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October 12, 2005 · Canada.com
Internet fraud: con men nabbed

In the twilight hours of Oct. 26, 2004, a plainclothes U.S. Secret Service agent stood by a grove of maple trees near a middle-class home in the suburb of…

October 12, 2005 · Philly.Com
Computer crime: hacker attacks among top

A majority of executives said their firms experienced unplanned disruptions of their computer networks in the last year, according to a national survey. The…

October 12, 2005 · macon.com
Man gets 200 years for child porn, molestation

A Macon man faces a 200-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Monday to child porn and molestation charges. As a result of an investigation that began…

October 12, 2005 · Australian IT
Windows adds up critical flaws

Microsoft has warned Windows users of three new "critical" security flaws in its software. The flaws could allow attackers to take complete control of a…

October 11, 2005 · dallasnews.com
Cybercriminals get bolder strategies, phishing tips

**Beware of unfamiliar e-mails and never provide personal data** Cybercrooks are stepping up their attacks against your personal financial data, with more…

October 11, 2005 · TechWeb News
Big botnet group arrested, computer crime

Dutch police arrested three men for creating a botnet of more than 100,000 compromised PCs, authorities in the Netherlands said Friday. They allege the botnet…

October 10, 2005 · macworld.com
New virus for Sony portable

PlayStation Portable users looking to modify their gaming system so it can run software that has not been approved by Sony Corp. may find themselves running…

October 10, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
More attacks against DNS servers in the Internet, Panda Labs

As reflected in the previous PandaLabs quarterly report, diverse cyber attacks against Internet DNS servers occurred during the first quarter of this year.…

October 9, 2005 · REUTERS
Windows safer, Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. launched a trust-building initiative on Thursday designed to show its commitment and progress to date in making its frequently attacked Windows…

October 9, 2005 · PC Pro
Virus writers in jail

Two 20-year-olds from the UK have been sentenced to prison terms for their part in a virus-writing gang. Jordan Bradley, 22, and Andrew Harvey, 23, were…

October 8, 2005 · news.telegraph
Computer hackers in virus plot are jailed

Two British hackers who infected thousands of computers with a virus in a transatlantic plot were jailed yesterday. Andrew Harvey, 24, and Jordan Bradley, 21,…

October 7, 2005 · The Register
Spyware and adware operation

The US’ Federal Trade Commission has gone after what it claims is a spyware and adware operation that invaded users’ machines and served up bogus search pages.…

October 7, 2005 · The Inquirer
Microsoft and security

Microsoft has just outlined plans for a range of new corporate security services and products. CEO Steve Ballmer and security VP Mike Nash jetted in to Germany…

October 6, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Microsoft antitrust case, EU will monitor

The European Commission said today that it appointed professor Neil Barrett, a British academic specializing in computer science and cybercrime, to oversee…

October 6, 2005 · Washington Post
AOL to protect from phishing

NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online, the online division of Time Warner Inc., on Wednesday said it plans to step up protections against the illegal gathering…

October 5, 2005 · desmoinesregister.com
Child molester will remain in jail

Frederiksen to remain in custody before trial. A federal prosecutor says Noel Miller's boyfriend, who's accused of possessing child porn, molested a girl when…

October 5, 2005 · windowsitpro.com
Mozilla gets attacked

Mozilla Foundation overlooked critical patches on its SpreadFirefox site. As a result the site has been temporarily taken offline and site visitors are being…

October 5, 2005 · The Register
Kaspersky users may be vulnerable

Users of Kaspersky anti-virus were warned this week of a potentially serious security vulnerability. The bug - unearthed by security researcher Alex Wheeler -…

October 4, 2005 · www.news-miner.com
Common sense vs online fraud

Internet fraud is on everyone's mind these days. Anyone with an e-mail account most likely has received dozens of e-mails offering huge monetary rewards for…

October 1, 2005 · www.news-miner.com
Internet 2: problems and perspectives

The Internet has connected the world like no other technology has ever been able to do. But the network has a dark side of viruses and bugs, hackers and…

October 1, 2005 · Business Wire
More than 50% of copanies suffered from cybercrime

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2005--More than half of European companies polled in a survey on global network risk admitted that they have suffered…

September 30, 2005 · linuxelectrons.com
Computer crime and intellectual property plea

Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that CAROL SZOKE, 62, of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, waived indictment and…

September 30, 2005 · www.globes.co.il
New information technology team in Israel

Ministry of Justice director-general Dr. Aaron Abramovich has appointed a team to set up a legal authority for information technology. The team includes two…

September 29, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Controlling spam traffic

Today, almost all businesses rely on email for part of their communications needs. Yet a staggering proportion of email messages are destined not to…

September 28, 2005 · PC mag.com
Microsoft to prevent phishing with SP2

Microsoft on Tuesday released the latest aggregated group of updates, Service Pack 2, for its Office 2003 suite. Included are significant security…

September 28, 2005 · BizReport
Rise of computer crime

Online criminal activity of nearly every variety surged in the first half of 2005, fueled in large part by an increase in software security flaws and in the…

September 27, 2005 · JS Online
Man guilty, child porn case

Waukesha - A Sussex man who was snared last year by investigators combing records of companies in Belarus suspected of laundering profits from child…

September 27, 2005 · Red Herring
FBI focus on cybercrime

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to meet with small- and medium-sized defense contractors in Silicon Valley to increase awareness about security…

September 26, 2005 · ARNnet.com.au
Phishing getting more and more advanced

Phishing is hooking more victims as the e-mail fraud attacks become more sophisticated and prevalent. According to Gartner, the number of phishing e-mail…

September 26, 2005 · Indianapolis Star, The
New spyware opportunities

If spyware and key-logging software weren't a big enough threat to privacy, researchers have figured out a way to eavesdrop on your computer simply by…