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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, credit card, U.K., U.S., password, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

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: Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, trojan horse, 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: identity fraud, identity theft, passport, creditor, victim, identity, proposal, crime, card

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

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: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, IP, server, attack, IP address, DOS, 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, income, victim, U.S.

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, police, fraudster, victim, crime, goods, authority, U.K., attorney general

Feds arrest alleged Internet ID thief

January 27, 2006 California man faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on charges he defrauded America Online customers. TAGS: phishing, America Online Inc., debit card, victim, California, Time Warner Inc., credit card, billing, e-mail

U.K. researchers devise smart-card hack

February 6, 2007 Determined hackers can outwit the supposedly tamper-proof bank cards that use both a chip and a PIN. TAGS: terminal, researcher, criminal, restaurant, smart card, victim, transaction, Cambridge, bank, banking, card, attack, laptop computer, U.K., security

PDF security risk greater than originally thought

January 5, 2007 Cybercrooks could create hostile links that offer full access to a victim's hard disk drive, experts warn. TAGS: SPI Dynamics, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript, victim, Adobe PDF, attack, disk drive, expert, link, security, Web browser, PC, hard drive

Trojan Cryzip extorts decryption fee

March 14, 2006 A new Trojan encrypts files, then demands $300 in ransom for their decryption and release, according to security firm. TAGS: LURHQ Corp., malicious software, trojan horse, victim, writer, payment, researcher, encryption, attack, security, password, database

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

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts

April 10, 2007 'Tens of thousands' of players' accounts have been compromised with keylogging exploit, security experts say. TAGS: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, keylogging, hacker, hacking, exploit, account, victim, security, password, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise

February 7, 2007 Kaspersky warns 2007 will bring increase in extortion schemes to encrypt your data and hold it hostage. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, distributed denial of service, victim, RSA Security Inc., police, malicious software, attack, antivirus, trojan horse, conference, server, PC
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