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April 26, 2007 · punjabnewsline.com
April 26 - a virus day

Warning !April 26 is 'Computer Virus Day' and it is expected that millions of computers world wide may be attacked by deadly virus. Owners of most of the…

April 25, 2007 · virusbtn.com
Governments to combat cybercrime

With profits from fraud using privileged personal data stolen via phishing or spyware rocketing and making the development of malware an ever more lucrative…

April 25, 2007 · spannerworks.com
Consequences of e-fraud

Online shoppers are undeterred by the prospect of cyber crime providing they are fully informed of the potential risks, a new report has suggested. Consumers…

April 24, 2007 · ospint.com
Russian hacker job

The press service of the Kirovsk region department of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has published a report on detention of a hacker, who is charged with…

April 24, 2007 · pcadvisor.co.uk
Hackers find ways to break systems

Two security experts have discovered a way to inject false messages - some amusing and others potentially frightening - into car satellite navigation (satnav)…

April 23, 2007 · tallahassee.com
Bill against sexual predators on the Internet

The Legislature unanimously approved a bill that Attorney General Bill McCollum said Thursday will give Florida the nation's toughest penalties for sexual…

April 23, 2007 · dailytimes.com
Child porn posession

Dr. David Christopher Winkler, a 35-year-old Kerrville doctor charged Friday with possession of child pornography, is innocent and may have been a victim of…

April 22, 2007 · macworld.com
Mac security falls under hacker attack at conference

A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference here. According to the security…

April 21, 2007 · news4jax.com
Student nabbed in child porn case

A federal grand jury has indicted Christopher Andrew Piasecki, 20, of Illinois, for possessing images on his computer of children engaging in sexually explicit…

April 20, 2007 · net-security.org
Internet Fraud Watch and the Internet Crime Complaint Centre

British academics and information security experts are teaming up in plans to develop a cybercrime reporting portal for Europe. The project, still at the…

April 20, 2007 · echannelline.com
Cyber criminals and VoIP, RFID, mobile phones

McAfee Inc. announced the release of its second issue of Sage, a semi-annual security journal designed to inform executives and technical personnel on…

April 19, 2007 · archive.gulfnews.com
Investment scam

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) yesterday warned investors to exercise caution when investing through online portals after foiling yet another…

April 19, 2007 · media.www.californiaaggie.com
Fraudulent posting linked to a robbery

The Tacoma Police Department had responded to a lot of complaints linked to craigslist.org - fraud, prostitution, rental scams - but nothing quite like what…

April 18, 2007 · whptv.com
Area cybercrime

A warning about a scam that's going around our area, this one happened most recently in Lower Paxton Township in Dauphin County. It's a "get rich quick" type…

April 18, 2007 · thesuburban.com
Antivirus soft is not enough

Anti-virus programs are not enough to prevent hackers from taking over your computer, according to Jason Jankowsai, Videotron’s support team manager.…

April 17, 2007 · dmnews.com
Data security laws

The Direct Marketing Association has again called for legislation that would create a national standard for notifying consumers in the event of the loss or…

April 17, 2007 · htrnews.com
Phishing achtung!

The Manitowoc Police Department today received information from First National Bank in Manitowoc that several of their customers were receiving e-mails…

April 16, 2007 · glosslip.com
Paris Hilton computer virus

Even your computer isn’t safe from Paris Hilton’s cooties. A new virus, disguised as an email has been spamming computers with promises of the over-exposed…

April 16, 2007 · gulf-times.com
Hackers in Qatar

The Institute of Internal Auditors Qatar Chapter has held a seminar on IT security that dealt with computer hacking on ‘Watch the Hacker in Action’. Balwant…

April 15, 2007 · latimes.com
Fake entertainment jobs, photo work and Hollywood connections: Internet fraud

The job was a gamble: A last-minute birthday dinner for 20. Four courses. No time for a deposit, the caller said. But Santa Monica private chef Laszlo Andras,…

April 14, 2007 · networkworld.com
DNS vulnerability used by hackers

A DNS server compromised by a hacker could be used to funnel Web surfers to all sorts of phishing attacks and malicious Web sites and even cause havoc with…

April 13, 2007 · saljournal.com
Another e-scam victim

A Salina man who was seeking to secure a loan from an Internet company apparently was taken for $5,000 as part of a scam, said Mike Marshall, deputy chief of…

April 13, 2007 · financevisor.com
Hacker academy

IT Security Training Press Releases -- The Hacker Academy, a recognized leader in information security and hacker training may be a new face on the block, but…

April 12, 2007 · Zwire.Com
Internet scam costs thousands

A California woman was allegedly bilked out of about $2,000 by a Village of Pewaukee woman who said her mother was terminally ill and then allegedly faked her…

April 12, 2007 · huliq.com
Cybercrime will survive

McAfee Predicts Cybercriminals will Find New Methods to Make Money-Mobile Phones and Spam will Pay Big Dividends for Hackers McAfee, Inc. today announced its…

April 11, 2007 · msnbc.msn.com
Microsoft and security fixes

Microsoft Corp. released four security fixes it deems critical as part of its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday, while it corrected a handful of…

April 11, 2007 · pcadvisor.co.uk
Cybercrime meltdown

Research from McAfee's Avert Labs predicts a nightmare future of more sophisticated cybercrime and the development of further technological means to carry out…

April 10, 2007 · canada.com
Lawful interception of Internet

The RCMP has urged the Harper government to reintroduce a controversial bill that would force Internet service providers to turn over personal information on…

April 10, 2007 · itp.net
Cybercrime in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian government recently drafted tough new laws targeting electronic crimes; GITEX Preview’s Eliot Beer spoke to Dr Abdulrahman Al-Shenaifi,…

April 9, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
Shoppers beware! ID theft

British consumers are happy to put their personal and financial information at risk if it means saving time on the internet, according to a survey by…