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Romanian police and FBI break up 70-strong eBay fraud ring

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 April 2010 11:21 AM

String of raids over past week.

Survey finds that hackers ramp up efforts for Christmas

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 26 August 2009 11:13 AM

Hackers are more active over the Christmas holidays and take a break at the weekend.

Hacker hired by News Corp. testifies in corporate spying trial

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 28 April 2008 10:51 AM

A software engineer testified that he was hired by a unit of News Corp. to develop software that could reverse engineer code on satellite receiver smart cards, but denies hacking.

Georgia Tech researchers break down botnets

In Web/client - By Jack Rogers, 18 December 2007 9:33 AM

Warning that botnets are a "dynamic, evolving threat," researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have proposed the classification of botnet structures to provide an ...

Enterprises beware: IM attacks break record, again

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 31 October 2006 6:07 PM

The prevalence of instant messenger (IM) attacks has reached record numbers for the second consecutive month, an IM security firm announced this week.

Hackers break into Energy Department's nuclear weapons wing

By Frank Washkuch, 13 June 2006 9:49 PM

A hacker obtained data belonging to the federal Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons agency last year, stealing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 department ...