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Tim Berners-Lee admits to falling for online scam
Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the world wide web, revealed today that he has been a victim of online fraud.
Mar 17 2009 6:17AM
Technology M&A another victim of the downturn
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the IT sector fell 40 per cent in the last three months of 2008 as market confidence plummeted, according to advisory firm Icon Corporate Finance.
Jan 12 2009 3:58PM
Best Western falls victim to major hack
The Best Western hotel chain has reportedly suffered what is being claimed as the world's largest cybercrime, resulting in the identity theft of eight million customers.
Aug 26 2008 12:16PM
Every prisoner in UK victim of data breach
The personal information of thousands of criminals in England and Wales has been lost on a USB drive.
Aug 25 2008 9:59AM
NHS falls victim to another data breach
The NHS has had to admit to losing a laptop containing thousands of patient details.
Jul 2 2008 11:37AM
Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers
Metasploit, the hacking tools site which is widely used by white hat hackers, has itself fallen victim to ARP poisoning, which led to the defacement of the site
Jun 5 2008 10:03AM
US school network falls victim to child hacker
Local authority races to upgrade its system security as the second teenager in five months breaches its network defences, copying 55,000 records
May 27 2008 2:12PM
Vietnam a victim of 'e-commerce boycott'
Lax internet security has resulted in a virtual boycott of Vietnam by online retailers, local press reports claim.
Sep 4 2007 7:11AM
Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim
End-users have a 25-percent chance of becoming a cybercrime victim, according to Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" survey for 2007.
Aug 8 2007 2:02PM
Windows falls victim to animated cursor attacks
Corrupted cursor files could deliver malicious payloads.
Apr 2 2007 10:31AM
Windows falls victim to animated cursor attacks
Corrupted cursor files could deliver malicious payloads.
Mar 30 2007 11:33AM
Connecticut teacher convicted on school porn charge a victim of spyware
The scheduled sentencing Friday for a Connecticut substitute teacher convicted of exposing her middle-school students to pop-up internet pornography has been postponed so the 40-year-old's new defense team can learn about the case.
Feb 28 2007 5:01PM
Phishing attack use Google Maps to obtain victim location
Phishers are using Google Maps in a new social engineering attack for committing identity theft.
Feb 22 2007 12:23AM
Victim recognises stolen property on EBay
Seller arrested after leaving obvious clues.
Jan 10 2007 9:27AM
Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs
Security experts yesterday warned that a growing number of maliciously coded web pages are downloading spyware programs onto computers without the consent of the sites' visitors.
Apr 5 2006 9:52AM
Email is a victim of its own success
What began as a communication tool for the academic community is now rated as the most critical form of business communication.
Aug 17 2004 3:36PM
