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August 12, 2005 · gameshout.com
Hacker sentenced to jail term

David Jeansonne, 44, was sentenced to six months in prison for sending malicious e-mails that caused computers of Microsoft WebTV customers to call the 911…

August 11, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: Internet scam ring exposed

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine -- According to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Tuesday, August 9 security service of Privatbank, one of the biggest banks in…

August 11, 2005 · smh.com.au
Hackers in the court

A US federal jury has begun deliberations in the trial of an accused computer attacker in one of the largest federal computer theft cases. Scott Levine, former…

August 10, 2005 · consumeraffairs.com
Beware! Internet!

Home Internet users have a one in three chance of suffering computer damage, financial loss, or both because of a computer virus or spyware, according to the…

August 10, 2005 · Sun-Sentinel.Com
Legislators to send spammers to prisons

We've been trying to contact you. Spend less on medicines. Re: Your loan request. Your order is confirmed. Sound familiar? Come-on spam notices ranging from…

August 9, 2005 · heise.de
A new methods combating phishing

Postbank, a major German retail bank, is introducing a new TAN system to combat the form of data pilfering known as phishing. From Monday onwards customers…

August 9, 2005 · computertoaster.com
Get Up, Stand Up, Pharming Is On The Rise

Pharming is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat that has been showing up on the Internet. It’s a new way for criminals to try to get into…

August 9, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Byelorussian hacker hacks 37 banks for $15,1m

A citizen of Byelorussia suspectedly damaged 37 international banks for $15.1 million. Byelorussian hacker has hit a peculiar record with a criminal scent. He…

August 8, 2005 · latimes.com
The biggest Internet scam ever

In Festac Town, an entire community of scammers overnights on the Internet. By day they flaunt their smart clothes and cars and hang around the Internet cafes,…

August 8, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
Hackers are useful

There's a myth about security researchers that goes like this: Vendors are made up of indifferent slugs who wouldn't fix security vulnerabilities quickly -- if…

August 7, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cisco targeted by hackers

Hackers have taken aim at Cisco's website by exploiting a vulnerability that could expose users' passwords. Cisco spokeswoman Mojgan Khalili declined to…

August 6, 2005 · ZDNet UK
IM viruses on the rise

The number of new worms and other security problems hitting instant-messaging services in July, climbing 24 percent over the previous month, according to a…

August 5, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Phishing for some phish

The volume and severity of phishing scams is rocketing as cyber-criminals become ever more cunning and sophisticated. The online scams attempt to trick unwary…

August 5, 2005 · PC WORLD
Windows Vista Virus

An Austrian hacker has earned the dubious distinction of writing what are thought to be the first known viruses for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.…

August 4, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Microsoft vulnerability helps hackers

The vulnerability in Microsoft's operating system could enable remote intruders to enter a PC via its Internet Protocol address, Marc Maiffret, chief hacking…

August 4, 2005 · PC WORLD
Hackers use Google

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive…

August 3, 2005 · TIMESLEADER.com
Computer crime: child abuse

State police received several calls from parents whose children had contact with a reporter charged with soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a…

August 3, 2005 · CommsWorld
Microsoft to host regular hacker meetings

Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesman for the vendor's…

August 2, 2005 · wired news
Vulnerability could lead to data leak in a hotel

A vulnerability in many hotel television infrared systems can allow a hacker to obtain guests' names and their room numbers from the billing system. It can…

August 2, 2005 · The Age
Spanish Internet lottery fraud ring exposed

Spanish authorities say they have disbanded an internet fraud network in an operation that resulted in 15 arrests. The Interior Ministry said on Saturday that…

August 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child abuse in the US

Florida is creating so much hysteria over the deaths of two precious angels it is ludicrous. What society, the media, the legislature and Governor Bush need to…

August 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: over 75% of child porn is distributed through the Internet

Internet has exerted a strong catalytic influence on development of child porn. If caught red-handed producers or owners of child porn could face up to 15…

July 31, 2005 · Sun online
Hackers vs terrorists: online anti-jihad

The Web has become the latest frontline in the war against terror. With the world wide web increasingly used as the main instrument of propaganda and…

July 30, 2005 · ITWweb
Bank security issues

With phishing attacks becoming more of a threat to e-commerce, Standard Bank says it is stepping up security measures. Herman Singh, director of technology…

July 29, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: UK man sentenced

A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection,…

July 29, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Phishing details

On the morning of May 19, South Africans around the country began receiving emails, purporting to have been sent by Standard Bank. If they were customers of…

July 28, 2005 · THE AGE
Child porn: the doctor admits his guilt

A former trainee neurosurgeon at the Monash Medical Centre has received a suspended jail sentence after admitting having more than 1400 images of child…

July 28, 2005 · Yahoo!News
Microsoft: Global anti-piracy initiative

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today announced the transition of the Windows® Genuine Advantage (WGA) pilot to a version 1.0 launch with worldwide…

July 27, 2005 · InformationWeek
Internet security: websites are the weakest spot

The number of companies reporting Web-site attacks has skyrocketed in the past year, according to a survey the Computer Security Institute released last week.…

July 27, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
The first cybercime treaty

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved the world's first treaty targeting "cybercrime," clearing the way for a floor vote later this year. All nine members of…