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Guilty CAN-SPAMMER faces nearly six years in prison

Guilty CAN-SPAMMER faces nearly six years in prison

The Southern California man who was the first person convicted under the US CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 for operating a sophisticated "phishing scheme" has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.
Jim Carr Jun 18 2007 10:25AM Security
Brooklyn spammer faces 11 years in prison

Brooklyn spammer faces 11 years in prison

A New York man pleaded guilty this week to violating the CAN-SPAM Act by sending junk email to about 1.2 million AOL subscribers in a 2005 run.
Frank Washkuch Jun 14 2007 11:16AM Security
Orange CEO quits after three years

Orange CEO quits after three years

Moving into emerging markets but still retaining France Telecom links.
Matt Chapman Apr 30 2007 10:57AM Training & Development
Microsoft to axe Windows XP by year's end

Microsoft to axe Windows XP by year's end

Computer makers will be forced to switch to Windows Vista systems by the end of this year.
Tom Sanders Apr 16 2007 10:18AM Software
Pentagon hacker could face 60 years in prison after extradition to US

Pentagon hacker could face 60 years in prison after extradition to US

Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into Pentagon and NASA networks, has lost his fight against extradition to the United States in front of the British High Court.
Fiona Raisbeck Apr 4 2007 10:29AM Security
Gartner: ID theft up 50 per cent in three years

Gartner: ID theft up 50 per cent in three years

Organised cybercrime rings have spearheaded a sharp increase in identity theft, which has skyrocketed nearly 50 per cent in three years, according to a new Gartner survey.
Dan Kaplan Mar 9 2007 5:03AM Security
US hacker sentenced to one year's imprisonment

US hacker sentenced to one year's imprisonment

A US citizen who pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit computer fraud and identity theft has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment by a Florida court.
Fiona Raisbeck Mar 9 2007 2:53AM Security
Gartner: ID theft up 50 percent in three years

Gartner: ID theft up 50 percent in three years

Organised cybercrime rings have spearheaded a sharp increase in identity theft, which has skyrocketed nearly 50 percent in three years, according to a just-released Gartner survey.
Dan Kaplan Mar 7 2007 10:32PM Security
Singapore man faces 180 years in prison

Singapore man faces 180 years in prison

A Singaporean hacker has been charged with posting a fake July 2005 bomb threat on a technology website and 60 counts of illegally accessing a wireless network.
Frank Washkuch Jan 9 2007 5:57PM Security
Late-emerging New Year's scam was December's top virus

Late-emerging New Year's scam was December's top virus

A worm posing as a New Year's greeting has been ranked as last month's most widespread virus, despite not appearing until 30 December.
Frank Washkuch Jan 4 2007 4:54PM Security
New Year's, Christmas malware targeting inboxes

New Year's, Christmas malware targeting inboxes

Email users are again getting the electronic age's version of coal in a stocking - holiday-season spam and malware.
Frank Washkuch Dec 27 2006 5:03PM Security
New Year's resolution? Publish a month of Mac bugs

New Year's resolution? Publish a month of Mac bugs

Mac OS X will be the focus of the next month-of-bugs project, scheduled to kick off 1 January, a leading security blog reported today.
Dan Kaplan Dec 20 2006 9:07AM Security
Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb

Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb

A former systems administrator for UBS PaineWebber was sentenced to over eight years in jail and fined US$3.1 million last week after he was found guilty for leaving a logic bomb on UBS' systems and trading securities on the assumption that the company's stock would fall.
Ericka Chickowski Dec 19 2006 9:03AM Security
WiMAX may challenge Asia 3G 'in five years'

WiMAX may challenge Asia 3G 'in five years'

Wi-Fi 'not a successful business model' for wide area broadband.
Simon Burns Nov 30 2006 12:51PM Telco/ISP
Mobile porn set to explode over next five years

Mobile porn set to explode over next five years

Market predicted to double to US$3.3bn by 2011.
Will Head Nov 28 2006 10:00AM Telco/ISP
Denial of service attackers face 10 years in prison

Denial of service attackers face 10 years in prison

Denial-of-service attackers in the UK now face up to ten years in prison under the new Police and Justice Act 2006, which came into force last week.
Fiona Raisbeck Nov 13 2006 11:50AM Security
Paedophile hacker jailed for 10 years

Paedophile hacker jailed for 10 years

A paedophile who used internet chat rooms to hack into the computers of schoolgirls and blackmail them into sending explicit pictures of themselves was jailed for ten years yesterday.
Fiona Raisbeck Nov 10 2006 2:45PM Security
Dozen years in the slammer for former CA chief exec

Dozen years in the slammer for former CA chief exec

The former chief executive of anti-virus software vendor CA was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week for his role in an accounting scandal at the company.
Frank Washkuch Nov 3 2006 7:17PM Security
Florida hacker faces two years in jail, $400,000 fine

Florida hacker faces two years in jail, $400,000 fine

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it charged a Florida man today in federal court for establishing a botnet from which he launched a denial of service attack on a Massachusetts technology firm.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 25 2006 12:46AM Security
UK broadband lines to double in three years

UK broadband lines to double in three years

Point Topic predicts fast growth, especially in rural areas.
Robert Jaques Oct 10 2006 9:53AM Telco/ISP

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