News tagged with bank accounts

Hacker 'command' servers seized in US: Microsoft (Update)

Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime "command" servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers used as virtual henchmen.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Battling Botnets With An Awesome OS

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite security software, patches and updates, your computer remains threatened by attack and takeover from hackers and cyber-criminals who will turn your PC into their networked robot -- or "bot" -- creating ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Megaupload's Kim Dotcom denied bail in New Zealand

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom will stay behind bars awaiting possible extradition to the United States after a New Zealand judge Wednesday said the Internet millionaire poses a serious flight risk.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US authorities hit Megaupload with more charges

The US authorities have filed additional copyright infringement and fraud charges against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and other employees of the file-sharing site shut down last month.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Megaupload's Kim Dotcom granted bail in N.Zealand

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom was freed on bail in a surprise move, after a New Zealand judge dismissed fears the internet tycoon would flee the country to escape US online piracy charges.

Technology / Business

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Megaupload boss to appeal for bail in New Zealand

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom will appeal Friday against a ruling that kept him behind bars in New Zealand while US officials seek his extradition for alleged copyright piracy, his lawyers said.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

11 charged in US crackdown on online poker

Eleven people have been charged with bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling and other offenses in a crackdown on the three largest online poker companies operating in the United States.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

American Express makes digital wallets

American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Transaction declined? Texting would OK overdrafts

(AP) -- If you're willing to pay a $35 fee to overdraw your checking account, just text your approval to the bank.

Technology / Telecom

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! awarded $610 million in spammer case

Yahoo! on Wednesday said that a judge ordered spammers to pay $610 million for running a larcenous lottery scheme using the Internet pioneer's name.

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Banking on mobile money

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India slowly gets to grips with ecommerce

Vipul Modi is a busy high court lawyer in India's financial capital Mumbai. Like many people, he uses the Internet to buy rail and airline tickets as well as pay his utility bills.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beware online knights in shining armor, US Army warns

Online scammers are posing as US serviceman posted overseas and promising love and marriage to cheat women out of thousands of dollars, the US Army's Criminal Investigation Command has warned.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Dozens charged in NY in global computer virus scam

(AP) -- Hackers in eastern Europe who used computer viruses to steal usernames and passwords teamed up with foreign students who opened bank accounts in the U.S. to snatch at least $3 million from American bank accounts, ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Go ahead, tell me what to buy: Happy consumers like it (most of the time?)

Consumers apparently don't mind taking orders, when it comes to slogans for pleasurable products or services, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But banks and insurance agencies should mind their ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1