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December 25, 2007 · Ohio.com
Cyber crooks go phishing

SAN JOSE, CALIF.: Somewhere in St. Petersburg, Russia's second biggest city, a tiny startup has struck Internet gold. Its dozen-odd employees are barely old…

December 24, 2007 · seacoastonline.com
Hackers and phone bills

A New Hampshire business says a hacker rang up a $8,700 phone bill for one call to Saudia Arabia. Michael Bednaz, owner of Hexa Interactive Communications,…

December 24, 2007 · star-telegram.com
Id theft to raise

This year has been a doozy for victims of identity theft. But next year the threat is likely to be even worse. Consumers should expect identity thieves to get…

December 23, 2007 · smh.com.au
Cyber cold war

Governments worldwide are preparing for an increase in attacks on crucial services, writes Conrad Walters. First the mobile fails. Intermittent black spots are…

December 23, 2007 · thesuntimes.com
No end for Internet scams

Ah, for the good old days when scams were simpler and easier to recognize - a money drop here, an out-of-town asphalt truck there... Then the Internet comes…

December 22, 2007 · itbusinessedge.com
HP and backdoor hacking

Kelly Jackson Higgins posted an interesting and unsettling story at Dark Reading that focuses on back doors which, as the name implies, are programs that…

December 22, 2007 · news.digitaltrends.com
Possible Google toolbar hacking

Are you like many others, with a Google Toolbar added on to your browser? If so, you’d better be careful about adding buttons to it. According to a story on…

December 21, 2007 · courant.com
Cyberspace: to buy or not to buy

Lorella Praeli will never forget the nasty instant messages that kept popping up on her home computer when she was a middle school student in New Milford. The…

December 21, 2007 · Business Standart
Need in cybercrime training

While cyber crimes are on the rise in India, there is a shortage of trained professionals to combat them. Globally, 6,70,000 complaints have been registered…

December 20, 2007 · westsuburbanjournal.com
Internet scams in Maywood

With the economy in the dumps, online discounts may lead people away from the malls and onto the internet, but buyers beware. In June, two men from Maywood and…

December 20, 2007 · pcpro.co.uk
'Lottery scam' emails

New research shows that 10% of internet users in the UK have replied to 'lottery scam' emails, and that 13% have clicked on links contained in them. The news…

December 19, 2007 · gameshout.com
iPhone to be the next hackers victim

Arbor’s Security and Engineering Response Team (ASERT) put together their predictions for hack attacks for 2008 and at the top of the list is the iPhone. The…

December 19, 2007 · Business Wire
Easy sure from computer virus

The worst type of virus is the one you don’t know is there. You’re confused and left wondering what the source of infection is. Without knowing, you can’t…

December 18, 2007 · manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Facts about internet crime

Fear of fraud is the factor which puts most over-50s off going online, according to a survey. Here are some facts about internet crime. * One in four users of…

December 18, 2007 · blog.wired.com
Click fraud forensics

Click Forensics rolled out a filter for publishers to help stomp out click fraud today. The product, Click Forensics for Publishers, launched with a couple key…

December 17, 2007 · The Register
Police unit to tackle cybercrime

The HMRC child benefit data loss debacle has reinvigorated calls to establish a central police unit to tackle cybercrime. Business leaders are expressing…

December 17, 2007 · stuff.co.nz
Banks should cover fraud losses

The bank workers union, Finsec, has called on all banks to follow Westpac and BNZ's lead in providing protection to customers hit by losses as a result of…

December 16, 2007 · ft.com
Urging one e-crime unit

Businesses are becoming increasingly frustrated at having no centralised organisation to which they can report instances of computer crime, and are calling on…

December 16, 2007 · kjct8.com
Gift cards scams beware!

Shoppers in the U.S. will spend a whopping $25 billion on gift cards during this holiday season, according to the Better Business Bureau. That's an increase of…

December 15, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
Seminar - Cybercrime - New threats in cyber space

12-13 December be held Seminar - Cybercrime - New threats in cyber space RACVIAC- Centre for Security Cooperation and the United Nations Interregional Crime…

December 14, 2007 · news.com
Making millions out of all this online crime

"Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime, are just getting stronger and stronger. I…

December 14, 2007 · webuser.co.uk
Cybercrime and Xmas time

If you're doing your Christmas shopping online, be warned that cybercriminals are seeking to cash in on the estimated £5bn being spent on the web in the UK…

December 13, 2007 · dailycardinal.com
Hackers and zombies

While doing research on a suspicious neighbor, Ben Sayre went to a website that seemed fishy and later noticed extra buttons showing up on his computer screen.…

December 13, 2007 · peopleperhour.com
Spyware are not widely understood

Various types of online threats such as spyware are not widely understood by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to research by Get Safe…

December 12, 2007 · REUTERS
Russian hackers intended for identity fraud

Internet chatroom romantics beware: your next chat may be with a clinical computer, not a passionate person, trying to win your personal data and not your…

December 12, 2007 · blog.washingtonpost.com
Anti-Phishing Web Registrars

Web site domain name registrars are increasingly finding themselves at the forefront of the never-ending slog against online con artists and phishers. But…

December 11, 2007 · seacoastonline.com
Cybercrime and poetry

Two poets, a newspaper columnist, and a cybercrime expert will be the featured authors at a Writers' Night at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at the York Public…

December 11, 2007 · kpcnews.com
Beware Xmas fraud online

This week, just in time for anyone thinking of looking online for an instant, “guaranteed” loan for Christmas shopping, the Better Business Bureau of Northern…

December 10, 2007 · arstechnica.com
Top US military research labs hacked

Hackers successfully infiltrated Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), one of the nation's leading government-run research facilities. The attackers gained…

December 10, 2007 · chippewa.com
Internet scam about the Internal Revenue Service

The Chippewa Falls Police Department on Thursday issued this press release on an Internet scam about the Internal Revenue Service: Within the past week, it has…