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February 27, 2006 · tvnz.co.nz
Potential phishing scam

An Auckland-based web hosting company says it has averted a potential phishing scam targeted at National Bank customers. Web Drive managing director Daniel…

February 26, 2006 · The Register
Acxiom hacker gets 8 years

A Florida man has been jailed for eight years after being convicted of stealing vast amounts of personal information from Acxiom, one of the world's largest…

February 25, 2006 · www.zone-h.org
Islamic hacker arrested in France

On Tuesday , 2/21/2006, the Moroccan hacker known as Yanis was arrested in Metz by the Paris PJ. Anyway he got out of prison after 20 hours and he is waiting…

February 24, 2006 · SFGate.com
Banks refunding Internet fraud losses

Responding to growing anxiety about cybercrime, Charles Schwab Corp. on Wednesday joined the small number of online banks and brokerages that publicly promise…

February 24, 2006 · knoxstudio.com
Cyber-crime battle, Feds

One of the persistent unknowns in the battle against cyber-crime is the true scope of the problem. Since the Internet revolution began a decade ago, U.S.…

February 23, 2006 · tmcnet.com
New internet fraud

As the ever-expanding age of the Internet develops further, so do the problems, such as identity theft and computer viruses, that accompany it. University…

February 23, 2006 · Washington Post
Phishings sites spread

The number of phishing Web sites skyrocketed in December, as did the number of sites designed to spread password-stealing badware, according to the most recent…

February 23, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
Fight Fraud Snarter

The issue of online fraud has barely left the headlines in recent times. Separate fact from fiction - download the FREE UK Online Fraud Report 2006 from…

February 22, 2006 · Sophos
58 percent of users targeted by phishing

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, are warning of a phishing onslaught facing PC users, with more…

February 22, 2006 · macworld.com
Apple Mac OS flaw

Security firm Secunia on Tuesday documented a possible exploit in Apple’s Safari Web browser that the company describes as “extremely critical.” Secunia calls…

February 21, 2006 · consumeraffairs.com
Phishing heat

Scammers passing themselves off as the "Nationwide Verification Office" have popped up in Indiana this month. Indiana Attorney General Steve Bell says the scam…

February 21, 2006 · PC Pro
Another worm in the Apple?

A second OS X worm has been identified that exploits an old Bluetooth vulnerability to spread from one Mac to another. Inqtana.A is a 'proof of concept' and…

February 20, 2006 · linuxelectrons.com
Cybercrime is an organized and sophisticated business

In a town hall meeting last week by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), top law enforcement officials from the United States and Europe said that combating…

February 20, 2006 · concordmonitor.com
Firm insider suspender for hacking

A state Office of Information Technology worker was placed on paid leave yesterday in connection with the investigation of a potential security breach to a…

February 19, 2006 · news4jax.com
Officer and child porn

Investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Computer Crime Section, the Tallahassee Police Department and the U.S. Department of Defense…

February 18, 2006 · USA Today
First Mac OS virus

The first worm targeting Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system has surfaced, though it does not appear to be widespread or especially dangerous. Its…

February 17, 2006 · PR Newswire
Malware tendencies

Panda Software has published the PandaLabs 2005 Annual Malware Report, an analysis of developments in the malware panorama over the last year, and a reflection…

February 17, 2006 · smh.com.au
British hacker case: the biggest ever military hack

A British computer enthusiast accused by the US government of the world's "biggest military hack of all time" has begun a court fight against extradition to…

February 16, 2006 · InformationWeek
Internet transactions and security

With Internet-based transactions and interactions growing at an explosive rate, it's incumbent upon providers of the networking equipment that runs the…

February 16, 2006 · The Register
Bill Gates on security, also feels safer not going quail hunting with Dick Cheney

A lesser publication might suggest it fitting that Microsoft’s Chairman Bill Gates began his speech today at the RSA security conference with a joke. “I am…

February 15, 2006 · azstarnet.com
Romanian hacker broke into Arizona University

Hackers broke into the computer system of the University of Arizona journalism department, and students were unable to use the computers Monday. All of the…

February 15, 2006 · smoothwall.net
Never trust an e-mail, phishing?

Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated - the latest are even using valid looking SSL certificates to fool people into believing they are using a…

February 14, 2006 · canada.com
Olympic games exposed to hacker attack

A would-be hacker was being investigated by police Monday after threatening to attack the internal computer network of the Turin Olympics organizing committee.…

February 14, 2006 · InformationWeek
Microsoft: Symantec software is spyware

The preview of Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware wrongly fingered two Symantec enterprise anti-virus products as password-stealing programs last week. If users…

February 14, 2006 · cbronline.com
Cyberterrorism test

Cyber Storm was the federal government's first full scale test to assess its readiness and ability to respond to what it deemed 'a cyber incident of national…

February 13, 2006 · Sophos
Happy Valentine spam

Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Tuesday 14…

February 13, 2006 · seattletimes.nwsource.com
Spamless e-mail will cost some coins

This is the season for new spam-fighting and security systems to emerge, perhaps the result of mass New Year's resolutions by techno-merchants that have…

February 12, 2006 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Bogus websites lead to phishing troubles

If you thought that ICICI Bank alone had smelt something 'phishy' in a site that impersonated its own, you would be wrong. HDFC Bank, another banking major,…

February 11, 2006 · trustedreviews.com
Phishing out your account

So my Dad calls me up last week to tell me that he’s just got a call from his building society to say that his account has just been completely emptied out.…

February 10, 2006 · techworld.com
Undead zombie PC: Are you a zombie?

Are you harbouring zombies? There's a fair chance you could be, if Paul Judge, the CTO of e-mail security firm CipherTrust, is right - he says that his…