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A lot of security issues in network and computer security can filed under the category of "PEBKAC" - problem exists between the keyboard and chair. Kevin…
In a last ditch effort Gary McKinnon, the UK hacker who allegedly hacked in to the Pentagon, is now taking his case to the European Court on Human Rights.…
The US Senate has passed a bill to strengthen the hands of federal prosecutors who fight computer crime by removing some of the more common hurdles in…
Clearwater, Florida - Home movies of child molestation and rape: that's what investigators say they found on Pinellas music teacher Aaron Stewart's computer.…
The US has continued its rule as the most prevalent source of spam and viruses, according to threat statistics analysed by managed security company, Network…
Cyber Crime Africa Summit 10-13 November Successful strategies to combat, prevent and Investigate Cyber crime in Africa Call for Papers Background Africa is…
T security is in a state of flux because hackers are developing an organised, systematic approach to committing online fraud, warned security expert Steve Gold…
A British hacker who allegedly cracked into dozens of military, NASA and government computer systems on his supposed quest to prove that the U.S. was covering…
You don't need a gun to rob a bank any more. Now a bank robber's most powerful weapon is a computer and an internet connection. As internet trading increases,…
Security breaches like the major Internet threat unveiled last week are costing publicly traded Canadian companies an average loss of more than $637,000, a new…
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum boosted the state's efforts against cyber predators last week by opening a Santa Rosa County office in the Panhandle.…
American investigators have found and now charged members of an international phishing gang. The most recent to face the judge is Romanian Ovidiu-Ionut…
Lawrence Police are ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting cyber crime. The department has three detectives trained in computer forensics. They…
A child porn smuggler who used eBay to find paedophile customers has been sentenced to five years in prison and two on licence. Pervert contacted like-minded…
Seattle man Tuesday was sentenced to 47 months in prison for spamming while a Colorado man is on the run after escaping from a federal prison camp. Robert Alan…
Cybercrime gangs target corporate networks through unsuspecting company executives, as global brands put at risk through Web site infection [ Johannesburg, 24…
(PNG) Reporters Without Borders is worried about the impact of a proposed law on cyber-crime, adopted by the Senate on july 9th 2008, that will be submitted to…
The latest survey from security vendor McAfee has found that small to medium-size businesses in North America and Europe wrongly conclude their revenue is too…
PHILADELPHIA - Larry Mendte illegally accessed the e-mail account of former CBS co-anchor Alycia Lane 537 times from several different computers, according to…
Concordia University is looking to become a world-leader in "cyber-forensics" It's home to a new common-front against computer-crime: the National…
Over the years, many statements have been falsely attributed to me, but this is the first year in which a whole column has been made up and circulated in a…
E-Gold, an Internet-based payment service, and three owners have pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice…
**Cyberterrorism is becoming a talking point for the presidential candidates, with Democrat Barack Obama dismissing the current administration's plan to thwart…
Following on from last year’s massive cyber attack on Estonia’s computer systems when Russian hackers, purportedly funded by the FSB (the modern equivalent of…
With rising levels of online fraud, internet shoppers are becoming increasingly savvy about checking for some kind of security before paying for their goods.…
SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco computer engineer has pleaded not guilty to charges of taking over a city computer network that stores payroll files, police…
A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking into a Red Cross website set up to collect funds for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.…
An Internet safety expert said there’s insufficient funding for law enforcement officers who are attempting to track down child pornographers and pedophiles.…
Romanian authorities Tuesday arrested 24 people suspected of defrauding foreign nationals of over EUR400,000 with computer crimes, including credit card fraud.…
The chain of command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a broad, well-organized endeavor. The…