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A week after the publication of an online phishing quiz to educate internet users about fraud, the first results show that over 90 per cent of us are at risk.…
Microsoft continues to apply deadly blows to his number one enemy, Linux. The Get The Facts company through which Microsoft is trying to fight all the pro…
A computer hard drive, containing confidential data from the Brandenburg police in Germany, has been auctioned over eBay for €20, according to a report by…
**The Russian police's cybercrime division has warned that Russian hackers are the best in the world.** "Everyone knows that Russians are good at maths," said…
A TEACHER at a top private school who was disciplined after exposing security flaws in its computer system has won his unfair dismissal claim. A tribunal ruled…
ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - This case was an unusual one. Firstly, hacking appeared relatively not so long ago. Secondly, the criminal meaningly wanted to be…
Just how slippery are phishers? While some amateur scammers have been snared, the big phish have been tough to catch. Professional phishing groups have a…
Anti-virus experts at Sophos are warning users to be wary of an email campaign currently in circulation which poses as a security update from Microsoft. The…
Microsoft launched a software program designed to help police worldwide hunt down child porn traffickers by enabling authorities for the first time to link…
A Loudoun County judge yesterday sentenced the first person convicted of felony spam charges in the nation to nine years in prison but allowed him to remain…
Computer virus incidents grew 50 per cent in 2004 even in the absence of a major new attack, a US security survey claims. The survey by Cybertrust's ICSA Labs…
**Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime...** Howard Schmidt, the former cybersecurity adviser to the White House, has warned that there aren't enough…
Google's new Gmail service has been outfitted with a number of security features designed to thwart phishing con artists. Its new anti-phishing security…
A new Trojan horse hitting Symbian 60 Series handsets makes the phones useless until they're reformatted, deleting all the stored data, a Finnish security firm…
Detective chief superintendent Sharon Lemon has been appointed head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. She joins the National Crime Squad hi-tech crime…
Computer crime is taking an increasing toll on UK companies, and is estimated to have cost more than £2.4 billion over the past year. A major report issued by…
**Giving all Internet users decent firewalls would go a long way towards preventing DDoS attacks, says Internet bookmaker Blue Square** Online gambling…
**Businesses are facing direct losses to computer criminals of at least £2.4bn a year, research to be published today by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit will…
"We are seeing an increase in computer crime. More and more lawbreakers are operating in the field to get what they want faster and better," national fraud…
The Mozilla Foundation has given $2,500 to a security researcher for discovering vulnerabilities in its free web browser. The company paid $500 to German…
**The new virus is a variant of an older Symbian smartphone virus and, besides spreading via Bluetooth, now spreads via multimedia messaging.** A variant of a…
San Diego, CA – A Christian group named The Resistance is calling for a nation-wide boycott to Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) currently being…
**There is no such thing as total secrecy in banking these days** Illegally duplicated CD-ROMs containing various database can be purchased on the computer…
Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teenager who was convicted two months ago for the creation of the MSBlast worm, will be forgiven a part of the punishment and won’t…
APRIL 01, 2005 (WINDOWSECURITY.COM) - As an IT professional and working network administrator, you may find yourself called upon to testify as a victim or a…
FBI shuts down one the world's most known hacker forums and archive of up-to-date and historical security tools, exploits, and advisories. Now there is a large…
Maxim Moshkov, owner of the biggest and most popular in Russia on-line library lib.ru, has been found guilty of breaching copyright law. On March 30, 2005 the…
Redmond, WA - Microsoft purchased evil from Satan for $2.7 billion after many months of tough negotiations. "We've been after Satan for some time," said CEO…
A new worm that purports to offer steamy pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie contains a payload targeted at Microsoft. Ahker-F arrives as an attachment…
San Jose, CA – Ebay claimed a victory against phishers today when it removed the need for passwords on user accounts. A phisher tries to trick computer users…