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A few pennies for your thoughts -- and credit card

Technology / Internet

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.





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Social-networking website LiveJournal continues to be pounded by a cyber attack

Cyber attacks continue at Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal said Monday they were continuing to fend off cyber attacks that last week derailed the popular Internet services.


Customers browse the Internet in a cybercafe in Abidjan on August 11, 2009

Cyber crooks riding social-networking wave: report

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A hacking incident report released Monday warns there has been a steep rise in attacks at social-networking hotspots including wildly popular microblogging service Twitter.


Briefs: ICANN Internet conference opens in N.Z.

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created Mar 27, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The details of running the World Wide Web as well as the Internet's future will be on the table this week when ICANN holds its annual meeting in New Zealand.


South Korea plans to train 3,000 "cyber sheriffs" by next year to protect businesses after a spate of online attacks

SKorea to train 3,000 'cyber sheriffs': report

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created Sep 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea plans to train 3,000 "cyber sheriffs" by next year to protect businesses after a spate of attacks on state and private websites, a report said Sunday.


The US and Russia cannot agree how to counter the threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on the Internet

US, Russia in dispute over computer attacks: report

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created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems ...


Cyber criminals cloak their tracks

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created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The 2007 X-Force Security report from IBM finds a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. According to IBM, by attacking the browsers of computer users, cyber criminals are ...


Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.


White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack (AP)

White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the ...


Report: DDoS attacks big Net threat

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created Oct 12, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new report warns that Internet service providers are facing an unrelenting barrage of distributed denial of service attacks aimed at crashing the network.


Commtouch records four major Jan. viruses

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created Feb 15, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Commtouch Software reported Wednesday that January saw four major virus attacks sweep through the Internet.



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