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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…

December 9, 2007 · observer.guardian.co.uk
Online global crime

For one so young, he seemed a peculiarly precocious convert to retail therapy. Mobile phones, iPods, swish suits and fancy holidays. You name it, he bought it.…

December 8, 2007 · ap.google.com
Green Card Marriage Scam

Yuliya Kalinina spelled out exactly what she was looking for in a husband in her Internet ad: "Green Card Marriage -- Will pay $300/month. Total $15,000," the…

December 7, 2007 · buffalonews.com
Computer sex crime

No one would ever mistake Mark Schroeder for a Republican, although the Buffalo Assemblyman’s Democratic peers may occasionally wonder about the fact. They…

December 6, 2007 · CBS NEWS.com
Hackers raided the company's computer system

Do you think twice when typing in your credit card number online, but have no problem handing over your plastic card at a store? Well actually, you may have it…

December 5, 2007 · nation.ittefaq.com
Prevent cybercrimes

Don't be bullied into fights. People tend to say things online that they would never say in person. Some people even say rude and malicious things, sometimes…

December 5, 2007 · minyanville.com
The beauty of the scam

The holidays bring good cheer, mistletoe – and scam artists. Holiday scammers play on your trusting nature, desire for a bargain and “urgent need” to update…

December 4, 2007 · CBC.ca
No crime in computer breach

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary concluded its investigation into a breach of provincial government security Monday, saying it found no evidence of criminal…

December 4, 2007 · home.nzcity.co.nz
International Computer Security Day

Internet users are being warned to never respond to emails which asks for personal details. Netsafe Executive Director Martin Cocker says criminals are getting…

December 3, 2007 · article.nationalreview.com
Computer crimes against children will continue to rise

This year, as one of his proposals to protect our children, Governor Romney has called for a new “One Strike, You’re Ours” law. This crime initiative will…

December 3, 2007 · news.xinhuanet.com
Online shopping fraud warning

Consumers have been issued with a stark warning on Wednesday to be wary of fraud as they shop online this Christmas. According to Call credit, the United…

December 2, 2007 · kingmandailyminer.com
Woman rocked in Internet fraud

Susan Alford is not a criminal. She is not trying to bilk her bank out of more than $8,000. Yet, that is exactly what Downey Savings tells her she is doing.…