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March 25, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Kevin Mitnik: you can hack a whole company

Following the launch of his new book, reformed hacker Kevin Mitnick spoke to vnunet.com about his work as a security consultant Between 1995 and 2000, Kevin…

March 25, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to be held in Bangkok

The Eleventh Congress will take place in Bangkok from 18 to 25 April 2005. The Crime Congresses are unique world events in that they provide a forum for…

March 24, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Mozilla patches back

**The Mozilla Foundation issued a patch for a major security flaw in its Firefox browser on Wednesday and advised people to update their software.** The…

March 24, 2005 · Cybercrime.gov
Hacker Intrusions into Government Computers

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Robert Lyttle, 21, of Pleasant Hill, California, pleaded guilty in…

March 24, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Webmoney: $1,5 million stolen

A criminal case was filed against a Moscow resident suspected of fraud with the help of Webmoney Internet payment cards. The suspect has allegedly stolen about…

March 23, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Honeynet: 1mn of compromised PCs

More than 1mn computers are connected to the Internet and are infected with malware. They generate spam and viruses and also flood websites with unwanted…

March 23, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers kidnapped 32,000 people

Using misappropriated passwords and identifications from legitimate customers, intruders got access to personal information on as many as 32,000 U.S. citizens…

March 23, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Bank of America: Better encrypt and backup

Bank of America Corp.'s loss of credit card data on some 1.2 million customers, along with other recent security incidents, has renewed interest among some IT…

March 23, 2005 · Vnunet.com
McAfee protects against viruses not hackers

Security research firm ISS has issued an advisory warning of a "serious flaw" in McAfee's antivirus library system that leaves users wide open to attack. The…

March 22, 2005 · wired news
Security Cavities Ail Bluetooth

Serious flaws discovered in Bluetooth technology used in mobile phones can let an attacker remotely download contact information from victims' address books,…

March 22, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Beware: IM hackers

Hack attacks using instant messaging (IM) as an unprotected backdoor in enterprises are reaching epidemic proportions, industry experts have warned. Analyst…

March 22, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Japan Declared A Cyberwar Against S. Korea

South Korea issued a cyber terrorism warning Sunday for its overseas diplomatic missions after the Foreign Ministry's Internet website was attacked by a…

March 22, 2005 · 4 Local News
FBI investigating high-tech attack by hacker on UNLV server

A hacker has infiltrated a UNLV computer server containing records for thousands of international students. Computer analysts at University of Nevada, Las…

March 21, 2005 · Transitions Online
Pirates of the Baltic

RIGA, Latvia--A cybercrime incident involving a big Latvian bank has again highlighted the country's reputation as a haven for money launderers and online…

March 21, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
Symantec warns: Mac OS X faces hacker threats

**Security vendor Symantec is warning that Apple's OS X operating system is increasingly becoming a target for hackers and malware authors.** n its seventh…

March 21, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Carding: the trend gives no hope

Plastic cards market grows ever-increasingly. Average pace of increase is 20-22% annually. The boom appeared after banks launched so-called salary projects…

March 20, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: child porn case

A criminal suit was filed against a local man of Ternopol, Ukraine, who allegedly produced and distributed porn and child porn, a clipping service of Ternopol…

March 19, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Eleventh Congress will take place in Bangkok from 18 to 25 April 2005

The Eleventh Congress will take place in Bangkok from 18 to 25 April 2005. The Crime Congresses are unique world events in that they provide a forum for…

March 19, 2005 · Kansas.com
Man guilty of Internet fraud

A former Wichita man was found guilty Friday of fraud for using the Internet to sell items that buyers never received. A federal jury found James A. Bird, 32,…

March 18, 2005 · news.telegraph
Police foil hackers' £220m raid on London bank

An audacious attempt by computer hackers to steal £220 million from the London branch of a Japanese bank has been foiled by police. The crime ring gained…

March 18, 2005 · InformationWeek
Microsoft: Phishing Bad, Users Complicit, Education Best Defense

**Microsoft, along with Trust-e and RSA Security, summarized the plague of phishing attacks as the "fastest-growing form of online fraud," but offered little…

March 18, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: spammer caught in Ukraine

A criminal case on "mass distribution of spam" is investigated by law enforcement of Donetsk region, Ukraine. It is the first criminal case on infringement…

March 17, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
DoS attacks

Today, it is quite difficult for a common user to determine where from and how his computer system can be attacked. More often it could be a virus attack,…

March 17, 2005 · Vnunet.com
IT experts' distressing forecasts

*Businesses can no longer rely only on antivirus software and firewalls* Newly published research has warned that IT managers are not as secure as they think…

March 17, 2005 · securitypipeline
Windows NT Users Beware!

Hundreds of thousands of Web sites running Windows NT 4 remain -- and will remain -- at risk from attack via a vulnerability patched for other operating…

March 17, 2005 · The Philadelphia Enquirer
Child porn: Byelorussian case

Businessmen extradited from Europe entered pleas in N.J. The probe has led to 1,200-plus arrests. Newark, N.J. - Two leaders of a Belarus company admitted in…

March 17, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Know your Enemy: Tracking Botnets

In their paper, The Honeynet Project & Research Alliance, have attempted to demonstrate how honeynets can help us understand how botnets work, the threat they…

March 16, 2005 · Washington Post
Hackers Target U.S. Power Grid

Hundreds of times a day, hackers try to slip past cyber-security into the computer network of Constellation Energy Group Inc., a Baltimore power company with…

March 16, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Internal threats to businesses

Almost two thirds of firms have no measures to detect internal attacks or to protect against them - leaving systems open to "invisible" hacks, a new study has…

March 16, 2005 · ThisIsMoney
Phishing targeting online outlets

Online shops and supermarkets have been warned their customers are the next targets for 'phishing' - the crime sweeping the internet. Phishing is where crooks…