January 6, 2009
Twitter hit by security breaches
The micro-blogging site has to deal with both a phishing scam and a hack of high profile accounts.
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December 28, 2008
‘Boom year’ for hi-tech criminals
Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.
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December 18, 2008
City Diaries
Tales from the financial front-line - insiders' views of the biggest banking upheaval in decades
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December 15, 2008
Elderly people taken in by scams
A man in his 80s with dementia and a woman in her 90s are among the victims of scamsters, according to Trading Standards.
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December 9, 2008
Downturn ‘boosting cyber-crime’
The economic downturn is "proving a hotbed" for global cyber-crime, a study by security firm McAfee warns.
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