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December 4, 2008 · Stuff.co.nz
Super hacker wants to be next Bill Gates

Owen Thor Walker told TV3's 60 Minutes programme he would never again hack illegally. Walker, 19, who this year was discharged without conviction after…

December 3, 2008 · foxnews.com
Sending spam in Israel could mean a big fine

Last June, a new law gave solicitors six months to ask prospective clients if they wanted to receive unsolicited messages. The deadline expired Monday. The…

December 2, 2008 · PCworld.com
FBI Warns of Holiday Cyber Scams

With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains.…

December 1, 2008 · USAtoday.com
Cyber Monday deals could open door to spam, scams

SAN FRANCISCO — Monday will be one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, and also one of the most treacherous. On Cyber Monday, the first Monday…

December 1, 2008 · Independent.co.uk
The Hacker: What to do if you can't see eye to eye with your own co-ordination?

Among the bewildering amount of counselling I've received from readers anxious to lift the pall of depression that hangs over my golf comes a piece of…

November 30, 2008 · wrcbtv.com
Gadsden, Ala. man convicted in child porno case

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (AP) - A Gadsden man awaits sentencing after a federal jury convicted him for producing child pornography. Alice Martin, the US Attorney for…

November 25, 2008 · PCworld.com
Facebook Wins Spam Suit

Facebook won a US$873 million judgment in a case against a spammer in one of the largest awards yet for a suit filed under the CAN-SPAM Act. The suit charged…

November 24, 2008 · networkworld.com
Symantec takes cybercrime snapshot with 'Underground Economy' report

The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, according to a…

November 23, 2008 · news.bostonherald.com
Hacker pleads guilty

BOSTON - A teenage computer hacker from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to a variety of charges connected with his damaging activities. Federal prosecutors…

November 20, 2008 · bizjournals.com
Hacker Dshocker headed to prison

The Massachusetts-based computer hacker operating under the pseudonym “Dshocker” pled guilty Tuesday to “computer intrusion, interstate threats and wire fraud”…

November 20, 2008 · techdirt.com
Spammers Trying To Regain Control Over Cut Off Spam Bots

Last week, there was a lot of attention over the shutdown of McColo, a hosting company that was apparently used by a huge number of spammers to control some of…

November 19, 2008 · washingtonpost.com
Answers Trickle Out as Spammer Networks Remain Compromised

At about 4:30 p.m. Eastern time last Tuesday, the volume of junk e-mail arriving at inboxes around the world suddenly plummeted by about 65 percent. Confronted…

November 17, 2008 · techtree.com
Obama, McCain Cyber-attacks have Chinese Origins?

Government officials in the US suspect that a series of attacks on the US Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain's campaign computer networks…

November 16, 2008 · people.com
Jury to Hear About Suicide in MySpace Cyber-Hoax Trial

Jurors in a cyber-hoax trial will hear evidence a Missouri woman's messages on MySpace provoked the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a judge in Los Angeles…

November 14, 2008 · Latimes.com
Spam traffic plunges after report blames server hosting company

Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates' 2004 proclamation that the spam problem would be solved within two years has proved a bitter joke, with unsolicited…

November 12, 2008 · Blogs.zdnet.com
Profitability of spam finally measured

Researchers at UCSD have determined the return on investment for spam generated by the Storm botnet. While the per-message response rate is astonishingly low,…

November 12, 2008 · geek
Japanese hacker arrests doubled in 2007

In Japan, where crime is generally very low, computer crime appears to be booming. The Japanese Ministry of Justice have released figures showing that arrests…

November 12, 2008 · Telegraph.co.uk
Internet faces increased threat from hackers

A survey of 70 of the world's biggest internet companies found growing concern over a range of new threats from malicious hackers, many of them rival criminal…

November 11, 2008 · Boston.com
Obama brings cyber sensibility to office

New administration will continue to tap into high-tech tools. If Obama gets his way, all Americans will have broadband Internet access, whether they live in…

November 10, 2008 · PCworld.com
Wanted: New Antispam Tactics

The spread of CAPTCHA-breaking tools has resulted in a sudden surge in the use of blogging sites such as Google's Blogspot to host spam adverts, security…

November 9, 2008 · intomobile.com
iPhone hacker discovers iPhone crashing bug

The iPhone is apparently still a big target for would-be malicious hackers. With the iPhone 3G now available around the world, and Apple now the second largest…

November 7, 2008 · newsfactor.com
Obama, McCain Used in Malicious Spam Attacks

Security research firm Sophos on Wednesday discovered attackers have launched their own presidential campaign. Attempting to exploit President-elect Barack…

November 7, 2008 · Daily Times
Cyber-terrorism will be punishable by death

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari promulgated the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance on Thursday, making cyber-terrorism punishable with death or…

November 5, 2008 · seattletimes.nwsource.com
Microsoft report: Cybercrime losses more often result from human error

Microsoft's six-year effort to improve computer security is paying dividends, according to a report the company plans to release today, but human errors, such…

November 4, 2008 · COMPUTERWORLD
Spam surges as Google's CAPTCHA falters

The spread of CAPTCHA-breaking tools has resulted in a sudden surge in the use of blogging sites such as Google's Blogspot to host spam adverts, security…

November 4, 2008 · Computer Crime Research Center
HACKER CLAIMS APPLE PRODUCTS CAN BE SHUT DOWN

There are new details about a virus that could potentially disable Apple gadgets. A hacker who failed to get a job a Apple has generated a lot of Internet buzz…

November 1, 2008 · PCworld.com
Malicious Spam Jumps Eightfold

The amount of spam containing dangerous attachments designed to infect PCs with malicious viruses increased by eight times between July and September this…

October 31, 2008 · marketwatch.com
NO on Prop 8 Web Reveals Massive Cyber Attack

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The NO on Prop 8 Web site was hit by a massive cyber invasion called a distributed denial of…

October 30, 2008 · thisdayonline.com
Senate Considers Bill against Cyber Crime

The Senate yesterday referred a Bill for an Act to outlaw perpetration of financial crimes through such electronic devices as mobile phones, internet and the…

October 29, 2008 · 9wsyr.com
Curbing Cell Phone Spam

Cell-phone spam still trails computer spam, with the typical cell-phone user receiving at most a few spam text messages per year rather than the thousands that…