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Organized crime tampers with European card swipe devices

Customer data beamed overseas

10 Oct 21:21

Romanian national cops to $700,000 phishing trip

Who's your underworld Popa?

9 Oct 18:47

US teen cuffed for sending nude phone pics

...of herself

8 Oct 23:39

Fraud victims urged to use DPA to rebuild credit ratings

You've got me all wrong

7 Oct 12:20

Lords to attack UK.gov failings on internet security

Fraud reporting recommendations ignored

7 Oct 10:27

BSA flashes gums at 'online software scams'

Keeps teeth in jar by bed

6 Oct 12:13

McCain laptop theft sparks conspiracy theories

Political shenanigans

6 Oct 11:16

T-Mobile joins data breach elite

17 million customer records go missing

6 Oct 08:15

Brit, German indicted for stateside satellite TV attacks

Can't beat 'em? DoS 'em

3 Oct 19:14

Defrauded punter says 'catflaps' to PayPal marketing stunt

Unwelcome doormat gimmick slips up

3 Oct 06:02

Remote access tech nabs smut-fan laptop theft suspect

Busted while gawking at norks

2 Oct 10:55

Hackers penetrate South Korean missile manufacturer

Blueprints stolen (possibly)

1 Oct 23:41

Ransomware author tracked down, but not nicked

Is Russia soft on cybercrime?

1 Oct 15:38

UK banking fraud losses rise to £301.7m

More financial jollity

1 Oct 11:32

UK cybercrime overhaul finally comes into effect

DDoS doubly illegal from 1 October

30 Sep 10:41

MoD prays RAF disk thieves aren't data savvy

50,000 RAF IDs on unencrypted disks

29 Sep 14:23

Brits happy to hand over password details for £5 gift voucher

Jail for data breach directors, M&S cake for us

26 Sep 10:47

Net sleuths spot poker site cheat code

UltimateBet.com bares hole card

24 Sep 18:59

Grand jury fails to level charges in Palin hack case

Investigation continues

24 Sep 11:23

Passport snooping public servant faces year in the can

'Idle curiosity' spurs celeb data breach

23 Sep 19:07

Grey hat hair hacker suspect charged in Maserati extortion case

Script oldie

23 Sep 14:48

Second TJX hack suspect cops a plea

Nine still pleading not guilty

23 Sep 10:55

(Former) gambling site worker cops to ID theft

Did you BetOnSports.com?

23 Sep 00:00

FoxNews commentator Bill O'Reilly's website hacked

200 loyal followers Wikileaked

20 Sep 01:44

Securing the world against terrorists, scammers, and thugs

A day in the life of a cyber gumshoe

17 Sep 21:09

US retailer Forever 21 hit by payment card breach

Almost 99,000 cards affected

17 Sep 00:28

SQL injection taints BusinessWeek.com

Hacked pages target MBAs

16 Sep 00:04

Ad hoc malware police besiege net neutrality

Analysis When does crime fighting become censorship?

15 Sep 16:44

TJX hacker breaks ranks with guilty plea

Witness for the prosecution

15 Sep 12:04

Massive ATM fraud triggers Gulf banking jitters

Cash machine chaos

12 Sep 20:44

Arizona pulls death certs from website over ID theft fears

Potential 'grave robbing' scam thwarted

11 Sep 10:17

Ex-Verizon techie cuffed for 5,000 'chat' line calls

Tapped 942 customer phones, prosecutors claim

11 Sep 10:07

United 'bankruptcy' points to new stock scam techniques

Why use spam to pump and dump when a botnet will do?

10 Sep 19:20

Pump and dump scam hacker banged up

US stock market manipulated by Asian crackers

10 Sep 12:38

Brit trio convicted for liquid bomb terror plot

Conspiracy to commit murder - not bomb planes

8 Sep 23:24

Crimeware giants form botnet tag team

Rock Phish's big, fat, fast-flux network

5 Sep 21:13

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