Keeping Yourself Safe
Phishing, identity theft, denial-of-service attacks, viruses, computer worms — the Internet can be a scary place
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LATEST NEWS
- Online Scammers Pounce on Michael Jackson Death
- U.S., Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force
- Blind Phone Hacker Gets 11 Years in Prison
- Western 'Hacktivists' Attack Iranian Government Web Sites
- Britain Hires Ex-Hackers to Beef Up Cybersecurity
- Pro-Iran Hackers Deface Oregon University Web Site
- Sneaky New Web Ads Contain Hidden Viruses
- T-Mobile Customer Database Allegedly Hacked
- Obama Taps Well-Known Hacker as Security Adviser
- Feds Shut Down 'Criminal' Internet Service Provider
- BlackBerry Maker Warns of Weakness Against Hackers
- Report: Computer Virus Knocks Out FBI E-Mail
- Report: Turkish Peace Activists Hack Into Army Servers
- Pentagon Working on Cyberwarfare Tools for GIs
- Computer Virus Strikes U.S. Marshals Service
CELL PHONES, PDAS AND VOIP
- Copy-Protection Body Probing Hack of HD DVD Format
- Alleged VoIP Scam Highlights Looming Security Threat
- Two Men Charged With Hacking Into VoIP Networks
- Skype Calls May Be Impossible to Wiretap
- Self-Destructing Text Messages Debut in Britain
CYBERSTALKING AND CYBERPREDATORS
- MySpace: 90,000 Sex Offenders Purged From Web Site
- How to Keep Kids Safe Online
- Study: Parents, Not Age Screens, Best Protectors of Kids Online
- Harvard Team to Study Child Safety on Internet
- Mob Spam? E-Mail Scam Threatens Recipient With Hit on Life
- Officials: 29,000 Registered Sex Offenders on MySpace
- Study: Online Personal Info Little Threat to Kids
- Ulanoff: Parents Need to Know What Kids Are Doing Online
- U.K. Couple Guilty of Webcam Sex While U.S. Girl Watched
- Study: Rising Number of Kids Exposed to Online Porn
- Bloggers Help Unearth Clues in Missouri Kidnapping Cases
- FBI Investigating 'Hit Man' E-Mail Scheme
- Survey: Fewer Teens Sexually Solicited Over Internet
- MySpace.com Parent Company Launches Internet-Safety Ad Campaign
- MySpace Teen's West Bank Trip Leads to Family Court Charges
E-MAIL, SPAM & '419' SCAMS
- Stolen Sarah Palin E-Mails Were Public Record, Defense Lawyer Says
- Internet Scammers Ride Swine Flu's Coattails
- 'Scareware' Epidemic Bilks Cautious Computer Users
- Supreme Court: Virginia Anti-Spam Law Unconstitutional
- Women 'Romanced' Out of $300K in Internet Dating Hoax
- Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
- FTC Shuts Down 'Male Enhancement' Spam Operation
- 'Spam King' Shoots Wife, Daughter in Apparent Murder-Suicide
- Jailed 'Spam King' Walks Away From Colorado Prison
- Scambaiters Turn Tables on Nigerian E-Mail Scam Artists
- India Fears BlackBerrys Are Threat to National Security
- Wanted: Multilingual Hackers to Help Write Spam
- Spam King Among 11 Named in Stock-Scam Indictment
- Ron Paul Supporters May Be Using 'Botnets'
- FTC Warns of Fake FTC E-Mail Virus
ENCRYPTION
- For Your Eyes Only: Third-Party Security Keeps BlackBerrys Private
- British Computer Store Discovers Confidential Government Disc Hidden in Laptop
- Hackers Decrypt Computer by Freezing Memory Chips
- Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data
- Security Software Tracks Down Stolen PCs
- Sexy Stripper Scam Makes Viewers Crack Codes
- Laptops to Ship With Automatic-Encryption Hard Drives
- Copy-Protection Body Probing Hack of HD DVD Format
- Encrypted Binaries Found in Apple's Mac OS X
- Experts: Lax Corporate, Government Laptop Security Due to Laziness
- IBM Unveils Encryption Module for CPUs
- Computer Virus Demands Ransom for Encrypted Files
- New Security Features Added to Electronic Passports
- County Law Would Mandate Wireless Security
HACKS & DOS ATTACKS
- Blind Phone Hacker Gets 11 Years in Prison
- Western 'Hacktivists' Attack Iranian Government Web Sites
- Britain Hires Ex-Hackers to Beef Up Cybersecurity
- Pro-Iran Hackers Deface Oregon University Web Site
- T-Mobile Customer Database Allegedly Hacked
- Obama Taps Well-Known Hacker as Security Adviser
- Report: Computer Virus Knocks Out FBI E-Mail
- Report: Turkish Peace Activists Hack Into Army Servers
- Pentagon Working on Cyberwarfare Tools for GIs
- Virginia: Extent of Hacker Drug-Data Breach Not Known
- New Jersey Man Admits Scientology Web Hack
