Shares pump-and-dump alleged scammer arrested 

Shares pump-and-dump alleged scammer arrested

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 March 2011 10:28 AM
Beware emails touting stocks that seem too good to be true.
London Stock Exchange investigates outage 

London Stock Exchange investigates outage

In Crypto - By Liam Tung, 1 March 2011 11:09 AM
Real-time data woes sparks trader outrage.
ASX trade halted by technical glitch 

ASX trade halted by technical glitch

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 1 March 2011 11:06 AM
Not affecting trade execution.
Russia and US working together to shut down stock hacker 

Russia and US working together to shut down stock hacker

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 22 March 2010 1:05 PM
Cooperative effort to combat stock manipulators.
Spam magnate sentenced to over four years jail 

Spam magnate sentenced to over four years jail

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 25 November 2009 10:44 AM
Breached spam and fraud laws.
As stock markets fall, rogue anti-virus software rises 

As stock markets fall, rogue anti-virus software rises

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 23 October 2008 10:09 AM
A combination of the consolidating financial services space and fear over the stock market plunge has prompted malware writers to shift their tactics.
Patch Tuesday's potential for stock market manipulation 

Patch Tuesday's potential for stock market manipulation

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 October 2008 11:04 AM
The old stock market mantra -- buy low, sell high -- could prove especially useful if you call your broker on Patch Tuesday.
Hacker gets two years of stock manipulation 

Hacker gets two years of stock manipulation

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 11 September 2008 9:47 AM
A Malaysian hacker has been sentenced to two years in prison by US authorities for breaking into stock trading accounts
Storm Worm spams its bots with stock pop-up 

Storm Worm spams its bots with stock pop-up

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 November 2007 10:09 AM
Some 250,000 computer users, who likely never knew their machines had been seeded with the notorious Storm Worm virus, received confirmation this week when a pop-up stock spam ...
Image spam drops again, but researchers see more PDF stock spam 

Image spam drops again, but researchers see more PDF stock spam

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 10 July 2007 9:35 AM
Levels of image spam dropped again in June, but researchers also saw increased use of PDF spam.
Symantec announces US$2 billion stock buyback 

Symantec announces US$2 billion stock buyback

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 15 June 2007 9:45 AM
Anti-virus giant Symantec has announced it intends to buy back US$2 billion in stock, building on the repurchase of nearly US$7 billion in stock in the past two years.
Indian trio charged with hacking, pump-and-dump stock scam 

Indian trio charged with hacking, pump-and-dump stock scam

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 14 March 2007 7:26 AM
Three Indian men have been arrested on the suspicion of hacking into US brokerage accounts to boost the value of their shares, the US Justice Department (DOJ) said yesterday.
Former McAfee employees sue over stock options 

Former McAfee employees sue over stock options

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 December 2006 9:52 PM
Seven former McAfee employees have sued the security giant after they were unable to cash in their stock options upon leaving the company.
SEC sues two over spammed stock scam 

SEC sues two over spammed stock scam

By Frank Washkuch, 21 August 2006 7:18 PM
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two Connecticut residents and the CEO of a California firm with using a spam email "pump-and-dump" scheme to inflate the ...
Russian stock exchange attacked by virus 

Russian stock exchange attacked by virus

By René Millman, 3 February 2006 2:22 PM
Trading on the Russian Stock Exchange was suspended today following an attack on its computer systems by a virus.
Lock stock and spam scams 

Lock stock and spam scams

By David Quainton, 10 May 2005 4:38 PM
Spammers are turning to the stock market in order to make money.
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