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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…
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…
**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…
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Robert Lyttle, 21, of Pleasant Hill, California, pleaded guilty in…
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…
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…
Using misappropriated passwords and identifications from legitimate customers, intruders got access to personal information on as many as 32,000 U.S. citizens…
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…
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…
Serious flaws discovered in Bluetooth technology used in mobile phones can let an attacker remotely download contact information from victims' address books,…
Hack attacks using instant messaging (IM) as an unprotected backdoor in enterprises are reaching epidemic proportions, industry experts have warned. Analyst…
South Korea issued a cyber terrorism warning Sunday for its overseas diplomatic missions after the Foreign Ministry's Internet website was attacked by a…
A hacker has infiltrated a UNLV computer server containing records for thousands of international students. Computer analysts at University of Nevada, Las…
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…
**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…
Plastic cards market grows ever-increasingly. Average pace of increase is 20-22% annually. The boom appeared after banks launched so-called salary projects…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
**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…
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…
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,…
*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…
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…
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…
In their paper, The Honeynet Project & Research Alliance, have attempted to demonstrate how honeynets can help us understand how botnets work, the threat they…
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…
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…
Online shops and supermarkets have been warned their customers are the next targets for 'phishing' - the crime sweeping the internet. Phishing is where crooks…