SHAH ALAM: Mimos has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ruhr-University Bochum of Germany to conduct joint research into ways to reduce phishing, pharming, viruses, hacking and other types of cybercrime. Mimos Information Security Cluster head

Yesterday’s announcement of an unprecedented identity theft bust exposed just how difficult it is to protect commerce in the digital age. The Justice Department charged 11 people with stealing more than 40 million credit card and debit card numbers
Springfield woman gets 11 years for identity theft - Statesman JournalEUGENE […]

Apple’s iPhone blacklist appears to fall short of fears that it led directly back to a big red button on Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ desk. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber took a deep breath Thursday while Internet users frantically searched for their copies
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A $6,000-a-month informant for the Secret Service with only a high school degree simultaneously masterminded the largest computer hack and identity theft in U.S. history while ratting out some of his accomplices and tipping off others, according to
Data theft shows wardriving easy - Detroit Free PressOfficials may have busted members of a […]

SAN FRANCISCO - The Black Hat computer security conference, which every year draws thousands of hackers, government investigators and corporate executives, is slated to kick off Wednesday in Las Vegas. Many of this year’s talks revolve around

WASHINGTON - Hewlett-Packard Co. spent $450,000 in the second quarter to lobby on trade and currency issues, patent and immigration reform, and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, which makes
Gary McKinnon, British computer hacker, loses appeal over US - Times OnlineGary McKinnon […]

SEATTLE Shares of Israel-based computer security company Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. plunged Wednesday after the company said it will buy Secure Computing Corp.’s SafeWord product line for $65 million in cash. Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Homeland Security: We can seize laptops for an indefinite period - CNET NewsThe U.S. Department of […]