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Experts sound scam threat warning
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| Hackers are tricking people with a false warning, saying that the computer is
| infected with a Trojan and getting users to buy a fake anti-virus product.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7907635.stm
Fraud linked to US payment processor breach
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| The breach was significant but affected fewer records than were involved in
| the recent breach of Heartland Payment Systems, another US-based e-commerce
| payment processing firm. Heartland said that hackers planted malware on its
| systems, but didn't say how many records were disclosed as a result.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/payment_processor_breach/
Hacking Jack Straw
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| According to the Telegraph Jack Straw has confirmed that he “started getting
| phone calls from various constituents asking if I was really in Nigeria
| needing 3,000 dollars.”
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/02/25/hacking-jack-straw/
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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