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Offshoring Theft Victims 'gullible And Careless'
News The Indian IT firm at the centre of the $350,000 (roughly £200,000) theft from US Citibank accounts has defended its security procedures and branded the victims "gullible" and "careless" for handing over their PIN numbers.
[April 12, 2005, 18:25]
Shorter URLs Help Phishers Hook More Victims
News Phishers "appear to have adopted shorter URLs to avoid the suspicion of their potential victims", he said. Phishers are using shorter URLs for malicious sites in a bid to lend an air of legitimacy to threatening links.
[December 3, 2007, 7:56]
Tech Community Rally Around Katrina's Victims
News The tech community is rallying around victims of Hurricane Katrina, offering technical assistance, aiding the homeless and gathering relief donations. In the same way it collected donations for victims of last year's Asian tsunami, Amazon.com is...
[September 1, 2005, 16:35]
Internet Kiosks Help Domestic Violence Victims
News A pilot scheme that allows victims of domestic violence to seek help through Internet kiosks is proving very successful among London women. Four public Internet points across the capital have been installed with a new channel, which provides advice...
[December 5, 2001, 16:02]
Police Use Face-mapping Tools To Identify Abuse Victims
News A source close to the international investigation, which is dubbed Operation Landmark, told ZDNet UK that the new software was designed to help trace the whereabouts of the victims and their abusers. These young victims need to be identified and...
[November 28, 2001, 14:12]
Bank Of Ireland To Refund Phishing Victims
News Bank of Ireland has agreed to compensate victims of a recent phishing scam, backtracking from its earlier position. The bank had initially refused to refund victims, who lost about €160,000 to scammers after receiving fake emails.
[September 11, 2006, 9:20]
Burglars Sell Stolen Goods To Victims Online
News Victims of burglary can post details of their stolen goods at TheBurglar.com. Burglars are then invited to anonymously contact their victims by email and negotiate a price for the return of their stolen property.
[October 10, 2000, 15:51]
Haxdoor Trojan Claims Thousands Of UK Victims
News They sent out an unsolicited email to alert potential victims, but most of them are ignoring the email. It's a recurring problem — when we take on an investigation, the main method of contacting thousands of victims is via email.
[October 11, 2006, 16:15]
Back To School For Spam Victims
News According to antivirus company Sophos, the programme invites its victims to sign up for the scam in the aim of recruiting staff for Credit Suisse. Russian spammers are targeting thousands of Australians with a work-from-home Web training scam...
[November 1, 2004, 13:24]
Northeast Medical Center Uses IPAQ Pocket PC To Accelerate Care For Heart Attack Victims
White Papers NorthEast Medical Center wanted to accelerate "door-to-dilation" time for heart attack victims and enable physicians and medical staff to efficiently deliver high-quality medical care. NorthEast Medical Center was benefited with rapid care for...
[May 2, 2004, 1:03]
Photos: Tech Reconnects Earthquake Victims
News The team's first task was to set up a communications centre that would allow rescue workers to co-ordinate their efforts, to care for the victims who could be found and search for those buried under the rubble of Pisco.
[August 21, 2007, 17:24]
A Year Ago: Online Resource For Victims Of Bullying
News A Web site has been set up by for to provide support and advice for victims of school playground bullying in the UK. Bullying.co.uk supplies legal and parental advice as well as counselling and preventative advice for parents and children who have...
[November 13, 2000, 6:05]
Columbine Victims Sue Video Game Giants
News AOL Time Warner, Nintendo of America, and Sony Computer Entertainment are among 25 companies that face a lawsuit filed by the families of the victims of the Columbine massacre. Separately, 36 families of victims have reached a $2.5m settlement in...
[April 25, 2001, 7:46]
Singing Worm Abuses Victims
Talkback Haa haa haa! Best virus ever! Tells it like it is! You really must be an Idiot these days to open attachements from people without scanning them first! I now have the cnahting looping! Should I use it as my hold music!
[February 2, 2005, 8:17]
Phishing Attacks Hook More And More Victims
News Victims are usually persuaded to click on a link in an email that directs them to a doctored version of an organisation's Web site. Phishing attacks have increased in quantity and quality over the past two months, according to research published by...
[March 22, 2004, 12:45]
Offshoring Theft Victims 'gullible And Careless'
Talkback Of course no one to blame. Everyone pointing left saying your fault. The banks are never responsible
[April 13, 2005, 13:44]
News Burst: Online Resource For Victims Of Bullying
News Bullying.co.uk supplies legal and parental advice as well as counselling and preventative advice for parents and children who have experiences harassment at school. The site was set up by John Carnell, a former student of Harrogate Grammar School...
[November 12, 1999, 17:12]
Easynet Sends Warnings To Virus Victims
Talkback Typo: ISPs are raking this issue more seriously
[January 30, 2006, 12:13]
Offshoring Theft Victims 'gullible And Careless'
Talkback Interesting, isn't it, that everyone is ducking and diving to evade taking responsibility - and as usual, the customers, at the bottom of the pile, get the blame. These customers did not respond to a dodgy email or enter their details on a website.
[April 13, 2005, 11:46]
Haxdoor Trojan Claims Thousands Of UK Victims
Talkback Why not simply cancel the credit cards in question and let the credit card companies involved deal with the consequences of that in full? Afterall, whatever system that's good enough to take money from you with your concent surely should be just as...
[October 12, 2006, 22:03]
