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August 6, 2005 · ZDNet UK
IM viruses on the rise

The number of new worms and other security problems hitting instant-messaging services in July, climbing 24 percent over the previous month, according to a…

August 5, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Phishing for some phish

The volume and severity of phishing scams is rocketing as cyber-criminals become ever more cunning and sophisticated. The online scams attempt to trick unwary…

August 5, 2005 · PC WORLD
Windows Vista Virus

An Austrian hacker has earned the dubious distinction of writing what are thought to be the first known viruses for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.…

August 4, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Microsoft vulnerability helps hackers

The vulnerability in Microsoft's operating system could enable remote intruders to enter a PC via its Internet Protocol address, Marc Maiffret, chief hacking…

August 4, 2005 · PC WORLD
Hackers use Google

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive…

August 3, 2005 · TIMESLEADER.com
Computer crime: child abuse

State police received several calls from parents whose children had contact with a reporter charged with soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a…

August 3, 2005 · CommsWorld
Microsoft to host regular hacker meetings

Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesman for the vendor's…

August 2, 2005 · wired news
Vulnerability could lead to data leak in a hotel

A vulnerability in many hotel television infrared systems can allow a hacker to obtain guests' names and their room numbers from the billing system. It can…

August 2, 2005 · The Age
Spanish Internet lottery fraud ring exposed

Spanish authorities say they have disbanded an internet fraud network in an operation that resulted in 15 arrests. The Interior Ministry said on Saturday that…

August 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child abuse in the US

Florida is creating so much hysteria over the deaths of two precious angels it is ludicrous. What society, the media, the legislature and Governor Bush need to…

August 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: over 75% of child porn is distributed through the Internet

Internet has exerted a strong catalytic influence on development of child porn. If caught red-handed producers or owners of child porn could face up to 15…

July 31, 2005 · Sun online
Hackers vs terrorists: online anti-jihad

The Web has become the latest frontline in the war against terror. With the world wide web increasingly used as the main instrument of propaganda and…

July 30, 2005 · ITWweb
Bank security issues

With phishing attacks becoming more of a threat to e-commerce, Standard Bank says it is stepping up security measures. Herman Singh, director of technology…

July 29, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: UK man sentenced

A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection,…

July 29, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Phishing details

On the morning of May 19, South Africans around the country began receiving emails, purporting to have been sent by Standard Bank. If they were customers of…

July 28, 2005 · THE AGE
Child porn: the doctor admits his guilt

A former trainee neurosurgeon at the Monash Medical Centre has received a suspended jail sentence after admitting having more than 1400 images of child…

July 28, 2005 · Yahoo!News
Microsoft: Global anti-piracy initiative

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today announced the transition of the Windows® Genuine Advantage (WGA) pilot to a version 1.0 launch with worldwide…

July 27, 2005 · InformationWeek
Internet security: websites are the weakest spot

The number of companies reporting Web-site attacks has skyrocketed in the past year, according to a survey the Computer Security Institute released last week.…

July 27, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
The first cybercime treaty

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved the world's first treaty targeting "cybercrime," clearing the way for a floor vote later this year. All nine members of…

July 26, 2005 · REUTERS
Banks to enhance anti-spyware protection

The FDIC on Friday urged banks to enhance their protections against spyware, to limit the risk that customers' personal data may be stolen. The guidance from…

July 26, 2005 · addict3d.org
Spam will be punished

Israeli technology firm Blue Security has reportedly set up a plan known as the "Blue Frog Initiative" to hammer spam websites with thousands of complaints.…

July 25, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
Phishing: security of online commerce

The Australian Bankers Association is still grappling with two-factor authentication for Internet transactions and has almost hit a "brick wall" in its…

July 25, 2005 · PC WORLD
Upsurge of e-fraud

Spanish authorities are reported to have arrested 310 people as part of an international investigation into one of the Internet's most active "419" or…

July 24, 2005 · saljournal.com
Child porn: It is hard to prove

Investigators had no doubt Johnny Oxendine was visiting child-porn sites on the laptop computer he used while working for Lockheed Martin Corp. Three hard…

July 23, 2005 · NEW SCIENTIST
Millions of compromised credit cards

More than 40 million credit card customers are at risk of fraud after hackers pilfered data from a US company that processes online transactions. CardSystems…

July 22, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Funny scholar steals mailboxes

Original news accured to be a **doubtful**. We have issued an investigation... CCRC Chief Editor, 23 Sep 2005 Competition is a good thing, if the competitors…

July 22, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: credit card criminal ring exposed

Yesterday Ukrainian police approved the fact that they arrested a group of people and Dmitri Golubov as a leader of the group suspectedly committing crimes…

July 21, 2005 · ZDNet UK
New IM virus, beware!

A new instant messaging worm that masquerades as Apple Computer's iTunes application and drops adware on infected Windows PCs has been found. The worm, dubbed…

July 21, 2005 · Kanzas City Star
Man gets 35 years in child porn case

A California, Mo., man with two previous sex offenses on his record was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison Wednesday for producing and transporting child…

July 21, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime case: former manager pleads guilty

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Roman Meydbray, 27, of San Jose, California, the former Information…