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CYBER CRIME

As more of our personal information lives on our computers and various computer networks, there is a need to be mindful of cyber crime. Cyber crime, also called computer crime, hi-tech crime, or electronic crime, refers to criminal activity where a computer or network is the source, tool, target, or place of a crime. This topic covers the latest news on cyber crime, including ways to keep your information safe.

Cyber Crime is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Steve Bobrov. This topic contains 1,025 news and 121 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Cyber Crime. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Cyber Crime from like-minded professionals.

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Maine Supreme Court Ends Hannaford Breach Suitmore

Regardless of the potential flaws in this decision, this decision adds another significant court to those that fail to...

iTunes a Major Platform for Phish Scammersmore

iTunes users all over the world are being hooked in a possible phishing scam that siphons cash out of their PayPal...

Facebook and Zynga class-action over Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc.more

TAGS:advertising, Facebook, Farmville, lawsuit, Mafia Wars, Zynga IT TOPICS:Cybercrime & Hacking, Government &...

Infosec Island Security News Digest for 11-21-2010more

Alert: New OpenSSL Vulnerability November 18, 2010 Added by: Brent Huston A new security issue in OpenSSL should be on...

FBI Says ‘Money Mule’ Scams Now Top $100 Millionmore

The hackers looting bank accounts of small and mid-sized businesses... have now racked up approximately $100 million in...

Organized Web Mobsters Getting Jobs Insidemore

Organized crime rings recruit or place insiders to embezzle or skim monetary assets and data, the smaller end of these...

U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Googlemore

Google says hackers from China got into its Gmail system. Bruce Schneier says hackers exploited feature put into system...

Mariposa Botnet Arrest via International Co-operationmore

It’s quite rare to have the opportunity to highlight a great example of international co-operation, but according to V3.

Underground economy 3 – Phoenix exploit kit fake antivirus a...more

McAfee's Ten Most Dangerous Celebrities in Cyberspacemore

For the fourth year in a row, McAfee researched popular culture’s most famous people to reveal the riskiest celebrity...

Conficker Worm Continues to Baffle the Expertsmore

Conficker Worm Continues to Baffle the Experts Posted by: Stephen Wildstrom on April 09 The Conficker worm, which did...

Wikileaks: All Leaks are being Pluggedmore

As the U.S. government-led covert attacks continue on Wikileaks, its major corporate partners have cut off the site’s...

The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail timemore

Ars Technica offers a good overview of the Pirate Bay's guilty verdict in a Swedish court today.The defendants split a...

Brute Force vs. Dictionary Attacksmore

Brute Force vs. Dictionary Attacks There are tools that perform brute force, and There are tools that perform...

Banks Need You to Partner in Securitymore

In the past decade, as much as 80% of all banking has taken place online, compared to the hundreds of years of...

Facebook 'Hilarious Video' Phishing Attack is Spreading Quicklymore

A Facebook phishing scam is running rampant this weekend — the third widespread weekend attack on the site in as many...

FT.com / US & Canada - Software helps hackers empty corporate acco...more

Software helps hackers empty corporate accounts. Article claiming bank security measures such as SMS confirmations and...

Scammers and Targeted Spear Phishing Attacksmore

What makes this spear phish targeted scam so scary is that they sought ME out, of all people. But, apparently they...

Worldwide cybercrime police network growsmore

More countries are joining a network designed to quickly react to cybercrime incidents around the world, a senior U.S.

Are We Really Still Doing This in 2010?more

The thing that bothered me was that the links were redirected from a 3rd party marketing site. So now you have users...

Cybercrime Victims Feel Ripped Offmore

Securing identity solutions against misuse is paramount. Security ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability...

Houston, We Have a Problemmore

A virus hit the globe recently creating a nuisance for some and a real outage for others. The spam went right past most...

Dissection of an Active Malware Campaignmore

Dissection of an Active Malware Campaign It is clear that whoever is behind this attack is targeting many different...

Algerian Hackers Target Israeli Teddy Bear Picnicmore

Some say that the Algerians had mistaken Belvoir Castle with Belvoir Fortress, the former crusader castle in Israel, I...

Is Your Kid Ready for Email?more

Eight hours a day! And we’re not talking about your work day. We’re talking about the time your kids spend surfing the...

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