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Canada is an open target for computer offences such as identity theft and pedophilia, the president of the Canadian Association of Police Boards said…
Alan Naj sent explicit online messages about sexual practices to 15-year-old Leslee Sweet, e-mailed her a video of him masturbating, bought her Victoria's…
An internet scam artist who gloated that he would never be caught for cheating car enthusiasts out of tens of thousands of dollars has been nabbed, police said…
Banks are pouring money into building formidable defenses against computer hackers but are only just waking up to what may be a bigger threat -- the physical…
The increasing use of electronic channels for payments has posed a new security problem for banks. India’s largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), has…
McGruff the Crime Dog and the "Take A Bite Out Of Cyber Crime" campaign today announce "Junior CyberGuards," a major educational outreach program set to launch…
The U.K. Police and Justice Bill 2006, which received Royal Assent last Wednesday, contains amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that alter the law…
A hacker hit the city of Las Cruces Web site Saturday for the second time in two days. This time the infiltrator, who called himself the Turkish Hacker, posted…
ANONYMOUS hackers yesterday planted a backdoor virus program on the Website of China Unionpay (www.Chinaunionpay.com), the country's only national electronic…
A teen suspected of hacking into systems belonging to the U.S. military, NASA and networking giant Cisco Systems has been charged in Sweden, according to a…
The Police and Justice Bill 2006, which received Royal Assent last Wednesday, contains amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that alter the law…
In a statement published on its Web site, the SSA said it has received several reports of an e-mail being circulated with the subject header of "Cost-of-Living…
Williamson County's legal chief is hoping area residents don't fall prey to a common Internet scam that has already defrauded a few county banks. Charles…
Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been named one of the internet's top 20 hacker targets by a leading security organisation. The SANS Institute also said…
An e-mail virus that has plagued computers on the Mainland for the past three months has hit Hawaii. It arrives as an e-mail attachment that masquerades as a…
A 37-year-old Great Falls man is accused of selling an engine on Ebay, cashing the buyer's check, but never delivering the goods. Alexis Rivera appeared Monday…
Federal officials recently issued a warning about a new wave of e-mail scams purporting to be from Social Security Administration officials who then demand…
Jeannine Dorrin waits for her five thousand dollar phone bill to disappear. "I about dropped my teeth," she says, describing her reaction to opening the bill.…
ISPs should be made legally liable for the damage caused by DoS attacks carried out via their networks, a leading internet lawyer says. A DoS attack involves…
The Agency has received several reports of an email message being circulated with the subject “Cost-of-Living for 2007 update” and purporting to be from the…
Watsonville police have contacted the FBI after receiving a report of a person who was almost the victim of Internet fraud. Police reported the would-be victim…
ne of the central ingredients of Web 2.0 applications is Ajax encompassed by JavaScripts. This phase of evolution has transformed the Web into a superplatform.…
A British computer hacker has been found guilty of gaining unauthorised access to user profiles on a dating site and has been given an eight-month jail term,…
U.K. banks reported a 55 percent increase in losses from fraudulent online transactions for the first half of the year, mostly from phishing scams, an industry…
Fraudulent crime perpetrated using cash machines is on the increase according to the banking industry, despite it investing millions of pounds in anti-skimming…
Coordinator of the Nigerian Cybercrime Working Group (NCWG), Mr Basil Udotai, has disclosed that the consolidation of banks has made them vulnerable to on-line…
(FBI) Jeffrey Brett Goodin, 46, of Azusa, California, was arrested by FBI agents after having been a fugitive for the past four months, announced J. Stephen…
There has been a sharp rise in the number of phishing scams targeting online banking customers in the last year. Online bank fraud losses rose by 55% from…
The fact that a compatible client is all that's needed for an IM session means new prominence for IM as a target of attacks. 'Scamming for information is as…
Microsoft is to introduce a sophisticated protection system aimed at preventing online fraud. The company is urging rival companies to adopt a similar…