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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…
Malware makers are starting to take advantage of the number of users searching for cracks for the pirated copies of Vista floating around. A new download has…
A Chinese computer hacker was arrested on suspicion of extorting 140,000 yuan from an alarmed husband after hacking into the man's computer with hacker…
Most web surfers are at risk of potentially devastating hack attacks because they have failed to take basic IT security precautions. About three in four US…
Symantec is declaring 2006 as the year that fraud grew up. In a report provided to vnunet.com, the company said that online fraud and in particularly phishing…
Have you taken the necessary precautions? Today is International Computer Security Day and software company Symantec is warning about the dangers of not…
Royal phone hacker Clive Goodman was yesterday warned he faced jail. The News of the World reporter admitted intercepting the calls of Prince Charles and his…
The subject line reads “Urgent Business Request,” and in the body of the message a seemingly desperate person asks the recipient to help transfer money out of…
A man in HCMC has been arrested for accessing people’s bank accounts and stealing money, police said. Tran Quang Duy, 20, distributed leaflets and placed…
Some Evansville banking customers found themselves in the cross hairs of scam artists Monday after receiving phony e-mails requesting account numbers,…
Exploit Prevention Labs (http://www.explabs.com), a leading developer of safe surfing software for protection against web-based exploits, today announced an…
The malls can be crazy during the holiday season with long checkout lines and little parking. But cyberspace is great spot to start your shopping. According to…
Microsoft has initiated 97 lawsuits throughout Europe and the Middle East during its eight-month investigation into fraudulent web pages, with another 32…
Writing in 1964, the late Judge Henry Friendly noted that, "in our complex society, the accountant's certificate and the lawyer's opinion can be instruments of…
The credit card transaction network of China Unionpay continues to operate normally despite a hacker attack, according to a spokesman from China Unionpay. The…
A series of e-mails has been making the rounds, seeking personal data about people through fake invitations to the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago. The…
Following the collection of opinions for the definition of malware, the Internet Society of China has now formally published the final edition of the…