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Microsoft today released 10 security patches, including three deemed "critical," for bugs in a variety of the company's products. The critical patches,…
Children aren't the only ones knocking on doors on Halloween in Gainesville. So are officers checking on registered sex offenders. The detail, called Operation…
Hackers apparently acting on behalf of a radical nationalist group have targeted the web sites of Jewish, Communist Party and human rights organizations, and…
Police on Monday made their first arrest in connection with an Internet phishing scam by nabbing a man who created a Web site almost identical to the popular…
Firefox is still chipping away at Internet Explorer's market share. Although IE's share is colossal, Firefox is consistently increasing its share by between…
Consumers are becoming wary of internet banking. Concerns about phishing, pharming and keyloggers mean customers are now afraid someone might loot their bank…
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Microsoft this week followed IBM and Oracle in publicly committing to delivering infrastructure software to support radio frequency…
Amsterdam - Emails claiming that pop star Michael Jackson, on trial on sex abuse charges, has tried to kill himself are being spread by hackers as a means to…
Microsoft will issue 10 fixes for its Windows operating system and other programs next Tuesday, as part of its monthly security patching cycle. Seven fixes…
A Crown prosecutor says charges against a man accused of molesting a young girl constitute the first time an Alberta court has dealt with a case of child…
A British man has been granted bail over allegations that he hacked into the US military computer system. Gary McKinnon, 39, faces extradition to the US over…
Sydney, 8 June 2005 – Dimension Data today announced a new managed service for security - Incident Management and Response Service. The customised service…
A London-based Israeli couple are at the centre of one of the world's largest industrial espionage and computer hacking scandals. Computer specialist Michael…
Roman, who is the victim, told us about this outstanding case. He is a manager with one of big companies here in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. He said his company set…
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…
Phishing attacks are getting harder to spot as cybercriminals become increasingly skilled at disguising their fraudulant Web sites Phishers are becoming…
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…
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…
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…
**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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
MasterCard International said it has successfully shut down nearly 1,400 global phishing websites — 300 operating from Asia Pacific — last year through its…
Russian law enforcement have finished the preliminary investigation of a case involving a man of Moscow, Russia, who suspectedly committed fraud using payment…
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…