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November 14, 2007 · time.com
Alicia Keys MySpace Scam

It's easy to see how visitors to Alicia Keys' MySpace page could have accidentally clicked on the wrong spot last week and gotten whisked off to a Chinese…

November 13, 2007 · ZDNet UK
250,000 PC botnet and money stolen: computer crime

A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to $1.75m (£839,000) after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with…

November 13, 2007 · mercurynews.com
Cybercrime and protection

Beginning in March, 102 employees of the IRS received phone calls, purportedly from the computer help desk, requesting their user names and suggesting they…

November 12, 2007 · itweb.co.za
Infecting hundreds of thousands of computers: hackers

A hacker pleaded guilty to infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with malware to steal money from Paypal accounts. He could spend 60 years in prison and…

November 12, 2007 · THE AGE
Best 2007 year hack

A Swedish hacker tells how he infiltrated a global communications network used by scores of embassies over the world, using tools freely available on the…

November 11, 2007 · The Register
Multi-million card fraud

A group of 17 people has been indicted in New York for alleged involvement in a credit card counterfeiting and an ID theft racket that raked in millions. The…

November 10, 2007 · afp.google.com
US 'spybot' computer crime

A hacker from a "botnet underground" group that infected nearly a quarter-million computers with spy software is pleading guilty to criminal charges, US…

November 9, 2007 · precisionmarketing.co.uk
Internet police force: InternetPol

The Government is considering setting up a new national police unit to tackle online crime, just two years after the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was…

November 9, 2007 · kxly.com
Cellular viruses

We all know someone who’s had a computer virus or you’ve been lucky enough to get one on your own machine. It’s never a good thing, and on the other end of it…

November 8, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
2nd Annual Fraud & Corruption Summit, 5th-8th March 2008, Stockholm

The event will bring together as a team the disciplines of Internal Audit, Security, Fraud Prevention, Corporate Responsibility and Risk Management. A unique…

November 8, 2007 · networkworld.com
P2P software could lead to id theft

In one of the first cases where file sharing programs such as LimeWire were used to steal identities, a Seattle man plead guilty to one count each of mail…

November 8, 2007 · sunnewsonline.com
Aggressive front of scam artists

An aggressive campaign on con artists and their foreign collaborators who defraud innocent citizens is what Tunde Akingbade sets to carry out in his book;…

November 7, 2007 · business.timesonline.co.uk
Cybercrime seminar: terrorist events and funding occur through cyberspace

Australian High Commissioner Douglas Foskett in Dhaka has called for building a counter-terrorism framework across the Asia-Pacific region for safety of all…

November 7, 2007 · blog.washingtonpost.com
Most sophisticated cyber criminal networks

A major Russian Internet service provider whose client list amounted to a laundry list of organized cyber crime operations appears to have closed shop. But…

November 6, 2007 · courant.com
E-crimes getting widely spread

Despite stepped-up law enforcement and better security software, threats from cybercriminals remain potent, according to the 2007 Consumer Reports' State of…

November 6, 2007 · aberdeencity.gov.uk
Hacker attacked city council website

Only one system was compromised - the database which delivers our A-Z of Services. No other systems were affected. An Aberdeen City Council spokesman said: "We…

November 5, 2007 · cbs13.com
University computer hacked by a student

A hacker has gained access to the information of more than 160 UC Davis students, putting the financial records of those students at risk. A person under…

November 5, 2007 · chicagotribune.com
Online threats coming with Internet

Like many Americans inextricably wired into the Internet age, Greg Abbott has an e-mail account he wishes wasn't constantly bombarded with spam, personal…

November 4, 2007 · globes.co.il
US to help Israel tackle computer crime

The US is willing in principle to help Israel thwart computer crime and share relevant technologies and procedures, US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael…

November 3, 2007 · list.co.uk
Computer crimes in Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games

These days, when we talk about crime in the cyber world we’re not referring to the joyriding depicted in Need for Speed or the multiple murders of Manhunt.…

November 2, 2007 · thequindecim.com
Tips of online protection

Now that all accounts can be accessed using the same username and password it is important that your password be strong enough so that it can't be cracked.…

November 2, 2007 · deseretnews.com
New FTC fake e-mail

A new e-mail claiming to be from the FTC could infect a user's computer with a virus that collects personal information. The spoof e-mail includes a logo for…

November 1, 2007 · english.vietnamnet.vn
Vietnamese money stolen by Nigerian hacker

On October 17, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam arraigned this hacker, named Opeoluwa Mark Adeyemi, 36, for fraud, and permitted him to be out on…

November 1, 2007 · ZDNet UK
Governments and cyber threat

The UK government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cybercrime, according to the influential House of Lords…

October 31, 2007 · InformationWeek
FTC e-mails spoofed: Internet crime

The Federal Trade Commission, which regularly goes after spammers for violating the law, Monday warned that a spammer is sending out bogus e-mail messages that…

October 31, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
Is your PC a zombie? [Computers hijacked by hackers]

The greatest threat to global cyber security today, according to Internet Security Systems researcher Josh Corman, may be your mother's computer. Or more…

October 30, 2007 · The Register
£60,000 scammed out: Internet fraud

Scammers conned both a mortgage firm and a bank to hit an IT director for £60,000. UK police are hunting the gang responsible for the scam, and at least nine…

October 30, 2007 · venturacountystar.com
Internet con artists are money vampires

If you have a public e-mail account, the odds are you've gotten an e-mail from someone overseas needing to transfer millions of dollars out of a corrupt Third…

October 29, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
the 5th Jubelee International Information Security Conference "Securitatea Informationala-2008" (April, 2008)

The Laboratory of Information Security (www.security.ase.md) of the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova announces . The main purpose of this conference is…

October 29, 2007 · thespoof.com
Spam e-mails and fake websites

There are a growing number of scams run through spam e-mails and fake websites and countless numbers of people every year fall victim to Internet scams. Jason…