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U.S. teams with Italy to fight cyber crime

The head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the head of the Italian police and the chief executive officer of the Italian Postal Service to set up an international task force to combat cyber crime.

| News | Business | Security | 06/30/09 at 2:29 pm |


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Police say hackers stole phone time from AT&T, others

An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies, officials in the northern city of Brescia said Friday.

| News | Legal | 06/12/09 at 1:53 pm |


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New Hampshire man made $112,000 in bank account hacking scheme

A Hampton, New Hampshire, man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges for his role in a scheme to empty brokerage accounts by installing malicious Trojan horse software on victims' computers.

| News | Security | 06/06/09 at 7:44 pm |


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Ex-Google employee's security startup exiting stealth mode

Security start-up Dasient is expected to come out of stealth mode in two weeks and reveal its plans to help companies fight cybercrime.

| News | Security | 06/05/09 at 11:45 am |


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