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It is very easy to know when Pahooka.A has infected a computer. Once run, it replaces the computer’s desktop wallpaper with a multicolored star on a blue…
A hacker has accessed two University of Michigan databases containing student information, including names, addresses and some Social Security numbers, a…
A car buying scam could affect local residents. This week a Waverly resident learned she had almost been scammed, possibly by an overseas resident, when the…
According to Celebslam.com, someone hacked into Lindsay Lohan's computer and stole nude photos that were taken of her by ex-boyfriend Calum Best. Lindsay is…
Web shoppers have a need for speed. They've gobbled up broadband connections, and they're less patient in poking around sites that they perceive as wasting…
We have a Your Stories Alert related to electronic greeting cards. The FBI says they've been receiving reports of fraud linked to e-cards and online postcards,…
Reggie Kinser just wanted to sell a used piece of exercise equipment. He ended up getting caught in bizarre attempt by someone to scam him out of thousands of…
The Internal Revenue Service is warning Iowans about Internet “phishing” scams currently hitting the area in which fraudulent e-mails are sent that appear to…
It’s an old scam, with a new look, and people are falling for it. Con artists are now taking advantage of you as you try to add a fluffy friend to the family.…
Who are we? We’re the winners—America loves a winner. In America there are winners, and everybody else. Remember that old saying, "It’s not if you win or lose,…
When phishers successfully duped several business executives last month by it took the problem of cybercrime to a whole new level. When phishers successfully…
Hackers raided a poorly secured Western Union database and stole the personal data of more than 20,000 customers, including 1,300 New Yorkers, the…
A member of the Doom9 Forum known only as "Divine Tao" claims to have defeated Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for securing the…
Cybercrime, like every digital industry, is outsourcing. Though the U.S. still produces more malware, spam and viruses than any country in the world, illicit…
A computer virus has claimed that 'Harry Potter is dead'. Hackers have disguised the PC worm as a file called 'HarryPotter-TheDeathlyHallows.doc', the title of…
I met Cresta Pillsbury, Director of Business Development for HACKER SAFE, at Affiliate Summit earlier this week. She mentioned how HACKER SAFE had created…
Watching the pitiful parade of would-be predators rushing into traps laid by investigative reporters piqued the curiosity of Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson.…
Four members of a South Florida-based criminal gang believed to have been responsible for more than $75 million in credit card fraud losses have been arrested…
The Ikeja High Court Thursday sentenced Nwagbogwu Stephen, 22, to 12 months imprisonment without option of fine for Internet fraud. Stephen who pleaded guilty…
The Department of Homeland Security is sending a group of cybersecurity experts this week to Estonia to help the nation analyze the cyberattacks that crippled…
But Dave Aitel, chief technology officer of another vulnerabilities broker called Immunity, says that security professionals will never be able to offer…
In the good old days - like June 2002 - IT security professionals were worried about vandalism. OCIPEP, the federal government's Office of Critical…
Hay farmers are the targets of a new Internet scam, according to Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon says con artists are contacting businesses…
Three men have been jailed for their use of the internet to incite terrorism. The three were convicted after entering a late change of plea to 'guilty' earlier…
Siouxland leaders are set to formally break ground this morning on a $6 million command center designed to enhance local responses to natural disasters and…
users in Bahrain are being warned about greetings cards celebrating American Independence Day that can infect their computers with a virus. The e-mail poses as…
The Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence has been revised by public and private sector experts to reflect recent developments in computer…
Johannesburg - "It's nothing to write home about," said Transport Department spokesperson Collen Msibi when told that part of the eNatis website had been…
This time of year con artists are busy thinking up new schemes to trick people into parting with their cash. In this part of the state home improvement fraud…
A showdown is brewing between two sets of security researchers over whether virtualisation-based rootkits are detectable in a system or not. A showdown is…