Best Western falls victim to major hack 

Best Western falls victim to major hack

In Risk - By Greg Masters, 26 August 2008 12:16 PM
The Best Western hotel chain has reportedly suffered what is being claimed as the world's largest cybercrime, resulting in the identity theft of eight million customers.
Every prisoner in UK victim of data breach 

Every prisoner in UK victim of data breach

In Risk - By Mark Mayne, 25 August 2008 9:59 AM
The personal information of thousands of criminals in England and Wales has been lost on a USB drive.
NHS falls victim to another data breach 

NHS falls victim to another data breach

In Risk - 2 July 2008 11:37 AM
The NHS has had to admit to losing a laptop containing thousands of patient details.
Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers 

Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers

In Web/client - By Richard Thurston, 5 June 2008 10:03 AM
Metasploit, the hacking tools site which is widely used by white hat hackers, has itself fallen victim to ARP poisoning, which led to the defacement of the site
US school network falls victim to child hacker 

US school network falls victim to child hacker

In Risk - By Richard Thurston, 27 May 2008 2:12 PM
Local authority races to upgrade its system security as the second teenager in five months breaches its network defences, copying 55,000 records
Vietnam a victim of 'e-commerce boycott' 

Vietnam a victim of 'e-commerce boycott'

In Risk - By Simon Burns, 4 September 2007 10:08 AM
Lax internet security has resulted in a virtual boycott of Vietnam by online retailers, local press reports claim.
Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim 

Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 8 August 2007 2:02 PM
End-users have a 25-percent chance of becoming a cybercrime victim, according to Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" survey for 2007.
Windows falls victim to animated cursor attacks 

Windows falls victim to animated cursor attacks

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 30 March 2007 11:32 AM
Corrupted cursor files could deliver malicious payloads.
Connecticut teacher convicted on school porn charge a victim of spyware 

Connecticut teacher convicted on school porn charge a victim of spyware

By Dan Kaplan, 28 February 2007 5:01 PM
The scheduled sentencing Friday for a Connecticut substitute teacher convicted of exposing her middle-school students to pop-up internet pornography has been postponed so the ...
Phishing attack use Google Maps to obtain victim location 

Phishing attack use Google Maps to obtain victim location

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 22 February 2007 12:23 AM
Phishers are using Google Maps in a new social engineering attack for committing identity theft.
Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs  

Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs

By William Eazel, 5 April 2006 9:52 AM
Security experts yesterday warned that a growing number of maliciously coded web pages are downloading spyware programs onto computers without the consent of the sites' visitors.
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