Being a target of identity theft doesn’t require much more than a fair credit history including a pulse. Attorney General Steve Six warned consumers Friday of recent fraud schemes being used to target the identities of deceased Kansans. Some

Identity theft can hit your children - El Paso Times
NEW YORK — Among the people Linda Foley is working to help are a 3-year-old whose Social Security number is being used by someone for work purposes. And a 5-year-old’s identity is linked to driver’s licenses, arrest warrants for drunken driving and

Tangled in a web of identity - Concord Monitor
So why, Reyes wonders, was his driver’s license suspended this summer because of something someone else did in New Mexico? And why did it take so long for the Division of Motor Vehicles to reinstate it? And why does he have to appear in court Oct. 21

New law adds defenses against identity theft, but citizens can do more - CNET News
As the federal government makes efforts to protect citizens online, it is encouraging people to look out for themselves as well. To kick off its fifth annual “National Cyber Security Month,” the National Cyber Security Alliance, an organization of

October Marks Crime Prevention Month, Identity Theft is #1 Crime - Businesswire.com
TEMPE, Ariz.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–As the number one crime in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, identity theft is a force to be reckoned with. This fast-growing crime is costing an estimated nine million Americans more than $1.2

Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on

Monthly malware statistics for September 2008 - ITWeb
Two virus rankings have been compiled as a result of Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) activity in September. The first ranking represents the most widespread malware, adware and potentially unwanted programs according to the number of computers they

King Kaspersky comes Down Under - ZDNet Australia
Details are scant about the founder of Kaspersky Lab’s visit, however the company has confirmed he will be in Sydney from October 14th for three days to promote the antivirus company’s new Melbourne-based office. To date, Kaspersky Labs has used a

New worry for mobile phones: malware - Miami Herald
You’ve been battling malware - viruses, worms, spyware and the like - on your PC for years. Is your phone the next battleground? Security experts think it could be, particularly if it’s a smartphone, a handset that has a full operating system and can

Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming - Silicon.com
A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank

Will RIPA lead to an infestation of Vamp-ires? - Silicon.com
The introduction of legislation to crack down on criminals using encryption to hide their tracks could also leave users open to new forms of electronic attacks, according to one expert. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) provides the

What, me worry (about mobile viruses)? - ZDNet Blogs
Kaspersky, via PC Magazine, has graciously told the public to worry about mobile phone worms. I m not worried, and there are many reasons why you shouldn t be concerned yet. It is commonly accepted that there have been very few pieces of

Cyber spies plan attacks next year - Silicon.com
Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs and product development, said cyber crime is now a global issue which has evolved significantly and it is no longer just a threat to industry and individuals but increasingly to national security

Sponsored: There’s no shortage of malicious code on the Internet. Agent Peterson of the Geek Squad offers some tips on how to protect yourself from viruses and spyware. The content for this video was sponsored and provided by Geek Squad

Elaborate ‘pharming‘ attack targeted 50 banks - Computerworld Australia
As your business becomes more collaborative and global, the risks to your company s trade secrets rise proportionally. Fortunately, there are new strategies to protect the data that allows you to compete The call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with

They Call It “Pharming” And It’s Phrightening! - OpEdNews.com
Biofuels are often blamed for 85% of corn price increases since 2002. Even Congress is growing weary of the corn/ethanol inflation. Why were we on this road in the first place? It would seem an easy road to avoid, considering over 140% more energy

Interpol demands secure PCs - Silicon.com
Computers should always be sold with security systems pre-installed to cut down on cybercrime, police and security experts said this week. Activities such as phishing and pharming would be drastically reduced if PCs were sold with security software

Browser-based attacks increase as viruses decrease - ZDNet UK
As the threat to IT operations by viruses and worms declines, browser-based attacks are increasing, according to a technology trade organisation. On Tuesday the Computing Technology Industry Association, or CompTIA, released its third annual report

Transcript: Getting hooked: Phishing, pharming and online threats - ZDNet
Description : Sponsored: There’s no shortage of malicious code on the Internet. Agent Peterson of the Geek Squad offers some tips on how to protect yourself from viruses and spyware. The content for this video was sponsored and provided by Geek Squad

