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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…
A woman has admitted stalking the lead singer of American rock group Linkin Park and using US government computers to obtain his personal information.…
In the fight against cybercrime, companies are moving towards multi-layered defence of information resources, also referred to as defence in depth, says Dr K.…
With a piracy rate of 73 percent in 2006, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Lebanon remained one of the top intellectual property violators in…
In a room so secure that even Secretary of State Debra Bowen can't enter without an escort, a team of state experts is trying to hack into three electronic…
Looks like it is not just Apple that is set to benefit from iPhone hype, spammers are doing their best to get in on the action too, according Secure Computing…
Three companies involved in selling plots of agricultural land to the public have been wound up in the High Court, following an investigation by the Companies…
The prosecution of cybercrime by law enforcement agencies encounters many obstacles, detailed in other summaries dealing with cybercrime prosecution. As a…
From a California senator to a computer hacker, it was a strange dare: Steal my Capitol security code, if you can. He could. Using a little laptop, the hacker…
Computers can be the best friend of your business, or a weapon used to destroy it. That's the message emerging from a spate of attacks on businesses that range…
The DOJ is also reaching out to overseas governments in hopes of encouraging them to crack down on intellectual-property crime. Last year, the DOJ provided…
A Waterloo man has been arrested for passing counterfeit checks he received as part of an Internet scam. Police arrested Arlin William Dempster, 75, of 1707…