Cyber crime

Articles about Cyber crime

  • TELECOMS

    Cybercriminals feel the pinch

    Feb 12, 2009 A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research shows that in these tough times, even the cyber criminals are hurting

  • WEB

    Crime and punishment

    Dec 03, 2008 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

  • WEB

    The sharp end of a Facebook hack

    Nov 27, 2008 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

  • SECURITY

    Spam-a-lot

    Nov 11, 2008 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

  • SECURITY

    Raising security awareness

    Sep 10, 2008 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...)

  • WEB

    Cyber war is here to stay

    Aug 13, 2008 The conflict between Georgia and Russia looks like it has been brought to a halt for now, but like many modern conflicts, the physical war was accompanied by an online exchange

  • SECURITY

    Holiday in Guantanamo

    Aug 12, 2008 Hapless hacker Gary McKinnon has just been given a two-week reprieve from being extradited to the US, where he faces charges of perpetrating the so-called 'biggest hack in military history'

  • WEB

    All eyes on China

    Aug 10, 2008 The Olympic Games have kicked off in China, and as the world turns its attention to Beijing, its not just the sport that has come into focus

  • WEB

    Damac customer data on eBay

    Jun 07, 2008 Given that so many organizations in so many parts of the world have managed to lose customer data, its not surprising that the UAE has finally caught up and had its own high profile data loss