IDG News Service – Three men have been arrested on phishing charges after local police got a tip that somebody was sending boxes filled with computer equipment to abandoned houses in Lake Charles, La. The men were arrested Tuesday after a tipster spotted …
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IDG News Service – Romanian authorities have arrested a phishing scammer who broke into eBay systems and accessed confidential files, including data of eBay customers and their transactions. Liviu Mihail Concioiu allegedly harvested log-in credentials from …
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IDG News Service – A new report blames a single Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attacks conducted in the second half of 2009. The phishing group — named Avalanche by security researchers because of the large quantity of …
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MagicJack home cellular service could spark legal battle — IDG News Service – MagicJack’s femtocell service, unveiled with a splash last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, could potentially ignite a legal battle over the way it makes use of radio frequencies licensed to mobile operators.