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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…
Times Online has reported attacks on Wi-Fi hotspots in Coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks. The “evil twin” attacks involve a hacker setting up a rogue WiFi…
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In my youth, working at an electronics store, I had a very strange conversation with a customer. He insisted that computer viruses were a form of life, because…
Experts are warning of a new worm which spreads via USB keys in a reversion to the earliest methods of virus distribution. SillyFD-AA installs itself onto…
HACKERS have turned to the web as their preferred method of attack since computer users have become increasingly aware of how to protect against email-aware…
Police believe a threatening e-mail sent to an employee of Carlisle Machine Works, Inc. on Wade Boulevard was the result of an Internet scam to obtain…
Attorney General Bill McCollum will unveiling his CyberCrime outreach initiatives at news conferences in Tampa, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando on Friday. He will…
A substantial portion of online traffic may be an illusion, calling into question the underpinnings of the Internet's advertising economy. A study by spyware…
Six California men accused of breaking in to online bank accounts and funneling out the proceeds have been indicted for bank and wire fraud and money…
The son of a Salisbury, Mass., police sergeant, who tried to use that relation to curry favor from the local district court, will spend the summer in jail for…
Modern-day pirates have switched from ships to computers to plunder copyrighted material on the boundless Internet seas. But the copyright holders are starting…