Science news articles about 'cyber criminals'

  • Cyber-criminals targeting social networks: experts

    Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn.
  • Cyber criminals targeting small businesses

    (AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.
  • Thwarting Cyber Criminals

    ... are the odds that your digital identity will be stolen by cyber criminals? Why do bank payment ... to pay for Christmas gifts by credit card? Cyber criminals are everywhere. Now, help is just a click away. Researchers have developed a new, ultrafast ...
  • Business booming for cyber criminals: security firm

    Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit card details for as little as two dollars each and renting ...
  • Bangladesh forms tribunal to try cyber criminals

    Bangladesh has formed a fast-track court to try cyber criminals after a spike in crimes involving mobile phones and social networking sites such as Facebook, an official said Thursday.
  • Carleton U's e-mail crippled by phishing attack

    The e-mail system at an Ottawa university was crippled this week by cyber criminals who tricked a user into providing access to a university e-mail account.
  • A Tale of Two "Spam Kings" [News]

    ... their crimes--whether it's theft, extortion or fraud. Cyber criminals are a slippery bunch, adept at covering ... . One of the most effective ways of fighting any crime is to discourage would-be criminals by making an example of lawbreakers ...
  • Research on browser weaknesses triggers attacks

    IBM's X-Force says cyber-criminals are using public research on Web browser weaknesses to launch ... report from the security group indicates that organized criminals are adopting new automated techniques and strategies ...
  • EU to search out cyber criminals

    Police forces will be remotely searching hard drives as Europe steps up the fight against hi-tech thieves.
  • Cyber-criminals are shopping for holiday steals

    Going online instead of going to the mall can be a convenient and cheaper way to get the holiday shopping done. But it can have a downside.
  • Facebook users warned about dangers of being app happy

    Facebook users are being urged to be wary about what Facebook applications they accept and what links they click as cyber criminals increasingly target the popular social networking site.
  • Michael Jackson Finally Gets His Own Computer Virus

    ... Jackson now that he is dead?   So are cyber criminals who are exploiting public interest in his ... on Tuesday, June 30. “We’ve been tracking the cyber criminals behind this spam and the associated virus ...
  • Cyber crime lords using big business tactics: Cisco

    Cyber criminals are aping executives when it comes to sales, marketing and risk management in the world of online treachery, according to a report released by networking giant Cisco.
  • UAB computer forensics links internet postcards to virus

    ... on a user's computer, Zeus Bot will give cyber criminals access to passwords and account numbers ... on computers without the user's knowledge. Warner said cyber criminals who are employing the Russian-language Zeus ...
  • Spanish security firm detects 'swine flu' computer virus

    Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday.

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