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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 | 5/02/2010 Nigeria uses celebrity power to stem cybercrime
Microsoft and Nigeria have released a song and video as part of a campaign to dissuade people from getting involved in cybercrime.
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 | 15/01/2010 FBI warns of bogus Haiti online donation scams
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is advising people to be careful when evaluating donation programs related to the earthquake in Haiti as one ...
Article | 9/12/2009 Social network and banking scams are on the rise, says Cisco
What do phishing, instant messaging malware, DDoS attacks and 419 scams have in common? According to Cisco Systems, they're all has-been cybercrimes t...
Article | 28/10/2009 Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.
Article | 1/10/2009 Facebook warns members about rise in '419' scam
More and more fraudsters are harvesting the log-in data of Facebook members in order to impersonate them and ask their friends for money, according to...
Article | 30/09/2009 To fight online scammers, Bing shows warning ads
Look for a way to fix your credit or transfer money on Microsoft's Bing these days and you'll get some friendly advice from the U.S. Federal Trade Com...
Article | 18/09/2009 Microsoft sues scareware scammers
Microsoft filed lawsuits against five companies Thursday, accusing them of using malicious advertisements to trick victims into installing software on...
Article | 30/06/2009 Michael Jackson's death spawns malware, more scams
As security researchers expected, hackers have begun to use the death of pop star Michael Jackson to infect people's PCs.
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 | 30/04/2009 Phishers hit Facebook with scam messages
Facebook users were hit Wednesday with a phishing attack that tried to steal names and passwords from users of the popular social network.
Article | 1/03/2009 Fake security software scammers jump on Conficker
Google's search rankings are being stuffed with links to fake security software that purports to remove Conficker, a widespread worm that's currently ...
Article | 27/02/2009 Scammers abuse Google Trends to poison search results
Cyber crooks are using one of Google's own tools to poison search results with links that spread fake security software, a researcher said Thursday.
Article | 21/10/2008 Hackers renew airline-ticket scam spam
In a reprise of a summer tactic, hackers are trying to trick people into infecting their PCs with malware by sending them e-mail that poses as bogus a...