Spanish police swoop on vigilante hackers – YAHOO!
In these attacks, web servers crash under the sheer volume of connections made by “zombie” computers worldwide that have been infected with a virus and enslaved to carry out the hackers’ commands. The cell is also accused of attacking Spain’s central …
Finnish police close case on phishing Trojan gang – The Register
The alleged perpetrators, from Estonia and Finland, attempted to steal €1.2m through a series of over 100 false transactions starting early last year. Almost €178,000 remains missing, according to local reports . Two of the suspects allegedly used …
Police Warn Of Dangerous Computer ‘Virus’ – msnbc.com
7. Avoid questionable websites. Some sites may automatically download malicious software onto your computer. 8. Reset your current security settings to a higher level. 9. Lastly, do NOT provide your credit / debit card information to any source that you do …
Computer equipment stolen from Dallas Police squad cars – Dallas Morning News
About $66,000 worth of computer equipment has been stolen from 10 decommissioned Dallas police squad cars, authorities said Thursday. The cars, all damaged in accidents, had been in the wrecking yard near Bexar and Municipal streets near Rochester Park in …
Police in the UK are seeking authority to close domains (Courtney Boyd Myers/The Next Web)
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:Police in the UK are seeking authority to close domains — As first reported by the BBC, The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is seeking the authority to close domains engaged in certain “criminal” activities, which includes not just website domains, but domain registrations such as email, and [...]
Flemington woman steals iPad computer of a Hunterdon Medical Center patient, police report – NJ.com
The victim reported that he inadvertently left the computer on a table in the waiting room when he was called into the emergency room for treatment. Police viewed the security camera footage of the area and observed a female pick up the notebook and put it …
Computer-virus mastermind held in Armenia, Dutch police say – Calgary Herald
Dutch authorities announced Tuesday the arrest in Armenia of the alleged mastermind behind a computer-virus crime group whose server network was dismantled in the Netherlands a day earlier. “At the request of the national [Dutch] prosecution service, a 27 …
Suffolk police warn of cell phone ‘phishing’ scams – Newsday
Scam artists have gone cell phone “phishing,” said Suffolk police, who are warning area residents not to get hooked. The scammers send text messages that are “designed to trick potential victims into giving up …
Local computer security expert investigates police practices – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Eric Rachner sits in the back of a police car the night he was arrested for obstructing an officer. This image is taken from video footage recorded by a camera inside the vehicle — footage that Seattle police long maintained had been erased. A …
Police hope to restore radio communication – Longview News-Journal
By Dec. 31, Kilgore College expects to restore emergency radio communication between its Longview campus and local police. College Police Chief Martin Pessink said Friday he’s received word that he’s getting Homeland Security grant funding to buy 800 …
