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Mobile phones are now also being utilized for the purpose of managing some important personal assets such as money. According to a recent report that has been published by the Federal Reserve of US, around 48 percent of the smartphone users in the last 12 months have used the mobile banking platform for carrying out […]
Metropolitan Police Department is planning to setup cybercrime classes for investigators at a local police station to avoid any kind of wrong arrest and misunderstanding. The classes are planned to avoid unusual circumstances like last year when four innocent men were arrested for spreading virus, later it was discovered that their computers were hacked and used as […]
MatthewKeys, a social media editor at Thomson Reuters Corporation has been accused of allegedly conspiring in the hacking and helping Anonymous hackers with login details of his former employer the Tribune Company, owner of the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times and other news outlets. Matthew Keys, of Secaucus, N.J., was working with Tribune Broadcasting as a web producer before going freelance few months ago […]
3 to 4 year years back cyber criminals were having less advantage in hacking a social networking account as it only allowed him to reach to victim’s personal information and nothing other then it. But, today the scenario has totally changed people around the world are using their social networking account as means of trading, […]
Be careful while providing any information regarding you, your bank or credit cards online because online systems has become more of open books like a site where you there is open information for everyone. You might be thinking what is all stuff about? Well, there are some dreadful stats we have come to know at […]
In America, transit authorities have installed microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses in various cities including San Francisco, Eugene, Traverse City, Columbus, Hartford, and Athens. That means, now they can listen to every word you say! To add a little more shock, some of these systems have a technology for distinguishing conversations from the background […]
Cyber crime during the year 2012 has reached to it’s heights and UAE is one of the most affected countries worldwide due to this uprise. This aspect was stated in a recent report launched by Symantec and Norton officials. According to them, UAE has been a center of a large number of spams and firms […]
A group of unknown hackers have breached and hacked into the personal computers of retired Admiral Mike Mullen, ex-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The hacked computers are those of used computers while working on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy since his retirement in 2011. The FBI is hunting for the hackers […]
Indian government at the end of the year 2012 has break out a shocking news which says approximately 294 websites were hacked at the beginning of 2012. The sites belong to various level of ministries within the Indian government setup. The news broke by a government official who belonged to communication department in these words: […]
Australia has recently faced probably one of the largest criminal activity online. A group of 16 Romanians were involved in this massive theft. The theft was done by the stole of the information of some 500,000 Australians, who has bought goods from 100 different business through their credit cards. It is confirmed that at least 30,000 credit cards were […]
The controversial death of a 35-year old Iranian blogger has shocked everyone around the world and has put questions over the Iran’s cyber crime unit. Recently, Iran’s cyber crime laws were made stronger in order to remove violating or abusive content with precision. Since then there were many popular bloggers were arrested but a death was quite […]
With the world progressing each day, the reliance upon technology is one of the notable turnarounds. In which outlasts all other technological accessories or systems. Internet these days is not only a place to entertainment, but it has exploded to a huge industry where massive business is done on daily basis. With this industry progressing […]
Chinese law enforcement agencies have started a crack down on cyber crime gangs by storming over 700 cyber criminal bases and arresting nearly 9,000 alleged cyber criminals. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security announced in a statement that the police have cracked over 4400 criminal cases, arrested over 8900 suspected cyber thugs for illegal activities […]
Facebook is proving to be a goldmine for intelligence agencies — and not just ones that Zuckerberg is openly collaborating with. Just recently, a fake profile was created by Chinese hackers (or, more likely, intelligence agents) claiming to be that of US Navy Admiral James Stavridis, NATOs Supreme Allied Commander. They were able to trick […]