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Theft of game code fuels hacking fears
News Valve wouldn't otherwise comment on the theft, but confirmed on Monday that the post was authentic. Posted on 2 October, the account of the theft said that in mid-September a network intruder had access to Valve Software's email accounts and, on 19...
[October 7, 2003, 12:00]
Grand theft auto, the high-tech way
News Unless the driver has the correct key chip installed, the car will run out of fuel a few blocks from the attempted theft. They even provided an online video of their "car theft". Soucek is not new to auto theft - he has been stealing cars since he...
[May 8, 2006, 15:10]
ID theft: The next IT industry boom?
News As e-business grows, online fraud will evolve from stealing credit card numbers to corporate identity theft, having profound implications on companies' bottom lines and employee behaviour, according to IBM's Stacy Cannady.
[June 13, 2002, 8:52]
Identity Theft: The Internet Connection
White Papers Concern is growing about identity theft - where one person assumes the identity of another by stealing personally identifiable information (PII), such as credit card or Social Security numbers. Many associate the rise in identity theft cases with...
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
PCI-DSS: Avoiding the Data Theft Disaster
White Papers The paper focuses on how to use cryptography to achieve PCI-DSS compliance and avoid a business threatening cardholder data theft. This new whitepaper considers the topical issue of how to ensure your customers credit and debit card information is...
[December 4, 2007, 14:39]
Schneier: ID cards will worsen ID theft
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has slated the UK's ID card scheme, saying that not only will it not solve e-crime, it will also make ID theft worse. ID theft is fraud due to impersonation. The security guru told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the risks...
[April 27, 2006, 12:50]
Identity theft ring affects at least 50 banks
News A major identity theft ring discovered last week has affected the customers of at least 50 banks, according to Sunbelt Software, the security firm that uncovered the operation. The data theft was initially reported to be carried out by a modified...
[August 8, 2005, 18:30]
'One in four' touched by ID theft
News A quarter of adults have been a victim identity theft or know someone who has been affected by it, an investigation by Which? Despite the growing fear of identity theft, Brits are surprising lax about taking easy steps to keep their personal...
[March 4, 2005, 11:30]
'Massive' identity theft ring uncovered
News A security firm claims to have uncovered a huge identity-theft ring that appears to be using a spyware program to steal confidential information from computers. Patrick Jordan, a Sunbelt employee, discovered the identity theft ring while...
[August 8, 2005, 12:40]
Brit arrested over Cisco code theft
News The theft became public in May, when it was discovered that almost 800MB of Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) source code had been posted to a Russian Web site. Police have arrested a man suspected of stealing source code from Cisco...
[September 20, 2004, 7:55]
Credit card theft feared in Windows flaw
News The flaw could let a Web site with a valid certificate issue a second, invalid one, which could enable unauthorised access to a computer as well as, among other things, the theft of user passwords or credit card numbers.
[September 9, 2002, 10:56]
Pair indicted in trade-secret theft
News Fei Ye and Ming Zhong face 10 counts of trade-secret theft and economic espionage related to possessing stolen internal company documents from Sun, Transmeta, NEC Electronics and Trident, according to an indictment filed in the US.
[December 5, 2002, 15:44]
Software developer wins theft case
News The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is hailing a victory for a small software developer as evidence that it isn't just protecting the interests of the handful of software giants with major financial clout.
[April 8, 2003, 15:10]
Police arrest UK suspect in anti-ID theft operation
News A nineteen year-old man from Camberley, Surrey, was bailed on Wednesday night pending further enquiries after police arrested him for suspected involvement in an identity theft network. Arrests were made in the US and six other countries on charges...
[October 29, 2004, 15:14]
Identity Theft and U.S. Data Protection Legislation: An Overview
White Papers Encryption is the best and only true way to protect sensitive personal information and other mission-critical data from loss or theft. In one bill after another, encryption is being identified by lawmakers and industry experts as an essential...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
Police use UV marking to fight mobile theft
News The UV marking team started work on 11 February, and is targeting areas with the highest levels of mobile theft. London police are fighting back against mobile phone thieves by using ultraviolet marker pens to label thousands of handsets.
[February 28, 2002, 12:59]
ZoneAlarm adds ID theft protection
News Check Point Software Technologies on Monday released an update to ZoneAlarm that comes with new features to protect against identity theft. ZoneAlarm 6.5, a family of Internet security products for consumers, also adds a new three-user version with...
[June 6, 2006, 10:45]
FBI raids ID theft suspects
Talkback We have observed the chain of eventsof information theft as it mature's. With over 200 years of backgound in the world of intelligence we have come to conclusions, with no hard evidence but using what we have learned.
[May 21, 2005, 19:15]
Industry teams up to fight mobile theft
News The move is an attempt to reduce mobile phone crime in the UK, which is thought to be running at one phone theft every three minutes. The Association's unique database, the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), will play a pivotal role in...
[November 5, 2002, 15:53]
Tens of thousands hit by ID theft ring
News An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security firm that uncovered the operation. Eric Sites, the vice-president of research and...
[August 24, 2005, 17:55]
