According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, cybercrime accounts for a net loss of $67 billion every year. What's the breakdown? The biggest taker is identify theft, which nets criminals $49.3 billion a year. Phishing picks up a measly $1 billion (what a pittance, eh?)How can you ensure the bots...
Web Wise Kids applauds Congress forpassing legislation that takes a positive step forward in promoting youthonline safety. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) andVice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) ensured that provisions were included inthe Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492) that will support efforts toincrease public awareness and education...
October Marks the Fifth Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month to Promote Internet Safety, Best Practices and Consumer Awareness SAN DIEGO, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Total Tech, a provider of innovative Internet security solutions, today announced its support this October for the Fifth Annual National Cyber Security...
Republican attorney general candidate Michael Gibbons promised to crack down on cybercrimes if he's elected to office. Gibbons traveled to four cities across the state on Monday to announce his plans to create a Cyber Crimes Unit to protect children from sexual predators and pursue scam artists...
Republican attorney general candidate Michael Gibbons promised to crackdown on cybercrimes if he's elected to office. Gibbons traveled to four cities across the state on Monday to announce his plans to create a Cyber Crimes Unit to protect children from sexual predators and pursue scam artists who...
October Dedicated to Spotlighting Internet Abuse and Cybercrime BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SECNAPR Network Security Corporation, a leading provider of network and email security solutions, today announced its proud support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. October has been dedicated by the National Cyber...
In apparently the first experiment of its kind, McAfee asked 50 people from around the world to surf the Web unprotected for 30 days. Participants from 10 countries received more than 104,000 spam e-mails throughout the course of the experiment, which the company calls, creatively, S.P.A.M. spammed persistently all month....
Common Sense Media and Trend Micro Internet Safety for Kids & Families team-up to educate parents, educators and youth on both Web site age-appropriateness and Internet security issues. CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated , a global leader in Internet content security, and Common...
LAS VEGAS -- Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur. Researchers at a hacking conference here...
Federal authorities think they may have their men in one of the biggest known cybercrimes ever. The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it charged 11 people in the theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers of customers for nine major U.S. retailers, including TJX, the...
He goes by the nickname A-Z and is one of Russia's bright young tech stars. He's a crack programmer, successful entrepreneur and creator of sophisticated software tools that help his customers make millions. Trouble is, A-Z's masterstroke is a computer program called ZeuS that helps cybergangs steal people's...
A multinational partnership aims to establish international cooperation and information sharing in the battle against cybercriminals. It's a small world after all. As the Internet continues to connect peoples across the globe, individuals and groups drawn to destruction find new ways to wreak havoc on communications and...
New Protections Enable Gmail to Block Fraudulent eBay and PayPal E-mail SAN JOSE, Calif. -- eBay and PayPal today announced a collaborative effort with Google's webmail service Gmail[TM] to better protect consumers against fraudulent e-mails and phishing attacks. Starting today, eBay and PayPal customers with...
Need for Stronger Solutions Underscored by eBay Counterfeits Ruling in France; US Decision Imminent GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England -- In light of the recent legal ruling in France resulting in a $63 million fine against eBay for selling counterfeit luxury goods, the global issue of product authenticity...
The golden age of hackers and cybercriminals driven by a desire to embarrass website owners or cause mindless e-vandalism is hopefully a fading memory. Today, e-crime is the domain of organised gangs, often from countries that are difficult to get help from, with a sole motive -to steal money and...
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Chemicals industry industry is available in its catalogue. World Explosives Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p090633/World-Explosives-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Explosives in Thousands of Metric Tons and in US$ Million. The major product segments...
CyberCrime has grown to over $100B+ globally. Vere Software has launched its revolutionary Internet forensic software WebCase[TM]. Recently showcased at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference in St. Louis, MO & the Techo Security Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC to rave reviews, WebCase[TM] helps law enforcement...
MCBA welcomes new president The Monroe County Bar Association tonight will install T. Andrew Brown, co-founder and managing partner of Brown & Hutchinson, as its new president of the 2008-2009 year. Brown's Installation Dinner will be held at 7...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Window Snyder isn't your average security czar. As chief of security at Mozilla Foundation, the unconventional non-profit whose popular Web browser Firefox underwent a major facelift this week, Snyder cuts an unconventional swath. For starters, her title is "chief security something-or-other"...
AS many as 40 per cent of online shoppers have had their identities stolen... and don't even know it. Experts say cyber-crime has reached an all-time high with more than 300 online crimes committed every HOUR in the UK. ...
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