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Article | 28/09/2011 Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet
Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers, using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging b...
Article | 27/09/2011 Romania's anti-cybercrime efforts lack a social component
Romania has long been considered a hotbed for cybercriminal activity, but in recent years law enforcement authorities have made significant efforts to...
Article | 27/09/2011 US agencies returning $55 million from AdSurfDaily operation
Two U.S. government agencies have begun to return US$55 million in forfeited funds from a Web-based operation accused by investigators of being a mass...
Article | 23/09/2011 Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database att...
Article | 22/09/2011 Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks
When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according...
Article | 22/09/2011 Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses
With the proliferation of data breaches, The Harford insurance company is selling a new data loss insurance aimed at small businesses that might be pu...
Article | 16/09/2011 Man stole data from U.S. service members via P2P
A California man who dug up sensitive information belonging to U.S. service members on peer-to-peer networks, and then used it to order iPods, cameras...
Article | 10/09/2011 Online seller of counterfeit credit cards gets prison time
An Indiana man who manufactured counterfeit credit cards and sold them online was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated...
Article | 9/09/2011 RSA spearphish attack may have hit US defense organizations
The hackers who broke into EMC's RSA Security division last March used the same attack code to try to break into several other companies, including tw...
Article | 8/09/2011 Cybercrime costs rival those of illegal drug trafficking
Young males in emerging markets are the most likely to fall victim to cybercrime, whose total cost per year is approaching the scale of illegal drug t...
Article | 8/09/2011 Senators push for changes in cybercrime law
The main U.S. law targeting cybercrime may need to be changed because it has allowed law enforcement agencies to target people who simply violate webs...
Article | 6/09/2011 PlayStation scam makes FBI warning list
Sony PlayStation users are being warned by the FBI about scams targeting them and other online consumers.
Article | 3/09/2011 Ex-employee wiped financial data from bikini bar
At the Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill in Austin, Texas, you can get burgers and beer served to you by cute waitresses wearing denim shorts and bikini to...
Article | 2/09/2011 UK charges two, arrest two more linked with Anonymous
The U.K. is continuing to aggressively pursue so-called hacktivists, charging two men and arresting two more on Thursday who are allegedly connected w...
Article | 2/09/2011 Man gets six years for hacking girls to extort photographs
A 32-year-old paraplegic was sentenced to six years in prison for infecting more than 100 computers in a quest for financial information, nude photogr...