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August 25, 2007 · virusbtn.com
VB2007 anti-malware conference

International law enforcement agencies are set to join forces at the VB2007 anti-malware conference in Vienna next month to provide an insight into the work of…

August 24, 2007 · searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au
Cybercrime from Africa

Patrick Gray (PG): Now one of the trends that you outline in your book is concerns cyber crime could start originating out of Africa in a big way - it doesn't…

August 23, 2007 · COMPUTERWORLD
Hurricane online scams appearing

The SANS Internet Storm Center is reporting that some Hurricane Dean websites have popped up. As hurricane Dean intensified, we did see a number of related…

August 23, 2007 · news.bbc.co.uk
eBay fraudster jailed

A 20-year-old "obsessed" with defrauding customers of the internet auction site eBay has been sentenced to two years' custody. Philip Shortman, from Cwmbran,…

August 22, 2007 · Daily Press
Phone banking scam under investigation

A 1-800 phone number associated with a scammer trying to get credit card information from customers of Old Point National Bank has been shut down. A message at…

August 22, 2007 · imedinews.ge
Phone phreaker died

A blind genius, who insisted on being 5 years old forever, has died in Minneapolis. He was 58. Joe Engressia, who legally changed his name to Joybubbles in…

August 21, 2007 · boston.com
US and cyberwar

Recent Al Qaeda recruitment videos and foiled terrorist plots in the United Kingdom remind us that the effectiveness of terrorism is an issue of winning the…

August 21, 2007 · Vnunet.com
Overhaul of internet security

A new report from the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee could lead to a major overhaul of internet security practices in the UK, with…

August 20, 2007 · republicanherald.com
Avoid being victim of Internet scam

Scam artists have been around since Old Testament times, and most likely go back even further to a trusting caveman named Og getting taken in by a door-to-door…

August 20, 2007 · bcs.org
Web banking fraud

More than half of Britons claim to be unconcerned about fraud relating to internet banking, according to a new poll. The research from Lloyds TSB showed that…

August 19, 2007 · canada.com
Cybercrime study

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced $100,000 in federal funding on Saturday to support a $3-million study of cybercrime in Canada, with Calgary the…

August 18, 2007 · technology.timesonline.co.uk
UN attacked by hackers

The UN was today reviewing the security procedures on its website after a group of hackers posted anti-Israeli messages on the personal page of the…

August 17, 2007 · insidebayarea.com
Fraudulent e-mails

THE term is phishing, and though it has nothing to do with a boat or finned creatures swimming in water, phishers are reeling in thousands of unsuspecting…

August 17, 2007 · PC Pro
Shadow Home Secretary: online crime is growing fast

In an exclusive PC Pro column, the Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, accuses the government of taking a "lacklustre approach" to e-crime and putting us all…

August 16, 2007 · LawFuel
Child Predator CyberCrime Unit in action

Attorney General Bill McCollum, acting United States Attorney James R. Klindt, and Michael J. Folmar, Special Agent in Charge of the Jacksonville Division of…

August 16, 2007 · csoonline.com
UK to fight cybercrime

The U.K. House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is urging that the government act to protect individual Internet users against online crime. The…

August 15, 2007 · nzherald.co.nz
Children and Internet dangers

Children around the world unsuspectingly now hold weapons of mass destruction in their hands! These children may become the next generation victims of a new…

August 15, 2007 · strategypage.com
Storm computer virus

About the same time the American FBI revealed that it has gone out and tried to count the number of PCs that have been taken over by criminals for use in…

August 14, 2007 · net4now.com
Cyber Wild West

Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the "lawless Wild West" of cyberspace, an influential…

August 14, 2007 · nzherald.co.nz
Hostages in Internet scam

A South Australian farmer was lured to Africa with promises of marriage and gold then held hostage for 12 days. Des Gregor, 56, from Hoyleton about 120km north…

August 13, 2007 · SecurityFocus
German anti-hacker law

Security researchers in Germany continued to pull down exploit code from their sites last week, scrambling to comply with a German law that makes illegal the…

August 13, 2007 · blogcritics.org
Computer virus helps singers to fight piracy

W32.Deletemusic: This is the greatest idea I’ve read about in a long time. As named, It’s a computer virus that destroys music files on infected computers.…

August 12, 2007 · gilroydispatch.com
Computerized fight

Ben Charnota is an unlikely computer nerd: an outdoorsy guy who didn't know a lick about technology until college. As a boy in Wisconsin he kept his ear glued…

August 11, 2007 · smh.com.au
Six men nabbed over Internet scam

Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands over an alleged internet scam that cost an Australian $US1.5 million ($1.76 million), police said Wednesday. The…

August 10, 2007 · theolympian.com
How to run safe on the Internet

Each new report of stolen personal data by a hacker leaves computer users everywhere feeling more vulnerable. But there are a variety of measures a computer…

August 10, 2007 · news.sky.com
Tips to avoid online fraud

If you receive an email that seems to be from your bank, don't reply to it - give your bank a call instead. :: Check your bank statements for suspicious…

August 9, 2007 · sacbee.com
Cybercrime and spyware

Cybercrime may consist of mostly ones and zeros, but it's costing Americans plenty of dollars and cents. According to a study by Consumer Reports, damage to…

August 9, 2007 · news.thomasnet.com
Internet threats

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) recently announced the availability of My Internet Protect, a security knowledge mining, alerting and notification service for identified…

August 8, 2007 · kesq.com
Cyberterrorists and hackers

Terrorists could exploit a newly discovered software flaw to hijack massive computer systems used to control critical infrastructure. A security researcher at…

August 8, 2007 · komotv.com
38 percent of users got computer viruses

The survey of 2,000 households with Internet access shows that you now have a one in four chance of becoming a cyber-victim. Cybercrooks can do more than steal…