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June 11, 2007 · itar-tass.com
Struggle with cybercrime

A conference on fostering international cooperation in the struggle with cybercrime in the cyberspace will open in Strasbourg on Monday. The conference is held…

June 11, 2007 · jacksonvilleprogress.com
Cybercrime news - cyberbegging

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…

June 10, 2007 · The Inquirer
Google scam

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…

June 9, 2007 · registerguard.com
Guilty in Internet fraud

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…

June 8, 2007 · SecurityFocus
Pirates and ID thieves beware

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…

June 8, 2007 · zdnetasia.com
India's watchdog for high-profile security breaches

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…

June 7, 2007 · wcsh6.com
Prison for Internet scam

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…

June 7, 2007 · seguingazette.com
Possibly Internet scam

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…

June 6, 2007 · SFGate.com
Celebrity's website hacked

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…

June 6, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet scam at Hawai

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…

June 5, 2007 · bobsguide.com
Security fear factor

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…

June 5, 2007 · counterterrorismblog.org
Threat to Internet

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…

June 4, 2007 · Scmagazine.com
Symantec sued in China

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…

June 4, 2007 · hurriyet.com.tr
Turkish and Russian hackers

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…

June 3, 2007 · The Inquirer
Google vulnerabilities

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…

June 2, 2007 · russia-ic.com
Kaspersky antivirus story

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,…

June 1, 2007 · Techtarget.com
Spam King arrested

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…

June 1, 2007 · indiatimes Infotech
Google to launch antivirus?

Google has bought Internet security startup GreenBorder Technologies, which creates secure connections to protect e-mail and Web users from malicious or…

May 31, 2007 · digitalartsonline.co.uk
Firefox add-ons exploited by hackers

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…

May 31, 2007 · Xinhuanet
Symantec sued over computer collapse

A Chinese lawyer began proceedings on Tuesday to sue Symantec Corporation, the world's largest security software provider, for the collapse of his computer…

May 30, 2007 · abc.net.au
Hacker vs hacker

An authority on computer hacking says the best way to defend a system is to think like a hacker. Chris Gatford from Pure Hacking has been on the Gold Coast…

May 30, 2007 · morningsentinel.mainetoday.com
Hacking is corporate

Just so you know who the real thieves in this country are, please allow me to share an observation about a story the Morning Sentinel ran on page C7, May 24:…

May 29, 2007 · techshout.com
ID theft risk for Internet users

Even though the total number of identity-theft cases seems to have decreased, several consumers and financial institutions still are not doing enough to…

May 29, 2007 · techspot.com
EU, Google, hackers and Internet fraud

An independent European Union panel, which advises the European Commission and EU governments on data protection issues, has warned U.S. based Google Inc. that…

May 28, 2007 · shortnews.com
Internet Puppy Scam

The Council of Better Business Bureaus and American Kennel Club are warning consumers about a new scam involving 'free' puppies being promoted on MySpace, in…

May 28, 2007 · which.co.uk
Bank fraud costs 33,5 million GBP

Convenience Of those who have signed up to the new way of sorting out their finances, 53 per cent said they bank online because they believe it to be…

May 27, 2007 · thedenverchannel.com
Hacker gets access to personal data

The names and Social Security numbers of thousands of students at the University of Colorado Boulder have been exposed by a computer hacker, the university…

May 26, 2007 · taipeitimes.com
Home hacker attack

Government Information Office (GIO) staffers have been prohibited from bringing work home after an incident in which hackers exposed restricted information, a…

May 25, 2007 · heise.de
Anti-hacker law

On Wednesday the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Bundestag (the lower chamber of Germany's Federal Parliament) approved without any changes the controversial…

May 25, 2007 · thehindubusinessline.com
$40 billion losses due to cybercrime

Expert feels that only a tiny proportion of cyber crime incidents are actually reported world over. Individual users are more exposed to computer crime than…