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June 7, 2005 · smh.com.au
Hackers use phishing

A 20-year-old school dropout has broken into an online banking system and stolen some 50 million won ($A66,111), causing alarm over the security of South…

June 7, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Phishing gets enhanced

Phishing attacks are getting harder to spot as cybercriminals become increasingly skilled at disguising their fraudulant Web sites Phishers are becoming…

June 6, 2005 · STUFF
Hacker for July sentencing

A Dunedin academic who admitted hacking into his ex-employer's system in the US caused $8290 worth of damage, not the $US441,122.50 ($NZ627,396) claimed by the…

June 6, 2005 · NewScientist.com
Computer crime: bluetooth vulnerable to hacker attacks

Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may make it even easier for…

June 5, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn: Russian man sentenced

A man of Ekaterinburg, Russia, was tried and sentenced in charges of distribution of child porn. The accused was condemned to three-years conditional sentence…

June 5, 2005 · Red Herring
MSN Hacked in Korea

**Security expert says the attack that brought down MSN in Korea wasn’t after financial data.** The hacker attack that shut down Microsoft’s Korean MSN site…

June 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
IP Crime Congress, 5th - 6th July 2005

IP Crime Congress, 5th - 6th July 2005. Royal College of Surgeons, London. The event is officially backed & fully endorsed by the Patent Office, the Home…

June 3, 2005 · technews
Computer Associates vs spam and phishing

eTrust Anti-Spam, a powerful, easy-to-use anti-spam and fraud-detection solution. eTrust Anti-Spam is the most recent addition to CA's eTrust PC security…

June 3, 2005 · Sydney Morning Herald
Computer crime: Yahoo! teams Cisco to fight spam

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems and internet portal Yahoo! are combining their efforts to combat email spam and forgery in a step that's expected to help…

June 2, 2005 · ZDNet UK
10 years of jail for phishing

The UK government is proposing changes to a fraud law that would mean scammers behind phishing attacks could face up to 10 years in jail. The Home Office has…

June 2, 2005 · softpedia
New holes in Internet Explorer

It had already been too long since any vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, so things had to go back to normal. Even if we’re not talking…

June 1, 2005 · ABC Online
Former nurse faces child porn charges

A former Perth nurse has been released on bail after appearing in court on child pornography charges. It is alleged a computer at Eamon Albin Starrett's…

June 1, 2005 · smh.com.au
Computer crime: methods and techniques

The romantic, almost noble notion of the lone-gunman hacker popularised in films such as War Games and Hackers has been replaced by a crude reality - they are…

May 31, 2005 · THE STAR
Phishing and MasterCard

MasterCard International said it has successfully shut down nearly 1,400 global phishing websites � 300 operating from Asia Pacific � last year through its…

May 31, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Moscow carder arrested

Russian law enforcement have finished the preliminary investigation of a case involving a man of Moscow, Russia, who suspectedly committed fraud using payment…

May 30, 2005 · news.telegraph
eBay frauds

A growing number of criminals are using internet sites such as eBay to sell counterfeit and stolen goods, police said yesterday. The warning comes just days…

May 30, 2005 · washingtontimes.com
CIA playingly hacks websites

The CIA is conducting a secretive war game, dubbed "Silent Horizon," this week to practice defending against an electronic assault on the same scale as the…

May 29, 2005 · freep
Computer crime: Hacker may have stolen Social Security numbers from Jackson Community College

A hacker who broke into the computer system at Jackson Community College may have accessed as many as 8,000 Social Security numbers, the college said Monday.…

May 28, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: Group of hackers arrested in Russia

The investigation of computer crime involving a group of 39 people was finished in Volgograd, Russia. They committed illegal access to computer information…

May 27, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Phishing targets Instant Messangers: AIM, Yahoo IM

Users of instant messaging applications from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. are being warned this week of two new threats spreading via instant messaging.…

May 27, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian police hires hackers

Russian police decided to employ hackers. Hackers have created their own enhanced three-level security system. Policemen admitted that it is impossible to…

May 27, 2005 · Cybercrime.gov
First Criminal Enforcement Against BitTorrent Network Users

WASHINGTON, D.C. Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs…

May 26, 2005 · InformationWeek
Another Microsoft security tool hacked

**The developer's anti-piracy program reportedly can be easily sidestepped, potentially frustrating its plans to check the use of unlicensed copies of…

May 26, 2005 · The Inquirer
Teen hacker prosecuted

A 15 YEAR old Kiwi hacker has been sentenced to three months in a juvenile detention centre and his mum ordered to pay $1496.50 in reparations. The youth was…

May 26, 2005 · REUTERS
Website of sex offenders

The Justice Department will launch a national sex offender registry Web site that will allow people to check state databases with a single search, U.S.…

May 26, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Microsoft patches flaws

Microsoft has patched a potentially dangerous flaw on its www.xbox360.com website after security experts warned the software giant of a cross-site scripting…

May 25, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian cybercrime statistics

According to the Infiormation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13723 computer crimes were committed in Russia last year.…

May 25, 2005 · The Register
UK banks against phishers

UK banks plan to delay transfers between account holders of the same group by up to a day in order to introduce new security checks. The move is designed to…

May 24, 2005 · Times On Line
Computer crime: Hackers seize hostages

Computer users anxious about viruses and identity theft have a new reason to worry: hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your…

May 24, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers: companies encounter rise of cyber extortion

HAckers are increasingly using corporate Internet resourses to launch DDoS attacks against businesses not on purpose to take down networks, but to be used as…