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**There will be five categories of key players at the top of the cyber-crime game in 2012, according to Costin Raiu, director, Global Research & Analysis,…
Police expect 2012 will be plagued with internet-based crimes, especially scams, lese majeste offences and cyber-robberies. Though police expect "ordinary"…
House lawmakers on Tuesday are slated to mull updating a 1986 anti-hacking law that even ideological opponents agree criminalizes innocent Web surfing.…
BIG numbers and online crime go together. One well-worn assertion is that cybercrime revenues exceed those from the global trade in illegal drugs. Another nice…
Are you protecting yourself from getting hacked? Think you're not at risk? According to a recent Norton cybercrime report, 431 million adults in 24 countries…
**Gong Wei and Wan Tao ask their peers to commit to a code on hacking standards** Two prominent Chinese hackers have released a convention calling for the…
An attractive brunette in a business suit is making her online pitch. "Are you tired of searching for legit CVV shops?" her animated form asks from the corner…
Cybercrime cost corporations 56 percent more this year than last, according to an annual study from the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ArcSight, an HP…
Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced legislation on Tuesday to punish countries that don't do enough to combat cybercrime.…
**The raids, carried out in the UK, the USA and the Netherlands, were linked to the attack on PayPal, allegedly targeted after it stopped processing donations…
"The understandable hesitation of law enforcement to 'work a case' in these areas has led to an unfortunate form of apathy by the consumer as well as the…
MOHALI: Jilted lovers, jealous boyfriends and girlfriends and even married men and women, from good financial and educational backgrounds, are increasingly…
RANCHI: A cyber defence research centre (CDRC), once proposed by the state, seems to be the need of the hour with the government's official website being…
(Reuters) - EU countries agreed on Friday on tougher sanctions against people conducting cyber attacks such as those registered in recent weeks against the…
(CNN) –A few years ago a disgruntled employee for a large multinational automotive firm left the company - but when he walked out the door, he also walked out…
The British public needs to snap out of its complacency about cybercrime or risk becoming victim to increasingly sophisticated criminal networks that are…
**THE internet has opened up a lot of doors for criminals but the victims of cybercrime often feel too embarrassed to come forward, federal Justice Minister…
The FBI has seized control of a Russian cybercrime enterprise, but to kill it completely, officials may ask to rip some malware out of your computer. US…
LONDON -- When, last Wednesday, Sony shut down its PlayStation Network without warning or explanation, there was much grumbling from players across the world…
Security experts are warning Web-surfing consumers about a rise in cybercrime and scams related to Osama bin Laden's death. Major news events are often…
Rajesh, a Bangalore-based software engineer received an e-mail from the Income Tax department saying that the department had reviewed his ‘tax fiscal payments’…
Cyber laws of the world are by and large territorial in nature and applicability. As a result, different countries have different cyber law and this at times…
**Exponential growth in mobile devices and downloadable applications has led to a new 'tipping point' in vulnerability.** The worldwide adoption of mobile…
**From industrial espionage to online theft, corporations are struggling to deal with the growing menace of cyber attacks** France's finance ministry revealed…
The cost of cybercrime to the UK will increase in the coming years, it has been warned. According to Detica, which provides information intelligence solutions,…
Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, social networks, wikis as well as many other functions. I recently sat down with…
**Cybercrime experts have questioned a £27 billion (US$43.8 billion) annual cybercrime cost figure released by the Cabinet Office in a report last week, saying…
In just four years, cybercrime has evolved from a craft practiced by a few hard-core hackers to something resembling an easy-entry career. Sophisticated pieces…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DoJ) is contemplating to put up an Office for Cybercrime to address the increasing number of cyber crimes in…
Just what exactly is going on with all this talk about cybertheft and carbon dioxide allowances, you may be asking yourself. In short, the answer is: a savvy…