Teens on pill binge - News.com.au
ALMOST one in four teenagers are raiding their parents’ medicine cabinets for prescription drugs in a new trend dubbed “pharming“. Australian youths aged 12 to 17 are most likely to take medications recreationally because they are cheaper, easier to

Online dirty tricks may mar U.S. elections - CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) — As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, voting activists are bracing themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters. Barack Obama and John

Sponsored: There’s no shortage of malicious code on the Internet. Agent Peterson of the Geek Squad offers some tips on how to protect yourself from viruses and spyware. The content for this video was sponsored and provided by Geek Squad

Pharming Group N.V. (AMS:PHARM) Pharming’s Board Of Supervisory - ABN Newswire
Pharming Group N.V. (AMS:PHARM) Dr Pinto to retire after completion of transition period Leiden, The Netherlands, September 26, 2008. Biotech company Pharming Group NV (”Pharming” or “the Company”) (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) announced today that the

Pharming’s Board of Supervisory Directors nominates new CEO - MSN MoneyCentral
Dr Pinto to retire after completion of transition period Leiden, The Netherlands, September 26, 2008. Biotech company Pharming Group NV (”Pharming” or “the Company”) (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) announced today that the Board of Supervisory Directors (BOSD

New Pharming Trojan targets iPhone fans as video - Phones Review
The creators of the antivirus program Panda Security have announced they have located a new Trojan known as Banker.LKCTrojan, this Trojan pretends to be a video of the Apple iPhone and attacks internet surfers with pharming. Pharming is a more

Security Bites 115: Inside ID fraud’s underground forums - CNET News
This week Tom Rusin, president and chief executive officer of Affinion’s North America operation, is Robert Vamosi’s guest. His company monitors the criminal underground for several thousand banking institutions by lurking in carder chat rooms

BRIEF-Pharming nominates new CEO De Vries - Forbes
Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of

Security glossary - Download.com
These controls link to any object–traditionally dynamic content such as tables and buttons that react to mouse clicks–embedded within a Web page. Although ActiveX controls help Web pages spring to life, malicious programmers can easily use them as

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out - a selection of the best answers will appear in Saturday’s paper. This week’s question Is it really worth spending 60 or so on security software for

The Better Business Bureau of Central, Northern & Western Arizona is warning consumers and small business owners of text message scams. The BBB said there are text message scams in Phoenix and other U.S.. cities a kin to e-mail “phishing” scams that

DOJ claims two-thirds of businesses hit by cyber crime (Brief) - Thetech Herald
Announcing the results of the National Computer Security Survey (NCSS) from 2005, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said that 67 percent of respondents claimed detection of at least one cyber crime. DOJ releases infor from

Bill O Reilly s web site hacked, attackers release personal - ZDNet Blogs
Tags: Bill O’Reilly , Sarah Palin , Wikileaks , Hacktivism , Hacking , Security , Dancho Danchev In what is slowly turning into a endless loop of hacktivism activities, Bill O Reilly s BillOreilly.com has been compromised during the weekend

Websense Makes Web and Email Security a Smooth Ride for Metro St - MSN MoneyCentral
(NASDAQ: WBSN) For Metro St. Louis, the Illinois-Missouri bi-state region’s public transportation system operator, keeping the transit system moving is a top priority which requires information technology (IT) and communications systems to run

Commtouch and AXIGEN to Launch Integrated Email Security Product - MSN MoneyCentral
AXIGEN ( http://www.axigen.com ), a leading messaging solution provided by Gecad Technologies, and Commtouch CTCH ( http://www.commtouch.com ), a provider of email and web security technology, today announced the signing of a licensing agreement

BullGuard Releases BullGuard Internet Security 8.5 - Forbes
LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ — BullGuard (http://www.bullguard.com/), specialists in user-friendly PC and Mobile security solutions for consumers, today released BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, the latest version of its flagship product. (Logo

Voter Registration Fraud Could Lead to Identity Theft - Enterprise Security Today
While pundits are concerned about voter fraud and its potential to skew election results, ID thieves are taking voter fraud in a different direction by trying to get their hands on new voters’ personal information, such as Social Security or bank

BullGuard updates internet security package - Pocket-Link.co.uk
BullGuard has released a new version of its internet security software for protecting your computer from nasties off the web. Version 8.5 incorporates antivirus, antispyware, firewall, spamfilter and backup functionalities. New features include a new