- General: Cyberattack on U.S. Might Lead to Military Strike
- Hackers Get Into U.C. Berkeley Health-Records Database
- Hack or Hoax? Data Thief Demands $10 Million Ransom
- Swedish Hacker Indicted in Cisco, NASA Attacks
PHISHING, FRAUD & IDENTITY THEFT
- Online Scammers Pounce on Michael Jackson Death
- U.S., Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force
- Feds Shut Down 'Criminal' Internet Service Provider
- Hackers Snag Passwords From Gullible Facebook Users
- Hacked ATMs Steal $500G From Bank Customers
- Hackers Can Sell Your Identity for Pennies
- NYPD Civilian Worker Busted in Mass Cop-ID Theft
- FTC: Identity Theft Top Consumer Complaint in 2008
- 'ViddyHo' Virus Spreads Through Google Chat
- 'Stimulus Plan' E-Mail Scam Makes Rounds
- Cyberscams On the Uptick in Economic Downturn
- Hackers Get Details of 4.5 Million Monster.com Members
- Data Breach May Have Exposed 100 Million Credit Cards
- Fake CNN E-Mail Lures PC Users Into Virus Trap
- Hacker Sticks Company With $43,000 Phone Bill
PRIVACY
- Google Tracks Readers' Interests to Make Advertising Personal
- Britain Lets Police Hack PCs Without Warrants
- Web Site Lets Kids Report Cyberbullying
- Microsoft, Google Demand Privacy Legislation
- Google Ordered to Hand Over All YouTube User Data
- Ruling Likely to Change Corporate Cell-Phone Policies
- Survey: One in 3 Information Tech Professionals Snoops on Other Employees
- Swedish Government Gets Massive Eavesdropping Powers
- Court Restricts Bosses' Ability to Read Employee E-Mail
- EU Panel: Kill Search-Engine Results After Six Months
- Microsoft Shatters $900 Million Global Software Piracy Ring
- Microchips Everywhere Could Mean Total Loss of Privacy
- How Microsoft Could Monitor You in the Office
- Microsoft System May Monitor Workers' Brains, Bodies
- Consumer Groups Want 'Do Not Track' List of Web Surfers
SPYWARE
- Five Serious Cases of Cyberespionage
- FBI Uses Computer Viruses to Spy on Suspects
- U.S. Army Says Blogging Site 'Twitter' Could Become Terrorist Tool
- Remote-Access Login Nabs N.Y. Laptop Thief
- Top Web-Ratings Company Loses Security Certification
- Connecticut Teacher Gets New Trial on Web-Porn Charges
- Google Study: Ten Percent of Web Pages Carry Malicious Code
- How to Make Your PC Secure, for Little or No Money
- Tech Experts Question Schoolteacher's Computer-Porn Conviction
- Sony BMG Settles With FTC Over CD 'Rootkits'
- Yahoo Slapped With Spyware-Syndication Fraud Suit
- Spitzer Sues Another Pop-Up Advertiser Over Spyware
- Hackers Use BBC News as Keylogger Trojan Lure
- Do-It-Yourself Spyware Kit Sells For $20 on Web
- Adware Pioneer Claria Getting Out of Business
SYSTEM & APPLICATION HOLES
- BlackBerry Maker Warns of Weakness Against Hackers
- FAA's Air-Traffic Networks Breached by Hackers
- Report: N. Korea Attempting to Hack U.S. Networks
- Experts: Cybersecurity Czar Needs to Be White House-Based
- Twitter Hacked Yet Again
- Report: U.S. Cyberwar Strategy a Disastrous Mess
- New Military Command Planned to Improve U.S. Cybersecurity
- Obama Names National Chief Technology Officer
- Federal Cybersecurity Chief Quits, Blasts National Security Agency
- Facebook Users at Risk as Hackers Target Site
- Cell Phones a Much Bigger Privacy Risk Than Facebook
- Corporate Cybersecurity Nightmare: The Internal Hacker
- Obama Taps Cybersecurity Czar, Orders Status Review
- Obama's, Britney Spears' Twitter Accounts Hacked
- MIT Subway Hackers to Beef Up Transit Security
VIRUSES, WORMS & TROJAN HORSES
- Sneaky New Web Ads Contain Hidden Viruses
- Computer Virus Strikes U.S. Marshals Service
- Security Researchers Hijack Cybercrime Network
- Tech Q and A: Does Your Mac Have the Conficker Virus?
- Conficker Worm Finally Begins Attacking PCs
- Computer Virus 'Time Bomb' Could Go Off April 1
- Microsoft Posts $250,000 Reward for PC Hackers
- British Government Web Sites Full of Child Porn
- Virus Wrecks City of Houston's Computer System
- Beware Facebook 'Friends' Who Trash Your Laptop
- Experts: New PC Virus No Reason to Panic
- Mysterious New Computer Virus May Be 'Sleeper' Agent
- 'Koobface' Virus Speading Through Facebook
- Connecticut Teacher Cleared of Exposing Kids to Porn
- Fake YouTube Pages Carry Dangerous Viruses
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