AOL junk mailer, who tried to strike a spam business deal over instant messenger with a confidential informant, was sentenced on Friday to 27 months in prison.

AOL patches flaw with AIM 6.5; experts warn against corporate platform use

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 18 October 2007 10:05 AM

AOL patched a flaw allowing remote code execution when it released AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.5, but researchers are still urging caution for enterprise users of the ...

AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 24 August 2007 10:37 AM

A 23-year-old man accused of sending spam and phishing emails that targeted AOL subscribers pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a US court, the country's Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

McAfee SiteAdvisor: Safer searches on Google, Ask, AOL than Yahoo, MSN

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 7 June 2007 5:00 AM

Although the five major online search engines have improved search safety, four percent of all search results link to dangerous websites, according to a report from McAfee's ...

California phisher faces century in jail for targeting AOL users

In Hackers - By Frank Washkuch, 17 January 2007 6:17 PM

A California man has been convicted of violating the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 for mass-emailing AOL users and requesting credit card information.

AOL patches ICQ vulnerability

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 7 November 2006 6:53 PM

TippingPoint researchers warned AOL ICQ users this week about a vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code onto a vulnerable PC without user interaction.

Core Security: Multiple flaws in AOL messenger

By Frank Washkuch, 7 September 2006 6:24 PM

Users of AOL's ICQ instant messenger (IM) were warned this week of multiple vulnerabilities in their IM software.

Don't install AOL 9.0, says StopBadware.org

By Frank Washkuch, 29 August 2006 9:11 PM

An anti-malware organization is warning home users not to install the latest version of AOL's web service, citing a lack of user notifications and automatic updates without ...

AOL teams with Kaspersky for free anti-virus offering

By Frank Washkuch, 8 August 2006 8:36 PM

AOL users will now receive anti-virus protection from Kaspersky Lab at no cost, both companies announced this week.

AOL instant messenger worm poses as Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage

By Frank Washkuch, 5 July 2006 7:24 PM

AOL Instant messenger (IM) users were warned this week of a new worm that poses as Microsoft’s controversial Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program.

AOL to see phishers in court

By Frank Washkuch, 28 February 2006 8:54 PM

AOL is using the long net of the law to snag three “phishing gangs” from the wild.

Firms reject AOL, Yahoo email charge plan

By René Millman, 8 February 2006 2:45 PM

Security companies have blasted moves by AOL and Yahoo to start charging customers for email as “a ridiculous idea."

AOL Instant Messenger worm harbinger of worse malware to come

By William Eazel, 3 November 2005 9:45 AM

Security experts have warned that a new generation of hybrid malware is being developed that targets Instant Messenger (IM) networks to propagate.

Phishers set sights on AOL users

By René Millman, 23 September 2005 4:08 PM

Phishers are targeting hapless AOL users in an attempt to steal personal information and credit card details, according to Websense Security Labs.

AOL spam friend gets 15 months

By David Quainton, 19 August 2005 11:35 AM

Former AOL staffer Jason Smathers has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling information to spammers.

AOL in great spam bounty giveaway

By David Quainton, 10 August 2005 2:42 PM

Want to know what it is like living the life of a successful spammer? A competition from ISP AOL is offering the bounty recovered from a spam conviction to help you find out.

AOL defends spam policy

By David Quainton, 4 May 2005 10:36 AM

AOL has turned the tables on the Florida emergency agency whose emails it is blocking. According to the ISP the blocked emails are a result of the Florida agency not processing ...