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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…
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…
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…
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…
The HMRC child benefit data loss debacle has reinvigorated calls to establish a central police unit to tackle cybercrime. Business leaders are expressing…
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…
Businesses are becoming increasingly frustrated at having no centralised organisation to which they can report instances of computer crime, and are calling on…
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…
12-13 December be held Seminar - Cybercrime - New threats in cyber space RACVIAC- Centre for Security Cooperation and the United Nations Interregional 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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Web site domain name registrars are increasingly finding themselves at the forefront of the never-ending slog against online con artists and phishers. But…
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…
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…
Hackers successfully infiltrated Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), one of the nation's leading government-run research facilities. The attackers gained…
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…
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.…
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…
No one would ever mistake Mark Schroeder for a Republican, although the Buffalo Assemblyman’s Democratic peers may occasionally wonder about the fact. They…
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…
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…
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…
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary concluded its investigation into a breach of provincial government security Monday, saying it found no evidence of criminal…
Internet users are being warned to never respond to emails which asks for personal details. Netsafe Executive Director Martin Cocker says criminals are getting…
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…
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…
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.…