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Online consumers in the U.S. have had a million things to complain about. Literally. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says that it received its one…
Dutch authorities arrested 111 people for illegally being in the Netherlands. Authorities suspect that they were participating in e-mail scams that we are all…
In order to keep up in today’s world, a business needs to make sure its employees stay connected, even on the road. Many airports and other public spaces offer…
If you're thinking of selling your car, computer-- or really anything on the internet, beware of a cheque scam going around. RCMP Sergeant Brad Kaeding says a…
To fight ICT-based crimes like child pornography, money laundering, fraud and terrorism through the internet, countries worldwide are turning to the Council of…
On May 30, 2007 Robert Alan Soloway, voted one of the ten biggest spam artists in the world, was arrested in Seattle, a week after being indicted by a grand…
Arlington, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - June 13, 2007 - Online risk monitoring and management solutions firm, Cyveillance, has been chosen by…
Here’s a new one I hadn’t seen before. Victim posts their resume on a career-oriented/job finder Web site. Suspect responds by e-mail posing as a corporation…
The mention of “Nigeria” in Internet messages has been enough recently to send up red flags in many people’s minds concerning scams. But the words of warning…
You may have noticed problems accessing The Jawa Report and Jawa comments. We have been under a sustained heavy spam/DDOS since Friday. I posted an email a…
The annals of crime are rife with tales of heists pulled off by enterprising criminal minds. But for every caper carried out with style and smarts, there are…
A conference on fostering international cooperation in the struggle with cybercrime in the cyberspace will open in Strasbourg on Monday. The conference is held…
The Cherokee County District Attorney’s office is investigating whether a man who appears to have fallen victim to an Internet scam should face forgery…
IN A FINE TWIST of irony, the software algorithms at Google's planet-wide cluster interrupted my peaceful web searching experience to tell me I looked more…
Two Springfield residents face federal prison terms after pleading guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $684,000 from more than 9,700 victims through an…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a second bill aimed at restricting the actions of spyware purveyors and online data thieves, but many…
India is to finally get a data privacy watchdog to oversee the country's IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) offshore outsourcing industry and to address…
A 47-year-old Westbrook man who lost everything he owned in an Internet scam and then defrauded others is going to prison for 18 months. At Thursday's…
If you were looking for high-paying, part-time job, a classified ad promising $2,700 a month for “only a little of your time” probably sounded too good to be…
Country singer Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked by a cell-phone ringtone promotion. Over the last 24 hours, fans of the "American Idol" winner…
Loan officer Dennis Torres is still kicking himself for what's happened. He mistakenly gave sensitive information on what he thought was his bank's secured…
Research reveals 74 per cent of IT directors admit lack of trust in their network security Seventy-four per cent of senior executives feel exposed to…
In today's edition of the Wall Street Journal Europe Jim Hendler (a computer science professor at RPI) and I discuss the implications of the recent…
A Chinese man is suing information security giant Symantec for the collapse of his computer following an anti-virus update from the company last month. The…
Turkish and Russian computer hackers who stole money from people’s bank accounts by spreading a virus that reveals users’ internet banking details are being…
Google's desktop search application is vulnerable to an exploit that allows a determined attacker to remotely run most programs installed on a victim's…
Since the Internet was invented, computers all over the world have been in danger of getting a fresh virus able to destroy your operating system. Luckily,…
A top spammer known as the "Spam King" has been arrested after years of investigations and experts say it could result in a short-term dip in the volume of…
Google has bought Internet security startup GreenBorder Technologies, which creates secure connections to protect e-mail and Web users from malicious or…
Hackers can drop malicious code into systems running Mozilla's Firefox when the browser is armed with any of several high-profile add-ons, including Google…