Security News

ETrade offers online transaction safety guarantee
2006-01-20 06:15

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,107865,00.html By Todd R. Weiss JANUARY 19, 2006 COMPUTERWORLD ETrade Financial Corp. is now offering wide-ranging fraud and bill...

Hackers post Paris Hilton's address book online
2005-02-22 14:13

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,99934,00.html [My understanding of the Danger Hiptop/T-Mobile Sidekick is that unlike Blackberry's or Palm PDA's, the Sidekick...

Gartner: Consumers dissatisfied with online security
2004-12-07 08:25

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98083,00.html By Paul Roberts DECEMBER 06, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE A survey conducted by Gartner Inc. shows that online consumers...

Secret Service busts online organized crime ring
2004-10-29 08:31

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,97017,00.html By Dan Verton OCTOBER 28, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD In what it called an "Information Age undercover investigation," the...

Hackers post achievements online
2004-10-26 06:41

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9173356&sec=itfeature BY M. MADHAVAN October 26, 2004 Malaysia was the centre of 'hacker activities' on Oct 6 and 7 when...

Online Data a Gold Mine for Terrorists
2004-08-12 07:13

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,95108,00.html By Dan Verton and Lucas Mearian AUGUST 09, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD The widespread availability of sensitive information...

MI5 security advice goes online
2004-05-03 07:26

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3672221.stm Friday, 30 April, 2004 The security service MI5 has published its terrorist threat assessment and safety advice for the first time. The details,...

Online Search Engines Help Lift Cover of Privacy
2004-02-09 09:39

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24053-2004Feb8.html By Yuki Noguchi Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 9, 2004 Sitting at his laptop,...

College student charged with distributing DirecTV trade secrets online
2003-01-03 06:30

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/699152p-5172282c.html By TED BRIDIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (January 2, 2003 7:20 p.m. EST) - Prosecutors charged a college student on Thursday with...

South Korea probes online dealing fraud
2002-08-28 09:04

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2217584.stm 26 August, 2002 South Korean police are investigating a fraud which saw hackers break through a bank's security system to sell 5 million shares they...