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September 18, 2006 · Canada.com
Credit card info sold

An Edmonton man has been charged with selling stolen credit card information on the Internet following a six-month investigation by city police and the United…

September 17, 2006 · seattlepi.nwsource.com
Microsoft protecting its media

Microsoft Corp. is scrambling to update its Windows Media software after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people…

September 16, 2006 · ZDNet UK
Hackers vs hackers

Red Hat vice president Michael Tiemann's line that "volunteer hackers" still drive open source continues spinning around the news-osphere, over two weeks after…

September 15, 2006 · baselinemag.com
Cybercrime mafia

Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online…

September 15, 2006 · financialmirror.com
Barclay's clients under attack, phishing

PandaLabs has detected a large-scale phishing attack targeting clients of Barclays Bank's online services and involving at least 61 variants of a spoof email.…

September 14, 2006 · news.cincypost.com
Bank customers: Internet scam targets

Customers of Fifth Third Bank are being barraged by Internet scam artists who have fired off millions of e-mail messages in the name of the bank to try to…

September 14, 2006 · www.pspworld.com
Hackers use PSP hole

According to a report by Panda Software, there is a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be used to run malicious code on any PSP with firmware capable of…

September 13, 2006 · macworld.co.uk
Cybercriminals on phishing

Cybercriminals created a record number of phishing Web sites in July and also hijacked a record number of brands to help them do their work, a consortium that…

September 13, 2006 · legalbrief.co.za
Africa vs cybercrime

Kenya is in advanced stages to assemble a cybercrime laboratory for use by police in Eastern Africa countries, New Times reports. The facility would be used by…

September 12, 2006 · Vnunet.com
Sony PlayStation buffer overflow

Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld console could be infected by malicious code using a buffer overflow vulnerability, according to a warning from an…

September 12, 2006 · thepeninsulaqatar.com
Arnold's hacking

California police are investigating if computer hackers stole a private audio file of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commenting on the passionate nature of…

September 11, 2006 · enewschannels.com
New phishing scams

Just when you think it’s safe to go shopping on eBay for used gear, like a vintage tube mic, or analog keyboard, the phishing artists have to ruin my day.…

September 10, 2006 · wzzm13.com
Scammers' e-mails asking for id

Scam artists are now attempting to use the name of one of West Michigan's largest banks. An e-mail asking for personal information was sent to many of the…

September 9, 2006 · pbn.com
Hacker attacks on the run

Internet design and services company Newfangled Web Factory and its clients, including Providence Business News, found their Web sites temporarily offline…

September 8, 2006 · baltimoresun.com
Disinfect your PC?

Iam at my wits' end with my two sons' IBM laptop computers that are riddled with spyware and viruses to the extent that the computers are almost unusable. They…

September 8, 2006 · bearvalleynews.com
Counterfeit software problems

What the Big Bear Computer Club? It’s a place where you can get help with your current computer problems, hear outstanding industry guest speakers make…

September 7, 2006 · securitypark.co.uk
Top antiviruses let in malware

According to Australia's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT), top selling anti-virus solutions let in 80% of new malicious code. Graham Ingram, the…

September 7, 2006 · securitypark.co.uk
90% of e-mails were phishing

While spam remains high at 87.72%, virus levels have doubled, but at 1.02% they still only account for a tiny proportion of the total email scanned by SoftScan…

September 6, 2006 · news.netcraft.com
Stopping phishing sites

By the 1st September, Netcraft has received, reviewed and blocked more than 150,000 unique URLs reported to us as phishing sites. In recent reviews Ziff-Davis…

September 6, 2006 · vnunet.com
Warning! Advanced phishing techniques

Phishing attacks will use more sophisticated social engineering, targeting consumers for financial and identity theft and businesses for intellectual property…

September 5, 2006 · gjsentinel.com
17-year-old boy as a cyber criminal

A 17-year-old Grand Junction boy was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posing as a Fruita Monument High School teacher and sending inappropriate messages to…

September 5, 2006 · COMPUTERWORLD
How to prevent most network attacks

Eighty-four percent of serious network attacks could have been prevented if, in addition to checking user identity and password, organizations had verified the…

September 4, 2006 · Techworld
Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

This year's DEFCON was a lively one for wireless security. Probably the most significant event in the wireless realm was Johnny "Cache" Ellch's and David…

September 4, 2006 · InformationWeek
SMS phishing

Consumers, corporate end users and security-focused solution providers have two more reasons to be overwhelmed this week. First, on Tuesday, AT&T said a…

September 3, 2006 · p2pnet.net
Hackers like eBay

Mobiles sold on eBay, "are loaded with sensitive personal and corporate information that could be easily retrieved," says Trust Digital, according to…

September 2, 2006 · boston.com
Hacker breaks website

A hacker posted graphic images of injured children and war rubble where ads for musicals are usually found on the Gloucester Stage Company's website. The…

September 1, 2006 · theeagle.com
Online fraud warning

Members of the Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union in College Station may be the targets of an online scam. The credit union is warning its members that someone…

September 1, 2006 · communitydispatch.com
Beware phishing season open

In recent years, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing sites during the hurricane season. US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious…

August 31, 2006 · ZDNet UK
IE 7 build will limit hacker attacks

Microsoft isn't ready to release Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2, but it has released Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 (IE 7 RC1) to the public.…

August 31, 2006 · axcessnews.com
Hackers get into AT&T

A hacker broke into AT&T's computer system and stole credit card information on 19,000 customers who bought DSL equipment online, the company said. AT&T shut…