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Heading to the Internet is a great way to get a great deal on just about anything. However, it can also be a way for scammers to take advantage of you. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center says scammers are catching shoppers in their web of deception with fraudulent vehicle sales and false vehicle protection claims. Most people use Facebook just to catch up with old friends. But one man decided to use the social media site as a way to steal thousands of dollars. A judge sentenced Iain Wood to 15 months in jail for stealing $57,000 from various people on Facebook. Wood allegedly spent up to 18 hours a day online scrutinizing profiles. Apple Incorporated is in yet another battle. This time HTC Corporation filed a trade complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking to block imports of Apple’s iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. HTC is Asia’s second largest maker of smartphones and filed the complaint in Washington today.
The hacking group Anonymous apparently hoped to stop the BART Transit System in its tracks. According to a statement and Twitter messages, the group claimed responsibility for the Sunday online attack of the San Francisco transit system. The system apparently went down from noon to six pm yesterday. Members of Anonymous say the attack was for the system’s decision to cut off cellphone signals at certain subway stations because of planned protests last week. Law officers are on the lookout for a cyber attack. The hacking group, Anonymous sent a letter to the Fullerton Police Department letting them know the group planned to avenge the death of a 37-year old homeless man. Anonymous reportedly said in the letter saying that the group plans to show the police department’s information technology the same mercy that was show to Kelly Thomas. As college students head back to school, they might be surprised to know that they could be easy targets. According to one identity theft attorney report, college students are at higher risk for identity theft.
The crackdown continues as British police arrests those accused of using social media sties to start riots. Police say they arrested and charged three men for allegedly posting notices on social sites to stir up trouble. A woman who took advantage of a computer glitch will spend nine years behind bars. A Pittsburgh U.S. District judge handed down the sentence to 46- year old Jamie Harris on Thursday. She is one of four people charged in the scheme that stole more than a million dollars from the city’s only minority owned bank. Regulators closed the bank as insolvent two years ago. A massive data breach has left thousands of social security numbers exposed for anyone to see. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently posted on its website that back in June, they found malware on one of its servers. That server had the names of staff and students. It also had the Social Security Numbers and other files with personal data of about 75, thousand past and present students and staff members. The university did say that the server did not contain any financial information. Also tune in for the job of the day!
It seems that those in the financial industry are not optimistic about cyber crime and their abilities to stop it. In a poll of 100 banking executives from 50 US financial institutions attending a Fundtech client conference, 66% expressed fears that cyber-crime was uncontrollable. A similar majority see fraud monitoring as their biggest challenge, with 84% believing that better detection tools are the keys to addressing high levels of online crime. Do you have a password for your cell phone? If you don’t, you’re not alone. In fact, you are like most people. A report done by Sophos says that 67 percent of consumers don't have password protection on their mobile phones. In addition to patrolling the streets, New York Police will also be patrolling social media, looking for trouble. The department is responding to the criminals' growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal exploits. Law enforcement has linked social media to increasing incidents of flash robs in the U.S. and the recent looting and rioting in London. Public safety agencies are consequently looking to step up their game in order to better protect citizens against these trends.
Law officers think technology may have played a key role in the rioting going on in England. Research in Motion's Inside BlackBerry Blog was hacked Tuesday after the Canadian smartphone maker suggested it would cooperate with London police to help identify rioters who may have used a BlackBerry messaging service to plan mayhem. The hacking group Anonymous is giving Facebook fair warning to prepare to be hacked. Members of the group say they plan to attack Facebook on November 5th in retaliation for alleged collusion by the social network with government agencies and security firms to allow them to spy on Facebook users. You can do just about anything on the Internet but search and email still remains the most popular online activities. The Pew Internet & American Life Project said on Tuesday that it found 92 percent of online adults use search engines to find information on the Web, and 92 percent of online users also use email.
The world of government and hacking could soon collide. The U.S. just launched a program called Cyber Fast Track. It will fund what the government calls quick and dirty security research projects. The program launched at this year’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas and will accept proposals for research projects lasting up to 12 months offering new benefits for the US defense and military agencies. The Philippines is turning to the Internet to help catch child predators. The country’s primary investigative agency—Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)—has launched a website where people can report internet-related crimes involving children. The website, called “Angel Net,” will serve as an online complaint center on incidents of identity theft, and other cybercrimes involving children. You can add Paul McCartney to the many people allegedly hacked by reporters from the now defunct News of the World Newspaper. The former Beatle addressed reporters and confirmed that he has been drawn into the UK hacking scandal.
The list of hacked businesses just keeps getting longer and longer. The Travelodge hotel chain in the UK confirmed that its email marketing database was breached earlier this year resulting in spam being sent to a number of its customers.??The company launched an investigation back in June after multiple customers reported receiving job spam on addresses they registered with the hotel chain. Some stores want to give you the look and feel of an Apple store and that’s a big problem for the company. A federal judge recently sided with the technology super power and granted a request for a preliminary injunction and issued a temporary restraining order against several retailers for infringing Apple's trademark, according to court documents. Microsoft announced it will ship 13 security updates this week to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Visio and Visual Studio. Tuesday's patch lineup is larger than July's on the update count, but matches that month's vulnerability total. That's unusual, since the company usually delivers a heavier load in even-numbered months.
It appears that hackers proved the makers of Google’s Chrome OS wrong. Security was one of the biggest selling points, saying it had better built in security than other operating systems. However, hackers were able to get into the system. It’s a war of words for cyber security companies and it appears that the winner depends on whom you believe. On Tuesday, antivirus vendor McAfee described a five year hacker operation that infiltrated more than 70 U.S. and foreign government agencies, defense contractors and international organizations to plant malware that in some cases hid on networks for years. A California man turned himself in and faces some serious charges after using Facebook to target his victims. Last month, a San Jose, California, grand jury indicted Sanford Wallace on three counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and two counts of criminal contempt, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California. Wallace allegedly compromised approximately 500,000 Facebook accounts during three separate attacks on the social-networking company between November 2008 and March 2009. Also tune in for the job of the day.
Even medical equipment may not be safe from hackers according to some researchers. One researcher found flaws in medical equipment, which diabetics use to monitor blood sugar levels. He believes that an attacker could remotely control insulin pumps and the readouts from blood sugar monitors. Because of that, diabetics could get too much or too little insulin to regulate their metabolism. It seems that hackers are stealing millions of dollars with just a few clicks of a mouse. In increments of a few thousand dollars to a few million per theft, cyber crooks are stealing as much as $1 billion a year from small and mid-sized bank accounts in the U.S. and Europe like Experi-Metal, according to cyber experts. And account holders are the big losers. Well I guess some hackers weren’t too sweet on Hershey’s. Recently, hackers attacked the website of the chocolate manufacturer. And what exactly did they do with the hack? They changed a recipe on the website. Also, tune in for the job of the day!
Cyber crime may be more organized that some first thought. Security company McAfee says it’s found evidence of a cyber criminal campaign that has compromised 72 organizations since 2006, including the United Nations and several military defense contractors. More than 50 members of a ring who engaged in what authorities describe as "horrific" and "unspeakable" crimes have been arrested for exploiting children from 12 years old to as young as infants. In an effort to stop cyber crime in its tracks, St. Charles County in MO received a big boost from the federal government. The county received money to cover the salaries of three officers to the county’s Cyber Crime Unit.
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