Cybercriminals feel the pinch

A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research shows that in these tough times, even the cyber criminals are hurting

Tags: Cyber crimeFraud
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

February 12, 2009

Crime and punishment

If it is a given that cyber criminals are growing up from their juvenile delinquent phase into a new era as criminal masterminds, then its no surprise that the criminal justice system is slowly but surely coming down hard on cyber crime

Tags: Cyber crimeSocial networking
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

December 3, 2008

The sharp end of a Facebook hack

Our IT editorial team got a first-hand taste of a Facebook hack this week, after one of our colleague's account on the social network site was hacked

Tags: Cyber crimeFacebook IncorporationSocial networkingWeb 2.0
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

November 27, 2008

Spam-a-lot

Research by the University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego has shed some more light on spam - specifically just how few responses it takes to spam emails you need to get to make it a viable business

Tags: Cyber crimeSpam
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

November 11, 2008

Raising security awareness

The UAE’s credit card fraud problems seem to have gotten much worse this week, with bank HSBC going as far as insisting all of its customers must change their PINs by 6pm today (which is not so convenient for any HSBC customers who might be traveling at the moment...)

Tags: Credit cardCrimeCyber crime
Mark Sutton

Posted by: Mark Sutton

September 10, 2008

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