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September 5, 2007 · idahostatesman.com
New hacker tricks

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…

September 5, 2007 · telegram.com
Online lottery scams

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…

September 4, 2007 · allafrica.com
Scam, scam, scam: Nigerians on the Internet

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…

September 4, 2007 · dmwmedia.com
Phone hacker gets job

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…

September 3, 2007 · itpro.co.uk
Cybercrime ignored

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…

September 3, 2007 · tribune.com.ng
Internet fraud arrests

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…

September 2, 2007 · azcentral.com
Easy money on the Internet

"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…

September 1, 2007 · visaliatimesdelta.com
Nigerians evil men: Internet fraud

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…

August 31, 2007 · vnunet.com
Monster hack

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.…

August 31, 2007 · The Inquirer
DoJ's task force to combat computer crime

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…

August 30, 2007 · PC WORLD
Hackers steal millions of IDs

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…

August 30, 2007 · itweb.co.za
Cybercrime losses

SA loses billions of rands annually due to the population management system's inability to provide effective ID verification, says the Department of Home…

August 29, 2007 · KOTV
Deputy faces computer crime charges

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…

August 29, 2007 · NEWS.com.au
Couples' pillow talk fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission has this year announced investigations into seven cases involving married couples. In 2006 there was one. In some cases…

August 28, 2007 · expatica.com
Federal police tackling cybercrime

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…

August 28, 2007 · hs.fi
Pharmacy cybercrime

Losses amounting to several billions of euros are caused to official pharmaceutical companies annually by tens of thousands of online pharmacies. Illegal…

August 27, 2007 · times-age.co.nz
Malicious email software

Malicious email software that blasted hundreds of thousands of messages to businesses throughout Wairarapa has been fingered as belonging to an infected…

August 27, 2007 · CBS NEWS.com
Internet scam warning!

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…

August 26, 2007 · NDTV.com
Cybercrime on rise as Internet users grow

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…

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…