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China jails counterfeiters over Microsoft fakes
News China has cracked down on a global software-counterfeiting syndicate, with 11 "ringleaders" now facing up to six-and-a-half years in jail.
Tags: Software, Piracy, Lawsuits, Microsoft Corp., FBI, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office
FBI warns of new Storm worm variant
News E-mail pretending to contain information on a fictitious FBI vs. Facebook case contains malicious code for the Storm worm botnet.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Spam, Spam and phishing, Web Browser, FBI, Internet User, social networking, e-mail, Facebook
Do most security breaches still originate internally?
Techguide Are insider threats more prevalent than externally-initiated attacks? Here's why that may not be the case.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Business security, Security, Security Breach, FBI, Survey, Computer Security Institute, Attack
Corporate bank accounts targeted in online fraud
News Small and midsize businesses, governments, and school districts are targets of online bank fraud involving malicious e-mails, key loggers, and money mules, FBI says.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Business security, Malware, Security, Krebs, bank, Authentication and encryption, Money, Web Browser
FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people
News U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged almost 100 people involved in a phishing scam designed to swipe personal information and use the data to defraud banks.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Lawsuits, Phishing, U.S., bank, Egypt, FBI, Financial Company, credit card company, financial
Symantec warns on cyberterrorism
News Symantec played up cyberthreats at a NYC showcase of its latest security software. Is it a sales ploy or a serious concern?
Tags: Norton Co., FBI, Norton Internet Security, Internet Security, cyberthreats, Symantec Corp., cyberterrorism, Internet, Cyberattack, Web
FBI used spyware to capture hackers, hitmen
News Documents obtained in a freedom-of-information request show the U.S. law-enforcement agency used a secret form of spyware in a number of investigations.
Tags: Hacking, FBI, Anti-spyware, IP, Cipav, computer, e-mail, spyware, MSN Hotmail, News.com
Mystery virus strikes FBI, US Marshals
News Law-enforcement agencies forced to shut down their networks after being affected by a virus of undetermined type and origin.
Tags: Viruses and worms, FBI, U.S. Department Of Justice, Spokesperson, computer, Associated Press, virus, CERT, network, computer network
FBI: Cloned debit cards used in worldwide scheme
News Officials say hackers breached payment processor network to get data, and then made fake debit cards that others used to withdraw millions of dollars from ATMs.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, ATM, FBI, payroll, Tribune Co., social security number, Computer, Chicago
To catch a (cyber) thief
News Head of an FBI undercover sting operation explains how law enforcement cracked an ID theft ring and detailed the increasing influence of Russian organized crime.
Tags: PC security, Phishing, Security, Cybercrime, FBI, San Francisco, agent, financial, network, bank
Attacker reportedly holds US state's patient data hostage
News Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program site remains down after attacker allegedly breaks into the Web site and deletes data, demanding a ransom to get it back.
Tags: Hacking, Data security, Backup, FBI, Washington Post Co., Password, Virginia, Attacker, patient, health care
DMCA conviction for seller of bogus Microsoft product keys
News A man in his early 20s is likely headed to jail under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act after he circumvents security measures to sell unlicensed Microsoft software.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Copyright, Microsoft Corp., Security, FBI, prosecutor, attorney, software, agent, Los Angeles
FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats
News An Oklahoma City man has been arrested after allegedly threatening on the micro-blogging site to turn a tax protest into a massacre.
Tags: Security, Open source, Twitter, Oklahoma City, FBI, GPS, phone, web technology, mashup, scientist
Soca socking it to cybercriminals
News The United Kingdom's Serious Organized Crime Agency has published its annual report, detailing a year of fighting e-crime.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Hacking, FBI, London, records management, U.K., marketing, bank, information technology, banking
Q&A: FBI agent looks back on time posing as a cybercriminal
News J. Keith Mularski talks about the two years he spent posing as a "carder" in the Dark Market sting and the lengths he went to keeping up appearances.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Legal, FBI, IP, Spammer, IP Address, Server, phone, agent
