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September 7, 2005 · softpedia
Yahoo hosts phishing websites

Anti-spam group Spamhaus accused Yahoo of being a host for thousands of phishing sites. Spamhaus is a non-profit organisation which is involved in anti-spam…

September 6, 2005 · ABC Newc
Kazaa file sharing infringes with copyright, ruling

The music industry has vowed to pursue any company engaged in illegal file sharing after the Federal Court ruled that Sharman Networks was guilty of infringing…

September 6, 2005 · Business Week
ID theft crackdown

Count Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a feisty foe of Big Government, as a new believer in federal action to thwart identity theft. In advance of a Commerce…

September 6, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Chip-and-pin against credit card fraud

The increased use of technology may actually make identity theft worse, according to research from the University of East Anglia. In a speech at the BA…

September 5, 2005 · chinatechnews.com
China holds antis-pam forum

China's highest level anti-spam summit was held in Beijing this past weekend. Representatives from businesses that account for more than half of the world's…

September 5, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Mytob on top, August charts

Security vendors are now reporting on the August virus figures, and it looks as though Mytob has topped all the charts. Mytob variants accounted for over half…

September 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Microsoft vs great evil of the Internet

At a High Technology Crime Investigation Association event on Wednesday, Microsoft Latest News about Microsoft announced plans to launch a Web site that will…

September 3, 2005 · PC Pro
Hacker war

Different groups of hackers are competing with each other to create the greatest number of infections. According to security firm Kaspersky, cyber wars…

September 2, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Images of strategic objects unleashed, Google Earth

Satellite photos of major security facilities in Korea, including Cheong Wa Dae and the bases of the U.S. Forces Korea, are posted on the Google website, the…

September 2, 2005 · The Inquirer
Phishing and viruses stats

It seems our friends the phishers and virus writers take holidays like the rest of us. According to security outfit Postini, there was a 90 per cent reduction…

September 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Zotob author may be a mastermind of more than 20 viruses

The teenager arrested on suspicion of writing and distributing the Zotob Windows 2000 worm may have authored more than 20 other viruses, it has emerged. The…

September 1, 2005 · CNET News.com
Google vs Microsoft, round 2

Google asks court to void Lee's Microsoft pact, discusses another chapter in the case that took place last week when Google asked a federal judge in California…

August 31, 2005 · sda-asia.com
Microsoft to fight phishing with a new toolbar for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has revealed that anti-phishing features would be made available to Internet Explorer 6 users through an update to the company's MSN Toolbar. The…

August 31, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
US man pleads guilty to selling Microsoft

A Meriden man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the theft of the source code to Microsoft's Windows software. William Genovese Junior…

August 30, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Zotob and Mytob were originated by Russian hacker

One of the two men arrested last week on charges of creating and mailing the Zotob bot worm also authored some, but not all, of the many Mytob worms in…

August 30, 2005 · PC WORLD
Cybercriminal and the army of zombies

In 2004, after months of putting a virtual tail on a hacker who called himself Pherk, FBI agent Timothy Nestor had the guy right where he wanted him. Though…

August 29, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Anti-spam problem

Trying to stop junk email by filtering out words such as ‘sex’ didn’t work for Jeff Andrew, because incoming emails to his recruitment firm eJobs also used the…

August 29, 2005 · ynetnews.com
Hackers: Trojan horse couple arrested

Court in London goes over formalities and Britain prepares to hand over Michael and Ruth Haephrati to Israel for trial over affair that stormed Israel Modi…

August 28, 2005 · The New York Time
Alleged worm hacker detained

Two men were arrested overseas on Thursday on charges of unleashing a computer worm that infected networks across the United States nearly two weeks ago, the…

August 27, 2005 · smh.com.au
Phishing the net

Spam is on the run, with the world's leading spammer closed down and bankrupt. However, experts warn the latest computer scam called phishing is far more…

August 26, 2005 · .turks.us
Turkish hacker caught by FBI

Turkish hacker responsible for Internet banking fraud has been caught in Adana. Atilla Ekinci, 23, is being held responsible for breaking into people’s…

August 26, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Public Largely Ignorant of Online Dangers Says New Poll

LONDON, August 26, 2005 – The UK public is largely ignorant of the threats they face online and subsequently are at greater risk than ever of having their home…

August 25, 2005 · communitypress.com
A new scam goes for your money

It's one of the newest scams to hit the Tristate and, if you're not careful, there are several ways you too could become a victim. It's something that can cost…

August 25, 2005 · InformationWeek
A new cybercrime center on sharing incedents

With about 85% of the nation's critical infrastructure--energy utilities, manufacturing and transportation facilities, telecommunication and data networks, and…

August 24, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Online gamers robbed

Japanese authorities have arrested a Chinese exchange student for hacking into the online game Lineage II. The hacker had crafted a special software…

August 23, 2005 · Internetnews.com
Hacker gets in the US Air Force db

An online intruder has disappeared into the wild blue yonder with personal data on approximately half of the U.S. Air Force's 70,000 officers. The information…

August 23, 2005 · The Register
Hackers vs Metallica

Windows NT server operators beware: hacker and Napster fan 'Pimpshiz' has you in his sights and is out to do some serious damage in the run up to the Napster…

August 22, 2005 · DMeurope.com
UK moves against online porn

The UK government is to move against the availability of violent pornography online, the Home Office has announced. Following a meeting between Home Secretary…

August 22, 2005 · sciencedaily.com
Former AOL insider gets jail for cybecrime

At a hearing in New York, a fired America Online engineer has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for selling 92 million AOL e-mail addresses.…

August 21, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Cisco issues fixes

Cisco has released a patch for its Cisco Clean Access (CCA) software, which is designed to seek out unsafe hardware on a network. The patch, rated less…