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August 7, 2007 · mercurynews.com
Good hackers, bad hackers

I came here thinking it would be easy to tell the white hats from the black hats among computer hackers. But at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences,…

August 7, 2007 · post-gazette.com
$7 billion losses due to malware

U.S. consumers lost more than $7 billion over the last two years to malicious software and e-mail phishing schemes unleashed by cybercrooks, according to a…

August 6, 2007 · online-casinos.com
Biggest email attack

Storm wave is biggest email attack on the Internet in years Be careful of those emails with breaking news or e-greeting card attachments which are becoming…

August 6, 2007 · metimes.com
Allied hackers

US federal agents are reaching out to computer hackers for help fighting crime and terrorism as a tug-of-war between privacy and public safety continues on the…

August 5, 2007 · seattletimes.nwsource.com
Internet security advice

Every bit of Internet security advice you've ever read warns you to clamp down on incoming access to the computers on your home or office network. Turn on a…

August 4, 2007 · canada.com
Hacker virus and hot stock tips

Hackers have taken the computer virus to a new level with an elaborate "pump-and-dump" scheme that manipulates stock prices, experts say. The Storm, a worm…

August 3, 2007 · richmondreview.com
Common Internet scam

A common Internet scam has found a new victim, prompting the Richmond RCMP to issue a warning Tuesday. A man approached Richmond RCMP at Vancouver…

August 3, 2007 · Vnunet.com
Internet rises level of frauds

raud levels in the UK are at record high, with the internet involved in almost all instances of fraud, according to the latest KPMG Fraud Barometer report. In…

August 2, 2007 · NDTV.com
Watching cybercrime online

The Kerala IT Mission and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing or CDAC has launched a web portal, the first of its kind in the country, to check cyber…

August 2, 2007 · gulf-daily-news.com
Cheques fraud on the Internet

An investor is due back in court next Sunday, accused of issuing two dud cheques totalling BD1,100,000 to finance a hi-tech communications project in Bahrain.…

August 1, 2007 · courierpostonline.com
A new fraud on the Internet

That gift card you spotted on the Internet offered at a nice discount look enticing? Buy it and you may be helping a cybercrook complete a slick…

August 1, 2007 · theretailbulletin.com
Shadow fraud!

A survey conducted by 192.com Business Services has revealed that over 70 per cent of Internet retailers are failing to report fraud losses or fraud attempts,…

July 31, 2007 · chinaknowledge.com
Computers in China and viruses

With over half of computers attacked by viruses in the first half of this year, China has become one of the most serious computer virus-stricken regions in the…

July 31, 2007 · blog.washingtonpost.com
File sharing: security threat

The makers of peer-to-peer file sharing software such as Limewire are no strangers to controversy. Hollywood has been battling file-sharing over the Internet…

July 30, 2007 · telegraph.co.uk
Internet fraud at record levels

Fraud is running at record levels, according to a study by business services firm KPMG. The value of frauds in the first half of 2007 totalled £594m, more than…

July 30, 2007 · eMediaWire
Buying online threats

Internet fraud is a growing threat as more and more consumers go Online to buy everything from flowers to furniture. Internet Bedroom Furniture Leader,…

July 29, 2007 · telegraphindia.com
Red flag on cybercrime is up

India is pretty low down on the totem pole for cyber crimes: way behind the malicious, crooked and cross-wired geeks in the US, China and Europe. A research by…

July 29, 2007 · bizjournals.com
Internet business and fraud

The owner of three Internet-based companies has pleaded guilty in the southern Ohio division of U.S. District Court to claims that he lied to investors about…

July 28, 2007 · tvnz.co.nz
Internet customs scam

The New Zealand Customs Service is warning people who have bought goods over the internet about a new email scam. The scam emails are sent to Hotmail accounts…

July 28, 2007 · webpronews.com
FBI warns of E-card scam

The FBI and the greeting card industry are warning people of fraudulent emails that claim to contain an electronic greeting card from an anonymous individual,…

July 27, 2007 · thestandard.com.hk
Eight nabbed in eBay fraud

Police have arrested eight people over a HK$5 million internet scam that made use of international e-auction platform eBay to cheat would-be buyers all over…

July 27, 2007 · legalbrief.co.za
Spyware scams leading

Police have predicted that scams using spy software downloaded from the Internet will become the ‘cybercrime of the future’. Supt Jerome Hardenberg, of Western…

July 26, 2007 · darkreading.com
Organized crime is funded by cybercrime

For months now, the feds have said organized crime was moving into the realm of cybercrime, using hackers to run scams and break into systems. But Assistant…

July 26, 2007 · whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com
Mechanism of zombie networks

Users who visit malicious Web sites frequently (and unknowingly) arrive via spam or phishing e-mails. Once there, complex infection mechanisms rapidly spread…

July 25, 2007 · nzherald.co.nz
Cybercrime grew hugely

The black market for software nasties like viruses and spyware has grown hugely in recent years. But a worrying new discovery by a web security specialist…

July 25, 2007 · wtvq.com
Spammers attack Internet

If you have e-mail, then you've probably received a greeting card in your in-box within the last month. Don't open it! Internet spammers have launched an…

July 24, 2007 · salem-news.com
FBI warns of Internet scams

The FBI is warning the public against three separate Internet scams that continue to flourish through spam e-mails. The warning comes after the FBI's Internet…

July 24, 2007 · p2pnet.net
Thai government website hacked

Thailand’s information and communications technology ministry site was sabotaged yesterday. A hacker posted a picture of a, “smiling Thaksin Shinawatra and…

July 23, 2007 · Zwire.Com
Fraud over the Internet

Hillsborough Township police are warning residents about several reports of attempted fraud over the Internet, in which victims received packages with checks…

July 23, 2007 · taipeitimes.com
Democratic Progressive Party was attacked by hackers

Chinese hackers have sent e-mails to the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) local branches and other recipients in the name of the DPP chairman with a trojan…