Another MobileMe credit card phishing scam surfaces - MacNN
Malicious users are again targeting MobileMe customers with a phishing ploy geared towards obtaining credit card information. According to UGN InfoManager , the scam comes in the form of a billing verification email from Apple, which leads users to

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Thanks to Apple’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign, a record number of small businesses are tossing their PCs and switching to Macs. According to Jason R. Rich (http://www.firstjob.com/Background.htm

A Tale of Two Hackers - Article.nationalreview.com
C onsider two cases. In one, a suburban housewife posed as a teenage boy on MySpace to learn more about her daughter s on-again, off-again friend. In the other, a gang of computer geeks broke into the personal e-mail account of a vice-presidential

Hunt for Palin hacker shaping up to be simple case - Seattle Post Intelligencer
WASHINGTON — The hunt for the hacker who broke into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account is shaping up to be a remarkably simple investigation, by the standards of major cybersecurity whodunits. U.S

New “Likes and Dislikes”- Based RavenWhite Password Protection - Forbes
RavenWhite, Inc., an advanced innovator in online fraud prevention, announced today the launch of its ground-breaking password reset technology called “Blue Moon Authentication System,” and that it had hired PatentBridge LLC to commercialize its

The hackers gained entry to Mrs Palin’s Yahoo! email account, which she used for official business as Alaska’s governor. They have disclosed as evidence some personal messages she received since being selected by John McCain as the Republican vice

Hackers merited more attention - Baltimore Sun
The hacking of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ’s e-mail account should have all of us outraged, no matter our political leanings. The fact that an ad for a kitchen furnishings company on the front page of Thursday’s paper was larger than the article about

Hackers infiltrate Palin’s email account - Yahoo News
Hackers broke into the email account of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the John McCain campaign said. The hackers managed to infiltrate Palin’s personal Yahoo email account, and posted a number of the Alaska governor’s emails and

Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions - Guardian Unlimited
Sept 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday. ** Nomura Holdings, Japan’s largest brokerage, will pay up to $525 million to acquire the

Palin Hackers Behind Sick Pranks - Sky.com
The hackers who broke into Sarah Palin’s email account are behind a host of sick pranks - including harassing a dead boy’s parents by pretending to be his ghost. Screen grab: ‘Anonymous’ hackers storms virtual world Habbo The mystery group, who call

McAfee to pay $465 million for Secure Computing - Reuters UK
BOSTON (Reuters) - Computer security company McAfee Inc (MFE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) plans to buy Secure Computing Corp (SCUR.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) for $465 million, adding specialized equipment that keeps hackers from breaking into

Posts: 39 - Daily Herald
Hackers and Identity theft is bad enough but what really concerned me about this article was the tidbit of information about how Ms. Palin used unofficial Yahoo email accounts to talk about the state of Alaska’s business and it was common practice in

Online auction site eBay has hit out at the lack of interest in cybercrime enforcement in countries including Romania, warning that not enough is being done to stop fraudsters targeting auction sites. Along with Romania, China and Russia were also

It’s Infosec time again. Walking the aisles of Europe’s most successful information security trade show, I found myself plagued with a nagging sense of doubt. Why? Scantily clad girls dressed as angels and the sash-climbing acrobats in yellow lycra

Google warns: Malicious ‘drive-by downloads’ on the up - Silicon.com
In April 2007, fewer than 0.4 per cent of searches returned at least one harmful result. However, this had increased to more than 1.3 per cent in January 2008, Google researcher Niels Provos said in a Google blog post. Drive-by downloads are caused

Malicious software overtakes friendly apps - Silicon.com
For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of legitimate software, according to new research. Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day , click here for silicon.com’s alphabetical guide to security

Personal effects: We want your expert opinion - Guardian Unlimited
Don’t spend the money, but do put security software on your PC. Without it, even with the best of intentions and the most careful habits, something might accidentally go wrong and you could then be spending more than 60 to mend it. Go to avast.com

Microsoft to release security secrets to partners - PC Advisor
Microsoft will soon release tools and methods it has used over the last few years to reduce the number of security problems in its software. Microsoft began to take security seriously around 2001. Coding problems in its software opened the door to an