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Evil scammers cash in on London bombings
Email scammers are cashing in on the London bombings with a re-hashed 419 scam.
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A 26-year-old Venezuelan pleaded guilty last week to hacking into a U.S. military computer.
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A paper urging people to move away from traditional firewall-based security has won the inaugural Jericho Forum Challenge.
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A new role to play for Mr Microsoft
Stuart Okin once spent his life arguing that Microsoft was taking security seriously. Now he has to put this into practice. David Quainton reports
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The man accused of the world’s biggest hack began extradition charges yesterday in a bid to stay out of the clutches of U.S. law.
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3Com’s bounty hunter-esque reward program has been blasted by industry experts for being not quite as well-intentioned as first thought.
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Unbeatable spammer takes beating, dies
Spam behemoth Vardan Kushnir has emailed his last Russian after being bludgeoned to death on Sunday.
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Free personal web hosting is providing a safe-haven for hackers, spammers and wielders of malicious code.
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Over a third of office computer users are sending or receiving sexually explicit or racist mail, putting their companies at risk.
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Wireless hacker cut down to size
A man has been successfully tried as the U.K’s first conviction for using someone else’s wireless connection.
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310 arrested in mammoth 419 scam manhunt
Over 300 people have been arrested in Spain in a massive 419 manhunt.
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Millions stolen in Japanese spyware heist
Nearly 10 million Yen ($91,000) has been robbed from Japanese bank accounts due to a ‘Spyware bug’.
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Phishing and identity theft is becoming more sophisticated and more successful, despite high-profile legal triumphs. David Quainton looks at how the phishers have advanced, and what we need to do to match them
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The president of CardSystems has claimed his company could be put out of business if Visa and American Express pull out of business with them.
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Jul 21 2005 12:16PM
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Spam king turns back on spam
Spam king Scott Richter has cleaned up his act and turned his back on spam.
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Jul 21 2005 11:02AM
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270,000 at risk after USC hack
The University of Southern California (USC) has warned 270,000 applicants their personal information may have been compromised after its systems were hacked.
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