Quick question - how much do the world's cyber criminals make every sixty seconds?

If you guessed a quarter of a million dollars, you'd be wrong. If you doubled that value, you'd be wrong again.

According to research conducted by RiskIQ, cybercriminals are raking in a cool million dollars per minute, compared with businesses spending $171,233 per minute on security measures.

Google has introduced a new Gmail feature called "Confidential Mode," which seeks to make sending and receiving important or sensitive emails more secure.  Unfortunately, it may have inadvertently created as many problems as it solves.

Here's how the new feature works, and why you may be leery of using it:

To send a confidential email, compose your message as normal, and then, click the "lock" icon located at the bottom of the email screen.

There's a new, surprisingly elaborate phishing scam targeting iPhone users.  The scam starts with an email informing users that their phones have been locked due to "illegal activity" and instructing them to call "Apple Care" to get the problem fixed.