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February 16, 2006 · The Register
Bill Gates on security, also feels safer not going quail hunting with Dick Cheney

A lesser publication might suggest it fitting that Microsoft’s Chairman Bill Gates began his speech today at the RSA security conference with a joke. “I am…

February 15, 2006 · azstarnet.com
Romanian hacker broke into Arizona University

Hackers broke into the computer system of the University of Arizona journalism department, and students were unable to use the computers Monday. All of the…

February 15, 2006 · smoothwall.net
Never trust an e-mail, phishing?

Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated - the latest are even using valid looking SSL certificates to fool people into believing they are using a…

February 14, 2006 · canada.com
Olympic games exposed to hacker attack

A would-be hacker was being investigated by police Monday after threatening to attack the internal computer network of the Turin Olympics organizing committee.…

February 14, 2006 · InformationWeek
Microsoft: Symantec software is spyware

The preview of Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware wrongly fingered two Symantec enterprise anti-virus products as password-stealing programs last week. If users…

February 14, 2006 · cbronline.com
Cyberterrorism test

Cyber Storm was the federal government's first full scale test to assess its readiness and ability to respond to what it deemed 'a cyber incident of national…

February 13, 2006 · Sophos
Happy Valentine spam

Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Tuesday 14…

February 13, 2006 · seattletimes.nwsource.com
Spamless e-mail will cost some coins

This is the season for new spam-fighting and security systems to emerge, perhaps the result of mass New Year's resolutions by techno-merchants that have…

February 12, 2006 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Bogus websites lead to phishing troubles

If you thought that ICICI Bank alone had smelt something 'phishy' in a site that impersonated its own, you would be wrong. HDFC Bank, another banking major,…

February 11, 2006 · trustedreviews.com
Phishing out your account

So my Dad calls me up last week to tell me that he’s just got a call from his building society to say that his account has just been completely emptied out.…

February 10, 2006 · techworld.com
Undead zombie PC: Are you a zombie?

Are you harbouring zombies? There's a fair chance you could be, if Paul Judge, the CTO of e-mail security firm CipherTrust, is right - he says that his…

February 10, 2006 · tallahassee.com
FBI creates new units fighting cybercrime

Billions of dollars are lost each year in communities such as Tallahassee to cybercrimes, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Walter McNeil said Wednesday. To…

February 9, 2006 · I-Newswire.com
Identity theft is on the rise

Identity theft is on the rise, but the strategies presented in "The Real Safety Guide to Beating Cybercrime" can help consumers avoid becoming a victim. The…

February 9, 2006 · Washington Post
Microsoft will sell security for windows

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that beginning in June it would start charging $49.95 a year for Windows Onecare Live, a (currently free) managed-security…

February 8, 2006 · openpr.com
Cybercrime: protect your computer

With the world of technology in a panic over Symantec’s hidden files and Microsoft’s security holes, computer safety expert and author Victoria Roddel shares…

February 8, 2006 · tmcnet.com
Almost all e-mails are spam

An estimated 80 percent to 85 percent of all e-mail is spam, said Lee Burton, chief engineer at Scottsdale-based Extreme Internet. "Hackers are moving away…

February 8, 2006 · Sophos
Spanish hacker jailed and fined

26-year-old Santiago Garrido used a computer worm to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks after he was expelled from the popular "Hispano" IRC…

February 7, 2006 · Sophos
About Kama Sutra, Sophos

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned users not to panic over the threat posed by the…

February 7, 2006 · Sophos
Virus stopped Russian stock exchange

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have reminded organizations of the threat posed by malware as news…

February 7, 2006 · postchronicle.com
Did Kama Sutra worm strike?

So how was it for you? Computer security experts have warned that a malicious computer worm, dubbed "Kama Sutra," was set to wreak havoc this Friday, February…

February 7, 2006 · Washington Post
Anti-spam initiative

Maybe this is where it starts to change. Two of the world's largest e-mail providers, America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc., have said that they will soon start…

February 6, 2006 · Computer Crime Research Center
The e-Crime Congress 2006. March 30 & 31 2006.

The e-Crime Congress 2006 will seek to challenge conventional attitudes on e-Crime and examine how business, government and law enforcement can continue to…

February 6, 2006 · I-Newswire.com
Boogings to bring effective online fraud prevention

Effective online fraud prevention often involves several technologies, each targeted towards a specific fraud indicator. However, in the arsenal of online…

February 6, 2006 · pantagraph.com
Cybercrime vs Physical crime

Internet users believe they are more likely to be victims of a cybercrime than a physical one in the coming year, according to a recent survey. This growing…

February 5, 2006 · InformationWeek
Russian hackers sell WMF exploits

The Windows Metafile (WMF) bug that caused users -- and Microsoft -- so much grief in December and January spread like it did because Russian hackers sold an…

February 4, 2006 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Kama Sutra hits hardest in India

The Kama Sutra is giving computer professionals across the world sleepless nights. But not in the way you think. A computer virus, scheduled to strike on…

February 3, 2006 · biz.yahoo.com
Top cybercrimes

In January, Sdbot.ftp was the malware most frequently detected by Panda ActiveScan, the free online antivirus solution. In addition to this malicious code,…

February 3, 2006 · Australian IT
Kama Sutra fake virus

Australian IT security professionals have so far reported few problems from the so-called Kama Sutra worm, which was due to begin overwriting files on infected…

February 2, 2006 · SFGate.com
Internet vs China

Congressional human rights advocates Wednesday hammered four Internet giants -- Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems -- for helping Chinese authorities…

February 2, 2006 · Chicago Tribune
Movie pirates behind the bar

Federal prosecutors Wednesday charged 19 members of an alleged software- and movie-pirating ring with stealing more than $6.5 million in copyrighted material.…