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  • Yahoo Holiday Shutdown a Cost-Saving Move

    Yahoo said its announced holiday shutdown is a cost-saving move during a traditionally slow time of year. Most of the Internet giant's employees worldwide will have mandatory time off from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, 2010.

    Employees responsible for "essential...

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  • Malware Writers Get Bold, Rent Datacenters

    Security firm Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a disturbing trend among the criminal syndicates that write and distribute botnets (define). Instead of relying just on individual PCs, they are now taking advantage of loopholes and laxness to set up shop in...

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  • FBI investigates cyber attack on Citigroup

    Baku-APA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer hacking that targeted Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, but the financial institution denied its systems...

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  • Computer crime: Protecting your privacy

    The FBI says it could be a while before we learn more information about the Duanesburg Central School District bank accounts being hacked and who did it.

    Investigators are trying to piece together how someone was able to transfer more...

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  • Fallout From Cyber Attack Spreads

    By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO And AARON BACK

    The fallout from an alleged hacker attack against  Google Inc. and others continued to spread, as Google moved to investigate whether any of its employees were involved and rival  Yahoo Inc. was...

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  • Decatur police arrest man on child pornography charges

    Date: January 12, 2010
    Source: Herald-review.com
    By: H&R staff report
    DECATUR - Acting on a tip-off, Decatur police arrested a 40-year-old man after allegedly discovering his computer held movie files of child pornography.
    Police had visited the man's home...

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  • Largest case of computer crime and identity theft ever prosecuted

    The man who prosecutors said had masterminded some of the most brazen thefts of credit and debit card numbers in history was charged on Monday with an even larger set of digital break-ins. In an indictment, the Justice Department said...

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  • 5,4 00 people were nabbed in China for online porn in 2009

    Source: Computer Crime Research Center
    By: Dr.Tabrez Ahmad

    Purification of the Internet" and fighting of online crime are closely tied to any country's stability. Pornographic content seriously pollutes the online environment, depraves social morals and poisons the physical and psychological...

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  • Young lawmaker says cybercrime bill 'too vague'

     

    MANILA, Philippines - Lack of definition of what constitutes computer crime may further delay the passage of House Bill 6974 or the CyberCrime Prevention Act of 2009, according to Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino.
    Palatino urged fellow members of...

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  • Millions of computers are filled with fake security software

    Millions of North American computers are apparently loaded with fake security software. People have bought and installed scam security software that leaves the computer more vulnerable according to a recent Symantec report on cybercrime.

    According to Reuters, "Cyberthieves are increasingly...

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  • Trademark Scuffle Ahead for Apple's iPad?

    More than a few people have mocked the name for Apple's new tablet PC, but it turns out the marketing geniuses in Cupertino weren't even the first one. Though Apple has finally unveiled its widely rumored, long-expected iPad tablet PC,...

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Cybercafe's offer a convenient way to use a networked computer when you are away from home or office. But be careful. It's impossible for an ordinary user to tell what the state of their security might be. Since anyone can use them for anything, they have probably been exposed to viruses, worms, Trojans, keyloggers, and ... Read more...

Use a password in only one place.

Reusing passwords or using the same password all over the place is like carrying one key that unlocks your house, your car, your office, your briefcase, and your safety deposit box. If you reuse passwords for more than one computer, account, website, or other secure system, keep in mind that all of those computers, accounts, ... Read more...

 
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