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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is warning citizens to beware of an ongoing mass e-mail phishing scam where computer users receive unsolicited…
Paramus detectives investigating a fraud involving money-laundering schemes had confiscated a computer they suspected held crucial evidence. But its hard drive…
Computer Crime, E-Crime, Hi-Tech Crime or Electronic Crime is a crime in which a computer plays an essential part. This type of crime is the illegal…
Browser developers including Mozilla, Microsoft and Opera are seeking to create a standard way to give the web surfer more information about the…
The spread of a computer virus which proliferated through email appearing to come from the FBI, the CIA or Germany's BKA agency has slowed, Finnish anti-virus…
Two new national surveys have found disturbing admissions by Canadian companies of their vulnerability to hackers, and evidence that consumers overwhelmingly…
(PRWEB) November 23, 2005 -- Computer fraud is becoming more common every year, making it difficult for users to have increased Internet security. With each…
In the last two days an unknown number of county residents may have received an e-mail allegedly from Coast Central Credit Union asking that customers verify…
The Sober email worm that first struck in 2003 has made another comeback through a variant disguised as an email from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from computer operating systems such as Windows and others to media players and software programs, according to…
**Security experts have warned internet users of a spam campaign which pretends that the recipient has won a lottery sponsored by Liverpool Football Club in an…
It is not new news that cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are subject to malware threats. But given the average consumer's lax approach to…
SAN FRANCISCO—Security experts are warning Internet users to be careful where they click owing to a nasty unpatched bug in the way Microsoft's Internet…
Former hacker Kevin Mitnick will be in SA next year to deliver keynote addresses at the ITWeb Security Summit 2006, which will be held in March. Former hacker…
Just days after Apple Computer updated the Windows version of its popular iTunes software, a security firm warned that a new critical vulnerability in the…
Games company Blizzard is facing a lawsuit from Chinese parents who claim that its fantasy game World of Warcraft killed their son. According to the Chinese…
The latest scam, revealed by the internet security vendor eBlocs, targets PC users via email and asks them to update personal and financial information by…
A recent survey of roughly 600 IT professionals found wireless e-mail is the biggest security concern when a company deploys mobile computing capabilities.…
No matter where you are or how big you are, if your organization hasn't been affected by spyware yet, it's only a matter of time. That's the message from…
First Tennessee Bank says it has learned about a new round of phishing e-mails targeting its customers and other consumers in Northeast Tennessee. Phishing…
Russian Information Technology and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis that the international…
MarkMonitor, a provider of online corporate identity protection, today announced that it is working with Microsoft to help combat online identity theft.…
A computer obsessive nicknamed Weaselboy was jailed for six years yesterday for an elaborate internet scam that earned him more than £1.5 million. Still only…
Negotiators agreed on Tuesday to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead…
Police believe they have struck an important blow against internet fraud following a series of raids across the Netherlands in recent weeks. Nine 'chief…
German authorities warned Tuesday that new varieties of the Sober computer virus are in circulation and spreading quickly. Internet users should beware of…
Brian Frieze, a freshman geography major, was setting up his computer for the fall semester and had downloaded the new anti-virus updates. He then restarted…
Finnish researches today announced a high-risk vulnerability in a security protocol that serves an important role in key exchanges in IPsec VPNs. The severity…
No one can doubt the immeasurable benefits of the information revolution. Today, thanks to e-mail and the Internet, many of us are more productive, informed…
Hmm, what’s this message from eBay in my inbox? Dear eBay User, During our regular update and verification of accounts, we couldn’t verify your current…