US Man Gets 30 Months in Prison for 'Warez' Operation
A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for operating Web sites where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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MarkMonitor's CSO Ihab Shraim offers strategies against domain kiting, pay-per-click abuses and other attacks on your brand
Recording Industry Wants Millions From Pirate Bay
The recording industry wants $2.5 million in damages for copyright infringement from the people behind The Pirate Bay, according to a claim filed Monday by industry organization IFPI
Interview: What Went Wrong at Societe Generale?
Breakdown of IT security and controls underscores the need for security to act as a business partner, says BearingPoint managing director
Putting the Brakes on Gray Market and Counterfeit Goods
Completely stopping the flow of fake or illegally obtained high-tech products may not be possible. But Cisco’s Ram Manchi, through his work at AGMA, is doing what he can to slow it down.
World View | What the Netherlands Metro Taught Me about Crime
On Dutch trams, it seems, cheating the fare system would pay. Why are riders so honest?
New MP3 Spam Surges
Spammers are exploring new frontiers with audio spam
Numbers: E-commerce Fraud will Cost Merchants $3.6 Billion This Year
As online retailers gear up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday--when they hope consumers will come in droves to spend money on their websites--they must also deal with another reality of electronic commerce: the increasing expense of preventing credit card fraud. E-commerce fraud will cost U.S. merchants $3.6 billion this year, a 20 percent increase over 2006, according to the ninth annual CyberSource Fraud Survey.
The return of ransomware
Ransomware is nothing more than a virtual stick-em-up.
After New York Investigation, Facebook to Beef Up Safety
Facebook Inc. will step up the policing of pornography, harassment and inappropriate behavior on its social networking site, settling a consumer fraud investigation by New York State Attorney General (AG) Andrew Cuomo.
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