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Article | 1/03/2010 Internet scams cost Aussies $70 million
An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report reveals that Australians lost almost $70 million to scammers last year.
Article | 9/02/2010 Nokia targeted in US class action suit
A class action complaint against Nokia alleges the company committed securities fraud when describing its operations in 2008.
Article | 5/02/2010 E-mail scam steals €3 million in carbon credits
A clever phishing scheme launched last week may have stolen more than €3 million (US$4.1 million) worth of carbon emission permits from companies.
Article | 13/01/2010 ISP operators among 19 arrested in cyber-fraud case
The owner of a Dallas-based Internet service provider that was raided last April has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud more t...
Article | 18/11/2009 Microsoft settles employee spying case
Microsoft has settled a lawsuit with a former employee that it once charged with fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract.
Article | 2/11/2009 Former CEO charged with cyber attack on firm
Khalid Shaikh, former CEO of YouSendIt, has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud after allegedly launching four denial-of-servic...
Article | 23/10/2009 Fraudsters trying to capture bank cards at machines
If your cash card gets eaten by the automated-teller machine, it may not end up in the hands of a bank employee.
Article | 17/09/2009 New phishing attack chats up victims
With many who bank online now wary of phishing attacks, criminals are adding fake live-chat support windows to their Web sites to make them seem more ...
Article | 8/09/2009 European banks warned: brace for rise in cash machine fraud
Banks are likely to see cash-machine fraud rise unless steps are taken to improve their cash-machine infrastructure, the European Network and Informat...
Article | 7/08/2009 Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
The criminals knew what they were doing when they hit the Western Beaver County School District.
Article | 16/07/2009 UK brothers sentenced for making fake credit, debit cards
Three brothers were sentenced to prison on Tuesday in a London court for creating counterfeit credit and debit cards, defrauding victims of more than ...
Article | 23/06/2009 Fraudsters try to scam security expert on eBay
When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a ...
Article | 4/05/2009 LexisNexis says its data was used by fraudsters
LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit ...
Article | 24/04/2009 Forget computers, phone crime is worrying banks
Computer fraud may be a big problem for banks today, but the telephone is becoming a critical tool for fraudsters, bank executives say.
Article | 22/04/2009 EBay pledges to work with police, opposes e-fencing bills
Officials with eBay encouraged police, prosecutors and U.S. enforcement agencies to contact them for help on investigations, saying that working with ...