HANOI - COMPUTER crime cost Vietnam US$1.76 billion (S$2.66 billion) last year while many businesses do not even have security systems, state media reported late on Tuesday. The lack of protection against cyber criminals led to almost 60 million

Computer Guardians Trying To Curb Malware Worm - Data Storage Today
Researchers who have been painstakingly disassembling the Conficker code have not been able to determine the location of the author, or authors, or whether the program is being maintained by one person or a group of hackers. The growing suspicion is

China Becoming the World’s Malware Factory - PC World
With China’s economy cooling down, some of the country’s IT professionals are turning to cybercrime, according to a Beijing-based security expert. Speaking at the CanSecWest security conference last week, Wei Zhao, CEO of Knownsec, a Beijing security

Hacker becomes security specialist - Channel 4 News
A teenage hacker in New Zealand who helped a criminal network to infiltrate more than one million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from bank accounts has been hired as a cyber-security consultant. TelstraClear spokesman Chris Mirams

Absolute Launches New Global Customer Center With Enhanced Security - BC Technology
Vancouver, BC, March 24, 2009–(T-Net)–Absolute Software, a leading provider of firmware-based, patented, computer theft recovery, data protection and secure IT asset management solutions announced today that to better support its global expansion

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