washingtonpost.com - CybercrimeCybercrimeFTC Files First Federal Lawsuit Against Spyware- April 24, 2005 Federal authorities have asked a U.S. District Court judge to shut down an operation that they said installed intrusive spyware on people's computers and then sold the victims anti-spyware software, a top consumer protection official said today.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28179-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/tec... FBI Pursuing More Cyber-Crime Cases- April 24, 2005 The FBI is adding more Internet crime suspects to its top lists of wanted criminals, signaling a growing interest in cracking down on cyber-crime. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25579-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology/tech... Technology Fueling Wave of Phishing Scams- April 24, 2005 Phishing "toolkits" and underground Internet chat rooms are making the economics of online fraud so much in favor of criminals that a continued increase in phishing activity is all but certain. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17680-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_technology/tec... Police Arrest 28 in Online ID Theft Scams- April 24, 2005 Law enforcement authorities have arrested 28 individuals in the United States and several other countries who are accused of operating public Web sites designed to help people steal, sell and forge credit cards and identification documents. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7152-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_technology/tech... Thieves Find Just What They Need on eBay- April 24, 2005 With its global customer base of more than 100 million and software that allows strangers to exchange goods and money without ever meeting, eBay has maximized profit for its retailers. It has done the same for thieves. -The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51741-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_technology/tech... FTC Sues Spyware Suspects- April 24, 2005 Federal authorities have asked a federal judge to shut down an operation that they said installed intrusive "spyware" on people's computers and then sold anti-spyware software to those same victims, a top consumer protection official said Tuesday. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27637-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/tec... Companies Forced to Fight Phishing- April 24, 2005 Phishing is a growing form of online fraud that blends old-fashioned confidence scams with innovations in technological trickery. In the second part of our two-part series, washingtonpost.com explores how banks, Internet service providers and other online businesses are trying to make e-commerce safe for their customers.-washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61916-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_technology/tec... Spyware Bills Win House Approval- April 24, 2005 Two bills designed to curb the proliferation of Internet "spyware" took another step toward law this week, but their backers are racing against the clock as Congress prepares to disperse for the November elections. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14520-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_technology/tech... Phishing Feeds Internet Black Markets- April 24, 2005 Phishing is a growing form of online fraud that blends old-fashioned confidence scams with innovations in technological trickery. Today and Friday, washingtonpost.com explores the methods phishers use, how e-businesses are dealing with the problem and what phishing has done to its thousands of victims. -washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59347-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_technology/tec... D.C. Area Tops in Fraud Complaints- April 24, 2005 If the number of complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission are any guide, consumers nationwide, and particularly in the Washington metropolitan area, are getting little relief from fraud and Internet-related crime.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55820-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_technology/tech... |