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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…

April 9, 2007 · cfra.com
Hacker tests in Canada

A 2006 cyber-threat exercise exposed weaknesses in Canada's emergency system. Cyber Storm simulated the leak of social insurance numbers, an aviation control…

April 8, 2007 · eMediaWire
Rip Off Scam Report Response

Mary Gersten, VP of Operations for Global Cash Flow Network, today announced the addition of the Mary Gersten Rip Off Scam Report Responseand Global Rip Off…

April 7, 2007 · InformationWeek
Online Tax Hacker And Phishing Attacks

As tax season moves into high gear, an increasing number of people are filing their returns online, giving hackers and phishers the perfect opportunity to…

April 6, 2007 · guardian.co.uk
Zombie PCs nets

Is your personal computer a member of an international crime syndicate? Before you laugh, consider this: computer security experts believe that at least 10% of…

April 6, 2007 · dailytech.com
NASA hacker loses extradition appeal

A British hacker accused of breaking into secured government computers and causing more than $700,000 in computer damages lost an extradition appeal in the…

April 5, 2007 · timesrepublican.com
Lottery scam costs $3,000

A lottery scam reached the mailbox of a local man this week whose skepticism led him to check into an offer that seemed too good to be true. The first thing…

April 5, 2007 · The Register
UK businesses fail to report cybercrime

A third of UK businesses fail to report information security crimes and breaches, according to a new survey. The poll of 285 firms, which was followed up by in…

April 4, 2007 · idahostatesman.com
Car cloning Internet scam

You've just found the car of your dreams on the Internet. According to the seller it has everything you want. It's perfect. Even the price is almost too good…

April 4, 2007 · chron.com
Computer virus and e-mail

Q: I have started getting (almost every day) a message about "Failure to Deliver" from Mailer-Daemon. The e-mail address is unknown to me, and I did not send…

April 3, 2007 · woai.com
Hackers are getting much more sophisticated

Experts say attacks by computer hackers are getting much more sinister. "They're trying to get into your computer, so they can take it over and use it for…

April 3, 2007 · ComputerWeekly.com
NASA hacker case update

McKinnon, from north London, was defending himself against the order in the UK Court of Appeal, after home secretary John Reid determined in 2006 that the…