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When Henry Ford brought affordable automobiles to the average U.S. citizen in 1908, he also improved the fortunes of criminals by ushering in Crime 1.0 -…
spam or malware, security firm Panda Security reported Wednesday. Panda's findings from its PandaLabs subsidiary were based on actual data that the company…
The personal details of millions of job seekers have been stolen in the largest data theft in Britain, The Times has learnt. Hackers gained access to…
The distribution of malware on social networking sites first occurred in small amounts towards the end of 2007, but that trend appears to be on the rise.…
Spam, especially junk e-mails with malicious links or attachments, continues to be a huge IT headache. Spammers are also getting more creative in their…
Gary McKinnon, the UK hacker who broke into US government computer systems looking for signs of alien life, may have earned a reprieve from his impending US…
RED DEER -- A 51-year-old man, originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for taking pornographic photos of…
Thieves are hacking the internet phone systems of WA businesses and racking up hefty international phone bills in the process. After receiving many complaints…
Cherokee County prosecutors charged a local man Tuesday with two counts of possession of juvenile pornography and two counts of lewd molestation. Michael Ray…
Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who is still fighting against extradition to the US despite the European Court of Human Rights ruling he should go, has…
As spam e-mail gets more sophisticated, including spam posing as coming from familiar e-mail addresses, or even your own, it’s increasingly difficult for…
A Hong Kong businessman has recently pleaded guilty for his part in dispatching tens of millions of spam messages to pump up the prices of Chinese stocks…
The newly notorious Twitter hacker didn't take long to show himself. An 18-year-old cyberpunk who goes by the alias GMZ used password-guessing software to gain…
Cyber crimes present an enigma for most city police officials. State government had earmarked a specialised cyber crimes cell and allotted it to city crime…
Plans are under way to revive the Cyber Crime Unit within the police force despite complaints that specialised crime-fighting squads have lately become…
Social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are being targeted so often by cyber-crooks and other mischief-makers that half of the…
In thinking about what an economically bleak 2009 will mean for the Internet, I kept coming back to something Chris Anderson wrote a few months ago, back…
That's what one hapless Canadian small-business owner discovered after a hacker broke into his company's voice-mail system and placed hundreds of calls to the…
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Computer hackers could meet tough penalties under a draft amendment of the criminal law being debated by China's top legislature.…
December 16, 2008 (CSO) The 2009 Security Mega Trends Survey was conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Lumension Security Inc. to better understand…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yes, guys, those spam e-mails for Viagra or baldness cream just might be directed to you personally. So, too, are many of the other crafty…
As the feds increase the amount of its business conducted online (ostensibly to save on the costs of paper and even help the environment), government…
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines,…
Washington (AHN) - Officials said massive global anti-child pornographers were dispersed in several countries and more than 170 people were arrested, including…
We all know that spammers will do what ever it takes to find a way to send their advertisements and scams to potential victims. Spammers are circumventing…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama should create a new White House office to protect cyberspace from hackers, thieves and foreign agents,…
A Nashville-area man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison on child pornography charges. Richard Steven Brown, 49, of Hermitage was sentenced by…
Owen Thor Walker told TV3's 60 Minutes programme he would never again hack illegally. Walker, 19, who this year was discharged without conviction after…
Last June, a new law gave solicitors six months to ask prospective clients if they wanted to receive unsolicited messages. The deadline expired Monday. The…
With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains.…