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Though botnets have caused a large volume of junk email in recent months, security researchers are more alarmed at the rise in their level of sophistication,…
Internet security company Websense Inc. on Tuesday said it had found a password-stealing computer virus that spreads through the popular Skype…
I love Christmas – it’s the one time of year that I really switch off and just enjoy being with my family and friends. And this year, despite my fondness for…
Microsoft has quietly released an update for Internet Explorer that fixes a problem with the browser's phishing shield. The feature that protects against…
It looks like an e-mail from your bank, or some other business you know. But it's actually a fake. A carefully crafted e-mail designed to scam you out of your…
Websense has predicted that in the year 2007, organized criminals will join forces with hackers to form a more organized cybercrime economy. According to…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former UBS PaineWebber (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile , Research) employee was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for planting a…
Websense predicted that in 2007 organized criminals will join forces with the hacker community to form a more organized cybercrime economy, which buys, sells…
Organised criminals will join forces with the hacker community to form a more organised cybercrime economy, predicts vendor Websense. Criminals will buy, sell…
The FBI searched today for whoever hacked into a UCLA database containing information about some 800,000 former and current students and staff members,…
The Florida Attorney General's Office's CyberCrime Unit reported making three child pornography arrests this week. All three men allegedly placed pornographic…
At 33 years of age, Paula Cooper felt reasonably confident she'd learned her share of life's lessons. She was wrong. Cooper, a Penticton resident, was a victim…
City hackers have trained their guns on cellphone service providers. And more than one of them could be at work to make a point. Six cellphone users have…
London, England (AHN)-A new report from computer security company McAfee suggests that organized "cybercrime" gangs are recruiting IT students to join their…
Customers of St. Paul-based Western Bank will soon have to jump through a few extra hoops to log into their accounts online. In addition to their standard…
The police are accusing some personnel of banks that are into money transfer transactions of assisting 419 tricksters to defraud Ghanaians and foreigners of…
A typical complaint landed on Major Donald LaMarr's desk last Wednesday: a New Bedford woman was out $1,708.32 because of a holiday Internet scam. The woman,…
A 16-year-old who police sent on a computer training course to improve his behaviour has admitted using a computer in an attempt to defraud banks of nearly…
Gangs of cyber-criminals are using "KGB-style" recruitment tactics to snare talented computer students from British universities, according to a report.…
Last month Security Fix reported that Chris Soghoian -- the Indiana University doctoral student who created an online boarding pass generator to demonstrate…
Budapest, December 7 (MTI) - Unauthorised individuals have reportedly sent emails, in Hungarian, claiming to come from Raiffeisen Bank and Erste Bank…
Criminals are grooming computer whizkids as young as 14 for a life of cybercrime, claims a report. Organised gangs entice them into hacking and phishing - when…
A sold out lottery game in Florida had some people trying to make a profit before the winning numbers were even called. The tickets, for the Holiday…
Yesterday another data-phishing action started, targeted at the clients of GE Budapest Internetbank. Similarly to the attacks during the few past days, the…
A Romanian hacker has been charged with running amok on more than 150 US government computers. Victor Faur, 26, of Arad, Romania, allegedly launched attacks…
eldavojohn (slashdot) writes "Earlier this year, UK citizen & hacker of NASA Gary KcKinnon was extradited to the United States (also interviewed twice). Now,…
"Within a short period of time, computers have become an intrinsic and essential part of everyday life, and as a result there is a huge potential for monetary…
Fearful of damaging their reputations and denting consumer confidence, online banks are hiding the true extent of online fraud, according to a senior police…
The holiday shopping season can be a financial windfall for some retailers. It can also be open hunting season for those looking to profit off of consumer…
Some high-tech scam artists have found a way to use Caller ID to steal your personal information. Using a computer program found on the Internet, scammers are…