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August 30, 2006 · ems.gmnews.com
Child porn is a multibillion-dollar-a-year industry

Authorities said it was the Internet that brought down Clement Bilski Jr. The investigation and subsequent indictment of the 43-year-old Ocean Township…

August 30, 2006 · mercurynews.com
Hacker gets home detention

A hacker who broke into the network of T-Mobile USA Inc. and accessed personal information of hundreds of customers including a Secret Service agent was…

August 29, 2006 · apcstart.com
Virus attacks CPUs

A new proof-of-concept virus recently submitted to Symantec demonstrates that a virus targeted at a certain architectural flaw in most modern CPUs could take…

August 29, 2006 · cbs4boston.com
Hackers take hostages

There's a new threat that can literally take your computer files hostage with hackers demanding a ransom to unlock them. What do you store on your computer? If…

August 28, 2006 · english.www.gov.tw
Terror goes through web threats

Police tightened security around the Taipei Railway Station, the Presidential Office building and the Presidential residence from late on Saturday night to…

August 28, 2006 · infozine.com
Phishing hits iFriends

Spam experts based in Sydney, one of the global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers operated by Sophos, have identified an active phishing…

August 27, 2006 · releases.usnewswire.com
Software piracy profitable, but illegal

The owner of a massive for-profit software piracy website was sentenced in federal court to six years in prison, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of…

August 26, 2006 · The Register
Teen hacked e-mail server

A 19-year-old man today pleaded guilty to breaking the Computer Misuse Act for sending an "email bomb" to his former employer, which caused the company's email…

August 25, 2006 · crn.com
Ethical hackers' help

Few "ethical" hackers can provide simulated attacks with the level of sophistication that Cenzic offers in its Hailstorm "hacker-in-a-box" penetration tester.…

August 25, 2006 · networkworld.com
Report cybercrimes!

Companies that work with law enforcement agencies on cybercrime can get valuable information, including lists of hostile IP addresses and information on new…

August 24, 2006 · securitypronews.com
Spammer detained and sentenced

A U.K. teen was sentenced to a two-month curfew after pleading guilty to sending about five million spam e-mails. The 18-year-old admitted that this act…

August 24, 2006 · THE AGE
Police arrests cyber terrorists

Indonesian police claim to have arrested two men who helped imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra to use the internet to raise funds for more terrorist attacks.…

August 23, 2006 · news.com.com
New anti-phishing tool on Yahoo

Yahoo is testing a new security feature that lets users customize their login page, a measure designed to thwart information-thieving phishing scams. The…

August 23, 2006 · pcpro.co.uk
New trojan virus

A new PowerPoint zero-day Trojan is making the rounds. The vulnerability appears to be a new one and is unrelated to the one fixed in MS06-048 that has already…

August 22, 2006 · Zwire.com
Kevin Mitnik website hacked

Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. Online…

August 22, 2006 · infozine.com
Katrina phishing website

Experts at SophosLabs™ have reminded computer users of the dangers of identity theft as a 20-year-old man is charged in relation to a phishing website which…

August 21, 2006 · Daily Mail
MySpace users hit by a virus

Users of the popular MySpace website have been warned by computer experts that viruses linked to the interactive site, which boasts more than one million…

August 21, 2006 · Scmagazine.com
Yahoo patches another hole in mail

Yahoo has fixed a vulnerability in its web mail service that, if exploited, could allow hackers access to users' mailboxes. The attackers gain access to the…

August 20, 2006 · thedenverchannel.com
Computer crime hits the US

An Internet scam sweeping the United States has reached a family in Jefferson County. The scam involves the selling or renting of items over the web. After the…

August 19, 2006 · REUTERS
Internet scam warnings

Travel agents warned holidaymakers on Friday to be careful about booking trips online after an Internet scam was uncovered that has left nearly 3,000 people…

August 18, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
International Conference "BIN GigaCon 2006 - IT Systems Security and Reliability"

International Conference "BIN GigaCon 2006 - IT Systems Security and Reliability" 07-08 September 2006, Warsaw, Poland BIN GigaCon conferences, the biggest and…

August 18, 2006 · yomiuri.co.jp
1,802 cybercrimes committed by the samurais

There were 1,802 cybercrimes committed during the first six months of this year, a rise of 190 cases when compared with the same period last year and the…

August 18, 2006 · mobilemag.com
New hacker tool coming soon

File this one under A for Awareness. Available for purchase soon in the U.S. is a device that will enable you (or, more likely, someone you don't like or don't…

August 17, 2006 · news10now.com
Viruses cost us $5.2 billion

According to Consumer Reports' third annual State of the Internet survey, it found over the last two years Americans have lost approximately $8 billion at the…

August 17, 2006 · vnunet.com
Yahoo fixes mail hole

Yahoo has fixed a potential security flaw in its email service that could have allowed hackers to hijack Yahoo email accounts. The problem was discovered…

August 16, 2006 · theitshield.com
Phishing: patches don't save money on bank accounts

Research from Cardiff University has revealed that around 3 million online customers of HSBC may be vulnerable to fraudulent attacks. This is because HSBC has…

August 16, 2006 · seven.com.au
Internet scam, family business

When a family found extra calls on their phone bill, they queried it with the phone company. It turned out their Internet modem had been hijacked. Most of us…

August 15, 2006 · theglobeandmail.com
Computer predators threat

What happens when you combine a computer nerd with a pedophile? According to Canada's top cybercops, you get the high-tech predator, one of the most ominous…

August 15, 2006 · mlive.com
FBI on Internet scam

The FBI is investigating an Internet identity-theft scam -- known commonly as ``phishing'' -- in which money was stolen from a parish account at St. Catherine…

August 14, 2006 · COMPUTERWORLD
87% of organisations report security breaches

Over 87% of Kiwi organisations report having experienced some kind of security incident, according to the 2005 New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey —…