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A Chinese lawyer began proceedings on Tuesday to sue Symantec Corporation, the world's largest security software provider, for the collapse of his computer…
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…
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:…
Even though the total number of identity-theft cases seems to have decreased, several consumers and financial institutions still are not doing enough to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Government Information Office (GIO) staffers have been prohibited from bringing work home after an incident in which hackers exposed restricted information, a…
On Wednesday the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Bundestag (the lower chamber of Germany's Federal Parliament) approved without any changes the controversial…
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…
A BLEADON woman is warning people not to be caught out by a lottery scam. Sheridan Barmaki, aged 48, of Shiplate Road, received a letter from La Primitiva…
Russia's coordinated attacks against Estonia's computer systems earlier this month were cited as one of the many reasons why the European Union countries…
Nearly 700 hacker attacks were registered, targeting the polling system of Information Services (IS) during European parliament (MEP) elections in Bulgaria, IS…
A new credit card scam has struck restaurants across the UK, highlighting the importance of maintaining a high level of identity authentication. Fraudsters…
"Check out this animation of Bush!" says a message popping up in your MSN Messenger. If you click on the link that follows to see the president of America…
Sometimes people go to a lot of trouble to screw up simple things. This week, the local chamber of commerce offered up its support for increasing the local…
Some investment scams prey on charity and some prey on greed, but they all rely on deception, according to the Alabama Securities Commission, which last week…
A degree of scepticism is usually healthy when considering the results of surveys, especially those sponsored by bodies with a commercial or political axe to…
An error occurring in the update of Norton's virus database on Friday has caused millions of PCs and computers to crash-a heavy blow to people's daily work and…
It's call phishing, not fishing. And you do it with a computer, not a pole. But the idea is still the same. When it comes to phishing, cyber crooks throw out a…
Prepaid wireless network cards provide convenient Internet access anywhere, but in the wrong hands they can be misused to commit fraud. And this amounts to an…
Marie Alcorn from the Office on Aging says most seniors used the computer to email friends and relatives. However, that extra tool of communication can also…
It is a land of six million citizens with no police force, no courts and no taxes. The fast-growing economy is lightly controlled, and banks and the stock…
"Google CEO wants your personal information" I underscored in reporting Google’s announced claim of “taking steps to further improve our privacy practices” two…
Legislation introduced May 14 by a bipartisan group of lawmakers would pump $10 million a year into federal law enforcement efforts to crack down on…
Virtual communities on the internet are vulnerable to fraud and money laundering unless government moves to cover transactions online with existing…
PEER-TO-PEER SITE Pirate Bay has reassured users that the security breach which saw hackers making off with its entire database of 1.6m user names and…
Just weeks after restricting soldier’s blogs, the US Department of Defense has banned the use of You Tube and My Space for reasons of strained network…
Talk about money laundering. An ordinary check made out to person A is bathed in a chemical available at any hardware store. In just a few minutes, it is blank…