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SEATTLE, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- An unprecedented coalition of government, industry and non-profit organizations today unveiled the first-ever unified public awareness message to help all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online. The message - Stop. Think. Connect.(TM)- was revealed at the kickoff of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, held every October, and will appear throughout the world. Starting today, the new message will reach millions across the globe through a...
US federal prosecutors charged more than 60 people in an eastern European-based cybercrime ring for using computer viruses to infiltrate US bank accounts and steal more than $3 million, authorities said Thursday. Federal prosecutors in New York said the defendants were "involved in a global cybercrime scheme that used the Zeus Trojan" and other viruses to snatch millions from American bank accounts. The suspects were charged with crimes including everything from bank fraud to identity theft...
On Friday, 300 of the world's top law enforcement officials concluded the first ever international police anti-cybercrime conference in Hong Kong. The security general of the international police agency Interpol, Robert K. Noble, told the law enforcement officials from 56 countries that terrorists could inflict a significant blow with a cyberattack on a nation's infrastructure. "Just imagine the dramatic consequences of an attack, let's say, on a country's electricity grid or banking system,"...
More than one-in-four Internet users have given a fake name while online, and more than 20 percent have done something they regret while surfing the Web, according to a groundbreaking study released Wednesday by Internet security firm Symantec.The study, entitled "Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact", reveals the widespread problem of global cybercrime, including identity theft, viruses, hacking, online harassment, cyberscams, phishing and sexual predation. It also...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millions of children are online everyday. Do you think they are aware of the dangers that exist? Do you even know the evil residing online looking to connect with children? The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and administrators for the FBI-SOS initiative do. Online child pornography/child sexual exploitation investigations accounted for 39 percent of all investigations worked under the FBI's Cyber Division. Designed to...
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than 6 percent of respondents polled during a recent Deloitte webcast about cyber crime prevention were "highly confident" that private enterprises have sufficient controls in place to minimize the occurrence of cyber crime. In fact, almost 40 percent of respondents are "not confident" in controls implemented by private enterprises. Results from the webcast showed a fairly even split among respondents regarding whether or not their organization was...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The next time you surf the Internet, consider this: You might be just one click away from becoming the next cybercrime victim. A new study released today from security software maker Norton reveals the staggering prevalence of cybercrime: Two-thirds (65 percent) of Internet users globally, and almost three-quarters (73 percent) of U.S. Web surfers have fallen victim to cybercrimes, including computer viruses, online credit card fraud and...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents should be more involved in their children's online activities and know what to do if their child is being bullied in cyberspace or engaging in sexting, according to one expert. Cyberbullying and sexting have become major problems facing school-age children, their parents as well as school personnel, according to Bridget Roberts-Pittman, Indiana State University assistant professor of counseling. "With the increase in...
US cyber security firm M86 Security warned on Wednesday that hackers using a sophisticated "Zeus" virus were pilfering cash from online accounts at a British financial institution. Cyber criminals have siphoned more than a million dollars since early July and "the attack is still progressing," the security firm said in an online warning. The software slipped onto machines secretly, most likely at websites set up with booby-traps, and is designed to hack online banking sessions, according to...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Safe Communications, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SGTB) (a.k.a. The Suggestion Box, Inc.) today launched www.MouseMail.com, its patent pending, safe digital environment for children, protecting them from vulgar, sexual or bullying emails or text messages. If any incoming or outgoing emails or text messages have questionable content, they are automatically forwarded to the parent to clear before going to the child or stopped from going through....
