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UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus
(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping -- with words
(AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating ...
Oct 10, 2009 |
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Ticketmaster finds another way to cut out scalpers
(AP) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has developed a new way to resell tickets that shuts out the brokers and scalpers it has long scorned, and instead keeps the profits for itself, musicians and venue ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Cyber criminals targeting small businesses
(AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Hacker pleads guilty to huge theft of card numbers
(AP) -- A computer hacker could spend more than 15 years in prison now that he has pleaded guilty to some of the largest thefts of credit card numbers.
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Alleged hacker in massive credit card scam honed skills at early age
Years before his arrest in the nation's largest credit card heist, Albert Gonzalez launched a bold plan from a computer in his high school library: hack into the government network of India.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Accused credit card hacker lived large in Miami
(AP) -- Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Radisson computers accessed without permission
(AP) -- Radisson Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday its computer systems have been accessed without authorization, affecting an unknown number of people.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Indictment of card hacker unlikely to end thefts
(AP) -- This week's indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn't necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures
A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Cyber-criminals targeting social networks: experts
Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Mom and dad as financial advisors
Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking at the social forces that shape the attitudes and behaviors of today's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Cuts to rewards plans unlikely to hurt credit card use, study shows
What would happen if credit card holders no longer received rewards? Not much - but it could cut consumer credit card debt, says a new study on the impact of rewards programs on credit and debit card use.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2009 |
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