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Cupcake baker warns businesses of costly online scam!
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.
“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …
Lockheed to run US cyber crime lab
Lockheed Martin has announced it has won a contract worth up to US$454 million (NZ$566 million) to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on US government networks.
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Lockheed Martin To Assist Department Of Defense In Fight Against Growing Threat: Cyber Crime
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Already one of the U.S. Department of Defense's most-experienced providers of solutions for defeating military threats, Lockheed Martin (LMT) will now …
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Hackers target Serious Organised Crime Agency website
The attack hit the Serious Organised Crime Agency's site with a flood of visits and had similarities to previous cyber assaults by the 'hacktivist' group Anonymous.
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CSC and Ping Identity Team to Deliver Cloud Single Sign-On and Federated Identity Management
CSC today announced that it is forming a technology association with Ping Identity to jointly offer cloud single sign-on and federated identity management solutions and services to both the public and private sectors worldwide.
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Serious Organised Crime Agency website hit by cyber attack
The UK’s national crime fighting agency has fallen victim to a cyber attack by computer hackers.
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India is fifth most cyber-crime affected country: rpt
BANGALORE, INDIA: India stands fifth in the world wide ranking of countries affected by cyber-crime and much of the vulnerability in India is the result of widespread computer illiteracy and pirated machines, according to new report, 'Cyber-security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules' released by McAfee and the Security and Defence Agenda (SDA).
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Soca website shut down by cyber attack
The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website has been forced offline by a cyber attack for the second time in less than a year.
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UK crime agency site taken down
The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency is taken offline following a cyber-attack.
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Cyber crime-fighters: A model for international cooperation?
Current international collaboration against online criminals could offer a template for broader cooperation on cybersecurity, although law enforcement has challenges of its own.
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State Police investigating cyber thefts at Ruby's Diner in Concord
It’s billed as a 1940s family restaurant, but Ruby’s Diner has become steeped in some international identity-theft intrigue that’s anything but old-fashioned.
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Two-day summit to debate cyber security
To address the newly emerging trends in cyber crime and find solutions, representatives of the government, law enforcement agencies, legal fraternity, corporate sector, banking sector, academia and…
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State legislature passes cyber crime bills
State lawmakers passed three bills to curb the growing cyber crime trend in Hawaii, according to announcement released Tuesday by the House Republican Caucus. Under these bills, law enforcement and prosecutors will have increased ability to charge cyber criminals with new or increased penalties. HB 1777 authorizes District and Circuit Court judges in Hawaii to order the production of records …
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Top 10 US Cities for Online Fraud Origination
New York Tops ThreatMetrix List of US Cities for Online Fraud Origination
Study of Nearly a Billion E-Commerce Transactions Shows NYC to be the Leading City From Which Fraud Originates; Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Omaha Round Out the Top Five
San Jose, CA – April 17, 2012 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced the findings of a new study around …
Independent Research Report Names CSC as a “Leader” in Providing Managed Security Services
CSC today announced that Forrester Research Inc. has placed the company in its strongest category — “Leader” — in the March 26, 2012, report, “The Forrester WaveTM: Man
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12.11.4 Microsoft Windows “DirectWrite” API Denial of Service
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2012-0156
Platform: Windows
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12.11.18 Splunk Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting
CVEs: CVE: Not Available
Platform: Web Application – Cross Site Scripting
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Using Throw-away E-mail Addresses
I’ve been using an online service for the past few weeks that allows me to generate an e-mail address on the fly. It’s called GishPuppy.
Let’s say you’re registering for a site or making a purchase and you really don’t want to get stuck on another e-mail list. Just right-click and “Gish It!” to create a […]
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Maharashtra, Karnataka topped cyber crime list
Across the country, a total 966 cases of cyber crime reported under Information Technology Act, 2000 in 2010, said Kapil Sibal.
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12.11.16 Apple Safari International Domain Name URI Spoofing
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2012-0584
Platform: Cross Platform
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Need to scale up capacity to fight cyber crime: Chidambaram
Law enforcement agencies need to quickly scale up capacity to fight cyber crime as dimensions of security problem increase manifold in the online space, Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.
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Staysafe.org Website
Staysafe.org is a website about online safety for kids and teens. It is supported by a large group of collaborators, including Microsoft, SafeKids.com, iSafe, Net Family News and others. The site also provides resources about online safety for parents and teachers.
Staysafe.org for Kids has online games, a virtual community and interactive activities, which are age-appropriate for elementary students. The site provides online safety guidance through …
Controversial CISPA bill on its way to the Senate
It may not have made as much noise as Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), but you may have heard about the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) bill recently, especially since it just went through the U.S. House of Representatives. After … Continue reading →
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Cyber crime on the rise in Seattle
SEATTLE — Franky Toro, a 10-year-old who wants to be a star, seeks out celebrities on the computer.
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As U.S. government officials weigh the balance between individual privacy and a true public/private partnership against cybercrime, a Pittsburgh nonprofit dedicated to the fight again cyber-crooks has added a new member from the United Kingdom.
The National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance, a South Oakland-based nonprofit that uses public and private sector experts to help address cyber-crimes, announced Thursday that it has added the U.K.’s …
World's five top cyber threats
26 April 2012
Last updated at 00:00
By Katia Moskvitch
Technology reporter, BBC News
Cyber criminals are not stopping at infecting just a few computers – the threat …
