Tag Archives: Cyber Crime
PayPal New Phishing Scam
The email comes in the form as a “new message” from PayPal and claims that an error has been detected in the recipient’s PayPal account and he or she must submit an attached form verifying his or her details or risk having the account suspended. The email is not from PayPal. The claim that there [...]
Full StoryThe Business of Hacking You
McAfee H*Commerce is a new series airing on WNBC and other networks. The purpose of H*Commerce is to get you involved in the fight to stop it, and to provide solutions on how to protect yourself, your family and business from this ongoing cyber-crime and scam epidemic. You may think this will never happen to [...]
Full StoryCyber Safety for Young People
The internet, e-mail and text messaging are now part of everyday life for most teenagers. They are great ways to find out information and contact your friends and family, but you should make sure that you use it safely. Social networking sites like Bebo, Facebook and My Space are very popular, but you have to [...]
Full StoryMafia Takes Millions in Cyber Crimes
In 2008, cyber-crime was at an all time high with hundreds of millions of dollars stolen. According to security experts, a string of data breaches orchestrated principally by a handful of organized cyber-crime gangs translated into the loss of hundreds of millions of consumer records last year, security experts say. The size and scope of [...]
Full StoryScammer Gets 19 in Slammer
A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her. Lawal Adekunle Nurudeen met his victim on the Internet in 2007 and convinced her that he [...]
Full StoryHacker Gets 4 Years in Prison
I would like to see him hack his way out of jail now that would be the ultimate hack! There are so many cyber-crimes that are committed each day. It’s almost impossible to catch everyone. We need to be smarter by protecting our personal data and use passwords that are strong. A Los Angeles computer [...]
Full StoryMySpace Turns Over Registered Sex Offenders
MySpace provided two state attorneys general the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders it had banned from its site in response to a subpoena. The figure is 40,000 more than the amount previously acknowledged by MySpace, according to Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who along with Attorney General Roy Cooper of North Carolina are [...]
Full StoryThe Mafia and the Internet
There hasn’t been much news about the Mafia, but that doesn’t mean they no longer exist. In fact, the Mafia is now focused on internet crimes which lead to lucrative payoffs. The FBI has reported that online crime is at an all time high. So why are we hearing so little about it? Cyber crime [...]
Full StoryHow Safe is Your Web Site?
Your site may have been already targeted by hackers who are using automated tools to find most common vulnerabilities. If they find one, they will inject harmful code that will attack your loyal visitors and guests. To help keep your site safe, start with some quick, free scans that ferret out the most obvious problems. [...]
Full StoryInternet Underground – Organized and Rich
Did you know that you can buy a keystroke logger for $23 or pay $10 to have someone host your phishing scam? Having a botnet at your fingertips will cost you $225, and a tool that exploits vulnerability on a banking site averages $740 and runs as high as $3,000. That’s according to the Symantec [...]
Full StoryCyber Bully Mom on Trial
This high profile case is starting to sound more like revenge. There are stories brewing that indicate Lori Drew’s daughter was being bullied by Megan Meier. If this is true, than one could believe that this may not only be Lori Drew’s doing, but also here daughters. Lori Drew is accused of preying on the [...]
Full StorySpam Gang Shut Down
The closure of a web hosting firm that is believed to have had spam gangs as clients has led to a drastic reduction in junk mail. Two US internet service providers have pulled the plug on the firm McColo following an investigation by the Washington Post newspaper. Anti-spam firm Ironport has seen junk mail levels [...]
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