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Article | 2/10/2010 Zeus botnet thriving despite arrests in the US, UK
The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for ...
Article | 1/10/2010 Feds hit Zeus group, but the brains remain overseas
U.S. authorities dealt a significant blow to the most successful computer crime organization this week, but it's unclear whether the masterminds behin...
Article | 30/09/2010 Zeus botnet bank thieves were careless with own security
Suspects charged with stealing more than US$9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of...
Article | 30/09/2010 UK police arrest 19 in Zeus crimeware bust
U.K. police rounded up 19 people Tuesday in a pre-dawn raid targeting a criminal network using the Zeus banking trojan.
Article | 29/09/2010 California bans malicious online impersonation
A new law makes it illegal in California to maliciously impersonate someone online.
Article | 25/09/2010 Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking
A Venezuelan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for stealing and then reselling more than 10 million minutes of Internet phone service.
Article | 25/09/2010 Meeting the new PCI wireless requirements
Beginning Sept. 30, Visa will require merchants and related businesses to conduct wireless security scans to prove compliance with version 1.2 of the ...
Article | 25/09/2010 Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison
Two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast's website two years ago were sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.
Article | 24/09/2010 FBI investigating 'Here you have' worm
The FBI has launched an investigation into the "Here you have" worm, which disrupted corporate e-mail systems in the U.S. two weeks ago.
Article | 23/09/2010 Google sues allegedly rogue prescription drug advertisers
Google is at its wit's end dealing with illegal sellers of prescription drugs that market medicines on its ad network, so it has decided to take some ...
Article | 21/09/2010 Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program?
A highly sophisticated computer worm that has spread through Iran, Indonesia and India was built to destroy operations at one target: possibly Iran's ...
Article | 21/09/2010 IETF approves e-crime reporting format
An Internet standards group has approved an electronic crimes reporting format, which may eventually give security researchers a cohesive, broad set o...
Article | 16/09/2010 Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?
A database security vendor says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins.
Article | 13/09/2010 Anti-US hacker takes credit for 'Here you have' worm
A hacker who claims he was behind a fast-spreading e-mail worm that crippled corporate networks last week said that the worm was designed, in part, as...
Article | 11/09/2010 Gang uses Facebook to rob houses
Leaving the house this weekend? Telling all your Facebook buds about it? You might want to reconsider that.