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Updated : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:49 GMT

FDIC: Hackers Took More Than $120M in Three Months (PC World)
PC World - Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:30:19 GMT

Spain Busts Global Botnet Masterminds (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date—infecting more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other data.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:13:13 GMT

3 plead not guilty in NJ concert ticket fraud case (AP)

Four men are facing charges for hacking into computers to obtain tickets to hot concerts and other events in a scheme that netted over 25 million dollars, the Justice Department said Monday.(AFP/File)AP - Three men charged with using computer programs to illegally buy more than a million concert tickets for resale have pleaded not guilty in federal court in New Jersey.



Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:38:43 GMT

NATO chief says enemy might be 'everywhere' in cyberspace (AFP)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at a seminar on the alliance's comprehensive approach to crisis management in Helsinki.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/Martti Kainulainen)AFP - NATO must be ready to address the security threats posed by potential enemies in cyberspace, the secretary general of the western military alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said Thursday.



Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:59:30 GMT

NATO chief calls attention to cyber threats (AP)

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at a seminar on NATO's new Strategic Concept, with the subject of comprehensive crisis management in Helsinki Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Martti Kainulainen)AP - NATO is facing new threats in cyberspace that cannot be met by lining up soldiers and tanks, the alliance's secretary-general said Thursday in an apparent reference to terror groups and criminal networks.



Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:59:43 GMT

Spanish "botnet" potent enough to attack country: police (Reuters)
Reuters - Spanish criminals who stole bank details from computers around the world did not realize the power of the illegal network they had created which could have paralyzed an entire country's computer systems, police said.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:07:33 GMT

Cyber-terrorism a real and growing threat: FBI (AFP)

Terrorists, crooks and nation states are ramping up cyberassaults that are eating away at data, cash and security in the US, according to the head of the FBI, Robert Mueller (pictured in February).(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - Terrorists, crooks and nation states are ramping up cyber-assaults that are eating away at data, cash and security in the United States, the head of the FBI warned.



Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:50:48 GMT

Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft (PC World)
PC World - In a relatively light Patch Tuesday, Microsoft closed holes that could allow a poisoned Excel or Movie Maker file to install malware on a vulnerable PC. However, a new flaw involving VBScript and Windows Help files that can be targeted through Internet Explorer remains unfixed.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:56:00 GMT

Spain: mastermind of 'botnet' scam a mystery (AP)

The head of a Spanish Guardia Civil unit specialised in tech crimes, Jose Antonio Berrocal, gives a press conference in Madrid. Spanish police said Wednesday they had arrested three men suspected of building the world's biggest network of virus-infected computers which hijacked more than 13 million PCs.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AP - Spanish authorities who dismantled a network of up to 12.7 million virus-infected, data-stealing computers said Wednesday the mastermind of the scam remains a mystery, even though three alleged ringleaders have been arrested.



Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:42:33 GMT

Panda Discovers Malware on HTC Magic Phone (PC World)
PC World - A Panda Security employee discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into a Windows computer.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:22 GMT

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