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September 24, 2006 · myfinances.co.uk
Britons still on the hook: internet fraud

Large numbers of Britons are still unaware of simple steps they can take to improve their security while banking online. New figures from Apacs, the UK…

September 23, 2006 · atlanta.bizjournals.com
eBay and fraud

A Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., man has been indicted on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud customers of Internet auction…

September 22, 2006 · shanghaidaily.com
Fighting malware

BEIJING Jiangmin Science Technology Co yesterday launched a new program designed to battle "rogue software." The move comes as the China Anti-Malicious…

September 22, 2006 · ZDNet Australia
Phishing: education no longer effective

Educating users to recognise potential phishing scams may no longer be an effective tool because recent attacks are so sophisticated that fraudulent sites were…

September 21, 2006 · rockymountainnews.com
Hacking into elections

Some computerized voting machines approved by Colorado officials for November's election can be reprogrammed over the Internet, according to expert witnesses…

September 21, 2006 · avonvalleyadvocate.yourguide.com.au
Internet scam warning

POLICE are warning of an elaborate internet scam that has already stung three people in the Wheatbelt. It is happening all over the world, and police know a…

September 20, 2006 · TechWeb News
AOL worm

A very sophisticated bot that targets AIM users has been spotted while still under construction, a security company said Monday, giving researchers a unique…

September 20, 2006 · ComputerWeekly.com
IE exploit

Microsoft has confirmed a new security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser and says it plans to issue a patch for the problem on 10 October, its…

September 19, 2006 · market-day.net
Spyware crackdown

Do you know what your computer is doing while you are away? You may be amazed at all of the things that your computer can pick up on a daily basis. First came…

September 19, 2006 · news.com.com
Google patches phishing hole

Google has acknowledged the presence of a phishing hole on its Public Service Search application and has blocked access to the service until the problem is…

September 18, 2006 · seattletimes.nwsource.com
Morocco teen hacker

Morocco's most internationally famous criminal of late is not a terrorist or serial killer, but a young man with a knack for computers. The conviction this…

September 18, 2006 · Canada.com
Credit card info sold

An Edmonton man has been charged with selling stolen credit card information on the Internet following a six-month investigation by city police and the United…

September 17, 2006 · seattlepi.nwsource.com
Microsoft protecting its media

Microsoft Corp. is scrambling to update its Windows Media software after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people…

September 16, 2006 · ZDNet UK
Hackers vs hackers

Red Hat vice president Michael Tiemann's line that "volunteer hackers" still drive open source continues spinning around the news-osphere, over two weeks after…

September 15, 2006 · baselinemag.com
Cybercrime mafia

Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online…

September 15, 2006 · financialmirror.com
Barclay's clients under attack, phishing

PandaLabs has detected a large-scale phishing attack targeting clients of Barclays Bank's online services and involving at least 61 variants of a spoof email.…

September 14, 2006 · news.cincypost.com
Bank customers: Internet scam targets

Customers of Fifth Third Bank are being barraged by Internet scam artists who have fired off millions of e-mail messages in the name of the bank to try to…

September 14, 2006 · www.pspworld.com
Hackers use PSP hole

According to a report by Panda Software, there is a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be used to run malicious code on any PSP with firmware capable of…

September 13, 2006 · macworld.co.uk
Cybercriminals on phishing

Cybercriminals created a record number of phishing Web sites in July and also hijacked a record number of brands to help them do their work, a consortium that…

September 13, 2006 · legalbrief.co.za
Africa vs cybercrime

Kenya is in advanced stages to assemble a cybercrime laboratory for use by police in Eastern Africa countries, New Times reports. The facility would be used by…

September 12, 2006 · Vnunet.com
Sony PlayStation buffer overflow

Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld console could be infected by malicious code using a buffer overflow vulnerability, according to a warning from an…

September 12, 2006 · thepeninsulaqatar.com
Arnold's hacking

California police are investigating if computer hackers stole a private audio file of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commenting on the passionate nature of…

September 11, 2006 · enewschannels.com
New phishing scams

Just when you think it’s safe to go shopping on eBay for used gear, like a vintage tube mic, or analog keyboard, the phishing artists have to ruin my day.…

September 10, 2006 · wzzm13.com
Scammers' e-mails asking for id

Scam artists are now attempting to use the name of one of West Michigan's largest banks. An e-mail asking for personal information was sent to many of the…

September 9, 2006 · pbn.com
Hacker attacks on the run

Internet design and services company Newfangled Web Factory and its clients, including Providence Business News, found their Web sites temporarily offline…

September 8, 2006 · baltimoresun.com
Disinfect your PC?

Iam at my wits' end with my two sons' IBM laptop computers that are riddled with spyware and viruses to the extent that the computers are almost unusable. They…

September 8, 2006 · bearvalleynews.com
Counterfeit software problems

What the Big Bear Computer Club? It’s a place where you can get help with your current computer problems, hear outstanding industry guest speakers make…

September 7, 2006 · securitypark.co.uk
Top antiviruses let in malware

According to Australia's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT), top selling anti-virus solutions let in 80% of new malicious code. Graham Ingram, the…

September 7, 2006 · securitypark.co.uk
90% of e-mails were phishing

While spam remains high at 87.72%, virus levels have doubled, but at 1.02% they still only account for a tiny proportion of the total email scanned by SoftScan…

September 6, 2006 · news.netcraft.com
Stopping phishing sites

By the 1st September, Netcraft has received, reviewed and blocked more than 150,000 unique URLs reported to us as phishing sites. In recent reviews Ziff-Davis…