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Worm plays games with victims

January 13, 2005 Cellery program lets victims play Tetris while it tries to infects other computers. TAGS: Tetris, worm, Sophos Plc., victim, antivirus, video game, virus, games, Microsoft Corp., video

Yahoo fixes two flaws in mail system

August 20, 2004 Online portal says bugs could have let attackers alter appearance of pages and access a victim's data. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, flaw, victim, server

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

December 3, 2007 Cybercriminals are shrinking host names of malicious sites to lend them an air of legitimacy, according to security researchers. TAGS: phishing, Sophos Plc., victim, researcher, security, blog, link, character

Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks

July 2, 2007 MessageLabs reports a surge in malicious spam aimed at individuals in senior management positions--and their family members. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., victim, top executive, attack, finance, e-mail, security

Thousands of Brits fall victim to data theft

October 10, 2006 U.K. police struggle to contact people whose passwords and credit card details have been stolen. TAGS: victim, U.K., credit card, password, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Red Cross, XM team up for Katrina victims

September 7, 2005 XM Satellite Radio and the American Red Cross will produce a radio channel through which volunteers, staff and victims will communicate. TAGS: XM Satellite Radio, volunteer, victim, radio

Mitigating identity theft

April 14, 2005 Security expert Bruce Schneier says solutions being proposed in Congress won't stem a worrying trend. TAGS: fraud, victim, criminal, identity theft, crime, financial company, identity, credit card company, credit card, bank

Survey: ID theft hard to shake off

July 26, 2005 A quarter of Americans who fall victim to identity theft find it a struggle to put things right again, according to a recent survey. TAGS: identity theft, victim, survey, bank, security

Debunking myths about identity fraud

February 7, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that the facts belie the general belief that ID theft is rampant. Still, victory is a way off. TAGS: identity fraud, fraud, opening, victim, income, U.S.

Trojan horse: Your money or your files

April 29, 2006 Newly discovered Trojan horse threatens to delete files if victim doesn't pay $10.99 for code to disarm the malicious software. TAGS: trojan horse, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, victim, payment, malicious software, security

Iowa proposes ID theft 'passport'

March 21, 2006 Document is meant to prove somebody was a victim of identity theft, protect against fraudulent credit charges. TAGS: passport, identity fraud, identity theft, creditor, victim, identity, crime, proposal, card

Report: U.K. failing to fight Net fraudsters

July 27, 2006 Police not helpful as they could be to businesses, individuals who suffer Internet fraud, warns top legal advisor. TAGS: fraud, Mr., police, victim, crime, fraudster, authority, goods, U.K., attorney general

Online auto sales scammers to serve time

November 5, 2005 North Carolina man and Mississippi woman collected more than $60,000 for cars they never delivered. TAGS: Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, victim, car

Another worm hits AIM users

July 14, 2005 New version of Opanki worm targets users of AOL Instant Messenger and attempts to install software that will let an attacker remotely control a victim's PC. TAGS: IMLogic, worm, AOL Instant Messenger, victim, instant messenger, America Online Inc., IM, link, virus

MIT's Anklebot to help stroke patients

July 6, 2005 The Anklebot teaches stroke victims how to move their ankles again. A Shoulderbot may be next. TAGS: patient, robot, leg, victim, health care, movement, researcher, health

Banks to share ID theft data with FTC

July 7, 2005 Identity Theft Assistance Center says pooled information on ID theft cases should help law enforcement catch ID thieves. TAGS: identity theft, bank, financial service, victim

eBay fraudster lands six-year prison term

April 6, 2005 Judge rejects plea bargain, says Maine man failed to pay back his victims after admitting to bank, mail and wire fraud. TAGS: Maine, eBay Inc., defendant, victim, fraud, state, attorney

New denial-of-service threat emerges

March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: denial of service, VeriSign Inc., DNS server, bot, DNS, query, victim, DOS, IP, threat, IP address, attack, server, security

Man guilty of accessing tsunami site

October 7, 2005 Computer consultant is fined for gaining unauthorized access to donation site for victims of last year's Asian tsunami. TAGS: unauthorized access, computer consultant, victim, London, Web browser, security

RFID chips used to track dead after Katrina

September 16, 2005 Relief workers are tagging human cadavers in Mississippi to help coroner identify victims. TAGS: VeriChip, RFID chip, RFID, Mississippi, victim, disaster recovery, worker, family
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