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With the Internet becoming the order of life for more and more Indians, who depend on e-mails to stay in touch, their computers are facing an increasing virus…
Azerbaijan Communications and Information Technologies Ministry has submitted the translation of Convention on Fight against Cybercrime to the Foreign…
A computer expert who served as a confidential source for an elite FBI computer crime squad has been arrested on wire-fraud charges, five years after being…
Banks can batten down their own computers but not the PC in your spare room. It's a problem that hampers widespread consumer adoption of online banking just as…
The business community like the media should have celebrated the withdrawal of The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2007 by Information Minister Mutahi…
In the UK last year there were a staggering 3,237,500 cybercrimes committed according to a new report from online identity specialists Garlik in collaboration…
Judge Victor Marrero, of the District of Columbia, determined that the rules under the Patriot Act that allowed the FBI to secretly request telephone, internet…
Focusing on cybersecurity and building telecommunication and ICT infrastructure, ministerial representatives of seven countries addressed ITU’s annual Council…
With football season right around the corner, one Eagles fan thought he found a dream come true- season tickets for a fair price online. But a few days later,…
Post-codes confirm London as UK’s hottest card fraud Hot Spot Local evidence pinpoints CNP fraud growth across the country It’s official: London remains the…
I received my first e-mailed Internet scam letter on Friday, April 27, 2007. It was from a man named "Ali Husain," who called himself a "Bill and Exchange ...
Business owners and managers: Have you checked your full voice-mail system recently? It's one of those business tools that most of us take for granted until…
Everyone knows the saying: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” But not enough people follow it, authorities say. The adage is a mantra of law…
Nigerian fraudsters have tried to besmirch the name of one of the pillars of the country's constitutional democracy, the very institution charged with rooting…
17-year old New Jersey hacker George Hotz, who unlocked the iPhone so that it can be used on any operator’s network, recently traded his unlocked iPhone for a…
Nearly half of small companies think that cybercrime is an issue for larger enterprises, according to a new survey. The study of 600 IT managers in small and…
Two young men, aged 17 and 18 are currently being held at the Lagos detention facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegation…
"Earn $2,000 a month." "Get rich from your living room!" "$30/hr at home." Their methods are convincing, getting customers to invest thousands of dollars by…
When you opened your e-mail account, the first e-mail you received was probably, "Welcome to Yahoo!" (or AOL, or Google ...). The second was probably from…
Monster.com has admitted that the number of job seekers on its website who had their personal data stolen is greater than the 1.3 million originally reported.…
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has created a task force that will deal with cybersecurity issues in legislation and investigation. The group will pursue the…
One week after hackers stole personal information from millions of people who had posted their resumes to the job-searching site Monster.com, the company has…
SA loses billions of rands annually due to the population management system's inability to provide effective ID verification, says the Department of Home…
A former Delaware County deputy is being given a one-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest to a computer crimes charge. Krista Brady of Grove was…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has this year announced investigations into seven cases involving married couples. In 2006 there was one. In some cases…
The federal police are setting up a national unit to combat internet fraud. The unit will primarily address the large number of complaints of minor fraud that…
Losses amounting to several billions of euros are caused to official pharmaceutical companies annually by tens of thousands of online pharmacies. Illegal…
Malicious email software that blasted hundreds of thousands of messages to businesses throughout Wairarapa has been fingered as belonging to an infected…
If you get a letter saying you've won the lottery, odds are you'll win nothing but trouble if you play along. The Early Show consumer correspondent Susan…
Cyber criminals are having a field day as more and more people begin to use the Internet for day-to-day transactions. So beware, if one sees an e-mail from the…