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Moving to the forefront of IT
Insight Technology is the bloodline of Hong Kong's immigration department, helping the government manage the information of 6.9 million people more efficiently.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance
SMS vs WAP for your mobile app
Blogs An M Files reader asked about the difference between SMS, WAP and J2ME applications, so let me start by explaining the S...
Credit card scammers fish for AOL members
News Online Net giant America Online has been hit with another scam aimed at tricking its members into giving up credit card information.
Police smash DarkMarket cybercrime ring
News The FBI, Soca and international police forces have closed down the Darkmarket forum, which traded in banking and credit-card details.
Tags: Security, Arrest, FBI, Card Information, Manchester, Turkey, trader, keyboard, Symantec Corp., Germany
Facebook shuts down malicious fake profiles
News AVG researcher suspects malicious profiles were created automatically by bypassing the Captcha function, but a Facebook spokesman disagrees.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Google Inc., home video, Authentication and encryption, Web Browser, antivirus, credit card information, Facebook, identity fraud
Report: Rogue antivirus software pays off for scammers
News Compromising legitimate Web sites and redirecting visitors to rogue antivirus sites is a lucrative business, says new report from security firm Finjan.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Data security, Antivirus Software, Scammer, Finjan Software Inc., Search Engine, antivirus, search engine optimization technique, software
Symantec investigating customer credit card data theft
News BBC News films call center worker selling its reporters credit card numbers of Symantec customers in undercover investigation.
Tags: Security, Norton Co., New Hampshire, New Delhi, credit card information, Symantec Corp., British Broadcasting Corp., Wall Street Journal, credit card, call-center
Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn
News Malware attacks are up now that the economic times are tough, with online scammers going into overdrive with phishing and other online schemes.
Tags: Phishing, Malware, Security, e-Mail Message, social networking, e-mail, McAfee Inc., network, bank, banking
Financial fraud hits 7.5 percent of US adults
News Many victims of financial fraud don't report the crime to authorities and few of the criminals are prosecuted, according to a new Gartner study.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Victim, Fraud, Survey, FTC, Gartner Inc., financial health, Identity Theft
All quiet on the Conficker front. Now what?
News Just because Conficker has been quiet doesn't mean it won't act in the future, turning unsuspecting PCs into spam-sending drones or stealthily stealing passwords, experts say.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Graham Cluley, Storage, removable storage
Microsoft Money Essentials 2008
Product Reviews Microsoft Money Essentials 2008
Hacking online games a widespread problem
News With real money on the line in online games and virtual worlds, publishers need to get a handle on how many different exploits are being implemented every day.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Player, Bot, EULA, Gary McGraw, Bragg, Online Game, computer, hacking
Protecting yourself from vishing attacks
News First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Cellular phones, Phishing, Phone Number, PBX, Attack, FTC, phone, e-mail, network
Norton Internet Security 2007
Product Reviews Norton Internet Security 2007
eBay Trust & Safety forum hacked
News Some 1,200 different eBay users' credit card information has been posted to eBay's Trust & Safety forum, triggering eBay to suspend access to the site.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Spam and phishing, Hacking
