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January 27, 2006 · globetechnology.com
US is the major silicon spam valley

The United States, with anti-spam laws in place, still tops the "Dirty Dozen" list of countries that spew the most unsolicited e-mail, a new survey says.…

January 27, 2006 · The Inquirer
Skype may pose a hacker threat

A boffin at Cambridge University says that the Voice over IP system used by Skype is a brilliant tool if you want to carry out denial-of-service attacks. Jon…

January 26, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
10th CSI/FBI Survey Shows Cybercrime Losses Down For Fourth Straight Year

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Computer Security Institute (CSI) announced today the results of its 10th annual Computer Crime and Security Survey: average cybercrime…

January 26, 2006 · China Daily
China vs Google

Google, the world's most popular Internet search engine, yesterday launched a Chinese-language service that will be stripped of content deemed offensive or…

January 26, 2006 · Red Herring
Microsoft helps to sue against spam and spyware

With help from Microsoft, Washington state filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a company that allegedly used spam and misleading advertising to frighten users…

January 26, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
Beware of fake job offers, internet scam

ISLAMABAD: The world famous Nigerian Advance fee fraud known as ‘419 Scam’, used to send e-mails or postal letters offering to move a billion of US dollar…

January 26, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
France: Online betting issues

**Decision of the Court : ** Partial confirmation of Decision of First Instance Court of Paris 8 July, 2005 **Report of the Dispute : ** The Court rules on a…

January 25, 2006 · gcn.com
Viruses, spam and phishing

It’s getting so you can’t stick your head out onto the Internet anymore without someone trying to sell you something, infect your computer with viruses or…

January 25, 2006 · vnunet.com
Online crime caused $67.2bn damage to the US

Online crime in the US alone caused $67.2bn in damages last year, according to a survey conducted by the FBI. The findings were based on a poll of 2,066…

January 24, 2006 · InformationWeek
Spam-Botmaster pleaded guilty

A 20-year-old accused of using hundreds of thousands of hijacked computers, or "bot nets," to damage systems and send massive waves of spam across the…

January 24, 2006 · Business Week
We Need to Stop Adware

A nonprofit technology group asked the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to stop a software developer from allowing "deceptive and unfair" methods in…

January 23, 2006 · businessweek.com
Livedoor chief denies wrongdoing

The chief executive of an Internet portal at the center of a widening securities fraud investigation denied allegations Sunday that he violated securities…

January 23, 2006 · southbendtribune.com
Phishing scams

You have probably heard about identity theft, in which people steal other people's personal information to use for illegal purposes. In a new scheme called…

January 22, 2006 · financialmirror.com
Hacker breaks into a U.S. Navy database

A 19-year-old Spanish hacker broke into a U.S. Navy database, jeopardizing the security of a nuclear submarine maintenance facility in California. The hacker…

January 22, 2006 · The Inquirer
F-Secure software found vulnerable by F-Secure

Finnish security outfit F-Secure has had to issue a security warning about its own products. In a security bulletin here, F-Secure said a flaw in its software…

January 21, 2006 · COMPUTERWORLD
Voicemail hacking

Sahil Gupta, the second man charged over the Telecom voicemail hacking incident in April, walked free from an Auckland court last week. Gupta was charged along…

January 20, 2006 · itnewsonline.com
Microsoft exalted Bulgaria for phishing gang arrest

Microsoft Corp. has commended the Bulgarian law-enforcement National Services to Combat Organized Crime (NSCOC) agency for investigations leading to the arrest…

January 19, 2006 · rockymountainnews.com
New cybercrime unit

The folks at the new regional computer forensics lab in Centennial say they're going to take a byte out of crime. They led journalists on a tour of the new…

January 19, 2006 · insurancejournal.com
FBI reports 90% of companies are victims of computer crime

The FBI reports that 9 out of 10 organizations in the country are victims of some sort of computer security incident, and one-fifth are hit more than 20 times…

January 18, 2006 · searchsecurity.techtarget.com
Windows Wi-Fi flaw confirmed

Microsoft said Tuesday that under certain circumstances, attackers could exploit an anomaly in how Windows 2000, XP and Windows 2003 systems establish wireless…

January 18, 2006 · bink.nu
Windows' secret WMF backdoor denies

Microsoft security expert has denied a recent security hole in Windows was in fact a secret backdoor introduced by the software giant to give it immediate…

January 17, 2006 · net-security.org
Breeding brand new viruses

Less than 1 percent of new threats detected in 2005 by PandaLabs were viruses, which confirms the decrease in the number of viruses compared to other types of…

January 17, 2006 · THE AGE
Wireless hacker threat

Windows security is once again in the spotlight, this time with a vulnerability in wireless laptop software stealing some of the limelight at an annual US…

January 16, 2006 · alaskajournal.com
Phishing more phish

Four times in five weeks, someone went phishing for information from Credit Union 1 members. It's likely that thousands of Alaskans received e-mail messages…

January 16, 2006 · contracostatimes.com
SPY KID hackers

Anyone accessing the Web sites for the cities of El Cerrito, Albany or Alameda overnight saw a cryptic message instead of the usual home pages. The message…

January 15, 2006 · Internetnews.com
Cybercrime: protect your data

A new year and an old story: Americans fall prey to data theft. A new year and another old story: Congress does nothing about it, not even requiring companies…

January 14, 2006 · dlmag.com
PayPal phishing website

In our computerized society, everyday there are threats lurking, hidden, just waiting to catch innocent surfers,in a trap that will cost them dearly, talk here…

January 13, 2006 · playfuls.com
Mining scam or true e-mail

It’s a well known fact that during the past few years, most tragic events that unfolded all over the world have been used by hackers or other types of crooks…

January 13, 2006 · PC Pro
ITunes and its spyware update

Apple has confirmed that the new mini store feature introduced in the latest iTunes update is not spyware and it does not collect any information from a Mac or…

January 12, 2006 · searchsecurity.techtarget.com
Security means not so perfect

Despite investing in a variety of security technologies, enterprises continue to suffer network attacks at the hands of malware writers and inside operatives,…