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August 2, 2006 · thanhniennews.com
Young hacker revealed

The young hacker’s name could not be revealed before further investigation, said C15, a special police unit to combat online crime. The police said the…

August 2, 2006 · gulf-daily-news.com
Interpol hunts on hackers

Interpol has been called in to help track down an Asian computer programmer, who managed to steal thousands of dinars from the supermarket where he worked…

August 1, 2006 · news4jax.com
Child porn bust

An Orange Park man was arrested and charged Friday in an undercover child pornography bust. Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Monday the arrest of a…

August 1, 2006 · enidnews.com
Potential Internet scam

Waukomis police are warning of potential scams and tricks after receiving a report from a woman last week who has lost between $400 and $600 in an Internet…

July 31, 2006 · net-security.org
75% of phishing phish at PayPal, eBay

IT security firm Sophos has revealed that over 75 percent of all phishing emails are targeting users of PayPal or eBay. Typically these phishing emails point…

July 31, 2006 · Silicon.com
Cyber criminals target MySpace

Social networking portal MySpace is becoming a major target for cyber criminals, with credit card fraud, phishing attacks and spyware all growing concerns for…

July 30, 2006 · Newsday.com
Protect passwords from hackers

One of the benefits of writing a column is that you get to gripe in public. So here's a gripe I've been nursing for months: passwords. I have too many of them.…

July 29, 2006 · THE STAR
Banks sending scams

The next time you get an e-mail that your bank is upgrading its website and needs details of your accounts, call your bank first to verify. A syndicate…

July 28, 2006 · wired.com
Guns vs computers, cybercrime

John Dillinger was a bank robber whose tool of trade was a machine gun. But in today's cybercrime era, the weapon of choice for "John Dillinger" is an MSR206,…

July 28, 2006 · agi.it
2 mn euro worth computer crime

Fraudulent activity on the internet worth 2 million euros has been uncovered by the postal police of Catania, which has arrested six people on the arrest…

July 27, 2006 · twincities.com
Hacking singers

A Web site belonging to a Minneapolis singer was hijacked Wednesday, by parties unknown, as part of an apparent global rash of such hacking incidents. These…

July 27, 2006 · boston.com
Cops using e-mail to alert about crime

The latest news on crime in Westborough soon may be just an e-mail away. Police Chief Alan Gordon will present the Board of Selectmen next month with several…

July 26, 2006 · Vnunet.com
Man charged with e-fraud

A US man has been charged with stealing the membership database held at the American College of Physicians (ACP) in Philadelphia, USA. William Bailey, Jr, of…

July 26, 2006 · net-security.org
Spanish cybercrime

Online fraud in Spain experienced a year-on-year growth of 50% in the first 4 months of 2006, according to Victor Domingo, president of the Internet Users…

July 25, 2006 · marketingvox.com
Follow basic Internet security practices

Delivered by ad networks, a banner ad for DeckOutYourDeck.com that ran on MySpace and other sites earlier this month was rigged to install up to five adware…

July 25, 2006 · KnoxNews
Bank security vs phishing

First Tennessee Bank has enhanced the security of its online banking system to better protect customer's financial information and deter identity thieves. "We…

July 24, 2006 · Techtree.com
PowerPoint affected by virus

In an advisory on its Web site, Microsoft Corp has warned against a new virus that exploits a vulnerability in its PowerPoint presentation software, allowing…

July 24, 2006 · technologynewsdaily.com
Hacking FIFA World Cup

Despite more than five million unique firewall events that occurred each day --including 128,000 that made it past the network firewalls-- not a single…

July 23, 2006 · TechNewsWorld
Fighting cybercrime

Fighting cybercrime requires an Enron-like scandal to force the hand of legislators, the FBI argued Friday. Only after such an event could the necessary…

July 22, 2006 · it.slashdot.org
FBI arrests hacker at a conference

"FBI agents today arrested Steven Rambam, the owner of a company that bills itself as the largest privately held online investigative service in the United…

July 21, 2006 · TechWeb News
Protecting from hackers

With 63 million American adults banking online and millions falling victim to identity theft, GuardID Systems, a San Mateo, Calif. startup, forecasts shipping…

July 21, 2006 · pocket-lint.co.uk
Microsoft Powerpoint virus

Security firms are in a flap again over the latest virus to attack a Microsoft Office program. This time the virus is concealed in a malicious PowerPoint…

July 20, 2006 · Australian IT
Phishing jump

The International Monetary Fund has warned of a jump in the number of fraudulent email and communication claiming to be from or affiliated with the global…

July 20, 2006 · financialmirror.com
More than 19 thousand of viruses detected

With the absence of widespread virus alerts, the first six months of 2006 has seemingly been a relatively quiet period, the Computer Crime Research Center…

July 19, 2006 · bloggingstocks.com
Click fraud hits Google

Although many of us here at BloggingStocks.com have written before on the threat click fraud is having -- and will continue to have -- on Google and others…

July 19, 2006 · biz.yahoo.com
Hackers attack banks, credit unions and utilities

SecureWorks, a leading Managed IT Security Services Provider, announced that it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of hacker attacks attempted against…

July 18, 2006 · cheboygannews.com
Computer criminal busted

An Afton man has been arrested in connection with a counterfeit money crime that occurred last October. Kenneth Richard Harrison, 44, of Montgomery Road in…

July 18, 2006 · googlewatch.eweek.com
Malware search released

A security researcher has created a new malware search Web site using Google's SOAP API and released it to the Web community. H.D. Moore, creator of the…

July 17, 2006 · whittierdailynews.com
Lottery scam comes back

At first, the Ross family thought they were lucky. Now they realize they've lost $980 to a Canadian lottery scam. Raymond Ross received a notice in the mail…

July 17, 2006 · ZDNet UK
Updated Computer Misuse Act

A Conservative peer's attempt to amend a law that could criminalise IT professionals has failed. The Earl of Northesk's attempt to introduce amendments to the…