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February 10, 2006 · tallahassee.com
FBI creates new units fighting cybercrime

Billions of dollars are lost each year in communities such as Tallahassee to cybercrimes, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Walter McNeil said Wednesday. To…

February 9, 2006 · I-Newswire.com
Identity theft is on the rise

Identity theft is on the rise, but the strategies presented in "The Real Safety Guide to Beating Cybercrime" can help consumers avoid becoming a victim. The…

February 9, 2006 · Washington Post
Microsoft will sell security for windows

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that beginning in June it would start charging $49.95 a year for Windows Onecare Live, a (currently free) managed-security…

February 8, 2006 · openpr.com
Cybercrime: protect your computer

With the world of technology in a panic over Symantec’s hidden files and Microsoft’s security holes, computer safety expert and author Victoria Roddel shares…

February 8, 2006 · tmcnet.com
Almost all e-mails are spam

An estimated 80 percent to 85 percent of all e-mail is spam, said Lee Burton, chief engineer at Scottsdale-based Extreme Internet. "Hackers are moving away…

February 8, 2006 · Sophos
Spanish hacker jailed and fined

26-year-old Santiago Garrido used a computer worm to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks after he was expelled from the popular "Hispano" IRC…

February 7, 2006 · Sophos
About Kama Sutra, Sophos

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned users not to panic over the threat posed by the…

February 7, 2006 · Sophos
Virus stopped Russian stock exchange

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have reminded organizations of the threat posed by malware as news…

February 7, 2006 · postchronicle.com
Did Kama Sutra worm strike?

So how was it for you? Computer security experts have warned that a malicious computer worm, dubbed "Kama Sutra," was set to wreak havoc this Friday, February…

February 7, 2006 · Washington Post
Anti-spam initiative

Maybe this is where it starts to change. Two of the world's largest e-mail providers, America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc., have said that they will soon start…

February 6, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
The e-Crime Congress 2006. March 30 & 31 2006.

The e-Crime Congress 2006 will seek to challenge conventional attitudes on e-Crime and examine how business, government and law enforcement can continue to…

February 6, 2006 · I-Newswire.com
Boogings to bring effective online fraud prevention

Effective online fraud prevention often involves several technologies, each targeted towards a specific fraud indicator. However, in the arsenal of online…

February 6, 2006 · pantagraph.com
Cybercrime vs Physical crime

Internet users believe they are more likely to be victims of a cybercrime than a physical one in the coming year, according to a recent survey. This growing…

February 5, 2006 · InformationWeek
Russian hackers sell WMF exploits

The Windows Metafile (WMF) bug that caused users -- and Microsoft -- so much grief in December and January spread like it did because Russian hackers sold an…

February 4, 2006 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Kama Sutra hits hardest in India

The Kama Sutra is giving computer professionals across the world sleepless nights. But not in the way you think. A computer virus, scheduled to strike on…

February 3, 2006 · biz.yahoo.com
Top cybercrimes

In January, Sdbot.ftp was the malware most frequently detected by Panda ActiveScan, the free online antivirus solution. In addition to this malicious code,…

February 3, 2006 · Australian IT
Kama Sutra fake virus

Australian IT security professionals have so far reported few problems from the so-called Kama Sutra worm, which was due to begin overwriting files on infected…

February 2, 2006 · SFGate.com
Internet vs China

Congressional human rights advocates Wednesday hammered four Internet giants -- Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems -- for helping Chinese authorities…

February 2, 2006 · Chicago Tribune
Movie pirates behind the bar

Federal prosecutors Wednesday charged 19 members of an alleged software- and movie-pirating ring with stealing more than $6.5 million in copyrighted material.…

February 2, 2006 · smh.com.au
What will happen tomorrow with your PC?

Tomorrow is D-Day for a dangerous computer virus which has spread throughout the world via email and is programmed to destroy PC files on February 3. Email…

February 1, 2006 · ComputerWeekly.com
Israeli worm creators to face trial

A London-based Israeli couple at the centre of one of the world's largest industrial espionage and computer hacking scandals have been extradited to Israel to…

February 1, 2006 · USA Today
More news from Kama Sutra worm

A fast-spreading e-mail worm is raising alarms because its sole purpose is to obliterate the everyday working documents widely used by consumers, students and…

January 31, 2006 · thesun.co.uk
Kama Sutra virus

A Kama Sutra computer virus could delete millions of everyday files on PCs across the world, experts warn. The worm was nicknamed after the love-making bible…

January 31, 2006 · InformationWeek
Winamp critical flaw

The popular Winamp music player suffers from a zero-day vulnerability that attackers are already exploiting, a security company warned Monday. A patch is not…

January 31, 2006 · Red Herring
Security giants to team up against spyware

A group of security vendors teamed up Monday to establish industry standards for identifying spyware and testing methods for eradicating it as there’s growing…

January 30, 2006 · Australian IT
Microsoft thief to go to jail

A US federal judge has sentenced a convicted hacker known as "illwill" to two years in prison for selling the code for Microsoft's closely-guarded Windows…

January 30, 2006 · nytimes.com
eBay scams

A year ago Jacqui Rogers, a retiree in southern Oregon who dabbles in vintage costume jewelry, went on eBay and bought 10 butterfly brooches made by Weiss, a…

January 30, 2006 · Daily Times
Spyware authors to be named and shamed

Internet researchers at Harvard and Oxford universities said on Tuesday they are seeking to enlist Web users in a program to name and shame suppliers of…

January 29, 2006 · cio-today.com
New Kama Sutra worm

Security analysts are warning computer users about a new and potentially destructive Internet worm that can obliterate important documents. The worm, called…

January 28, 2006 · techtree.com
Universities to stop malware

Harvard University's Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute have launched a "Neighborhood Watch" initiative against spyware and other malicious…