Robert Siciliano: ATM Security Threats Increase
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ATM skimming alone is responsible for $350,000 of fraud daily exceeding a billion dollars in losses annually.
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Hackers nab $9 million by cracking online check images
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Check fraud is one of the oldest financial scams in the book. And thus, it is humbling when it takes on a millennial spin.
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Rules? In Cyberwar? No Rules!
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The fiction that rules apply to war is one of those eternal scams that make war possible, millennia after millennia. History – Twentieth Century – Wars and Conflicts – Games – Michael Hayden
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The dark side of paid search: scams, fraud and trademark abuse
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Trademark infringement. Counterfeit merchandise. Domain squatting. Affiliate abuse. The old bait-and-switch. There are myriad ways of commiting fraud, but overall, some 600 million paid search clicks are stolen in the US every month.
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Harding on Africa
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How should media deal with rumours of violence?
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Scareware victims seldom fight back
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Too embarrassed or too ignorant? Victims of rogue anti-virus scams rarely attempt to claw back fraudulent credit card payments for worthless software packages, according to new research.
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Investment scammer chased out of another state ends up in Naples (Naples Daily News)
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NAPLES —A business networking Web site lists Peter J. Pintarics as an independent investment management professional in Naples’ posh Pelican Bay development, while another calls the 61-year-old an economist with a Ph.D. and a Naples trustee.Yet another says “Dr. Pintarics” owns a Naples investment company that makes up to $1 million yearly.But none of Pintarics’ business networking Web sites …
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Investment scammer chased out of another state ends up in Naples (Bonita Banner)
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business networking Web site lists Peter J. Pintarics as an independent investment management professional in Naples’ posh Pelican Bay development, while another calls the 61-year-old an economist with a Ph.D. and a Naples trustee. Yet another says “Dr. Pintarics” owns a Naples investment company that makes up to $1 million yearly. But none of Pintarics’ business networking Web sites tell …
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National news briefs (Deseret News)
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NEW YORK (AP) — A jewelry store worker was shot to death in a brazen midday robbery Wednesday in a shop on posh Madison Avenue, police said.
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Web searches for iPad leading to malicous sites (CNET)
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Security companies are warning people to be careful about scams involving e-mail or Web search for the Apple iPad or any other popular topic.
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Massachusetts Malware: Election Breeds Scams (InternetNews.com)
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SEO tricksters and scareware authors seek to capitalize on the Brown-Coakley Senate results.
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Ice Thaws, Potholes Emerge (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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As sure as spring follows winter, potholes follow thawing weather.
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Student Earns Perfect ACT Score (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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It’s an honor only several hundred students across the country each year are able to achieve.
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Middle School Basketball Team Goes Pink (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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13-year-old Emily Brown came up with the idea of changing in the regular uniforms and coming out on the courts dressed in all pink.
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Dodgy Haiti earthquake-themed domains point to scams (The Register)
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Some people really are all heart With sad inevitability, fraudsters have rushed to register the Haiti earthquake-themed scam URLs in the wake of Tuesday’s natural disaster in the impoverished Caribbean country.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Google Earth Gets Haiti Earthquake Imagery (InformationWeek)
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Tech companies are mobilizing to provide information to relief groups and financial assistance.
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Texting Relief to Haiti (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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The easiest way you can help is by sending a text message.
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Roadside Memorials Standardized in WV (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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A sign of change as the state is stepping in by regulating how accidents are remembered along the road.
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New Putnam County Spelling Bee Champ (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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There were twenty kids in grades 4 through 8, from schools all across the county.
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Ky Secretary of State Running for Congress (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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With democratic polling numbers dropping, republicans are not shying away from running for Congress.
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West Virginia’s Teacher of the Year Wins Big (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
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It has been a good couple of days for West Virginia’s Teacher of the Year.
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Weak links in the Net’s armor (CNET)
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Today’s rising Internet threats are as real as their names are colorful: phishing, pharming and DNS poisoning. Also: Trouble at Cisco.
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One man’s hunt for the truth behind a $1 million bill (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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Rodney Dukes found this bill, printed to look like a US currency for a million dollars, at a phone booth in University City last May. Dukes has cut no corners in trying to find out if the bill is authentic.
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Crime Stoppers: Fake Detective Scams Elderly (WCMH Columbus)
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This week’s Crime of the Week from Crime Stoppers concerns a theft that took place on the west side of the city.
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Crime Stoppers: Fake Detective Scams Elderly (WCMH Columbus)
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Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is asking for your help and tips after authorities said a male suspect posed as a detective to gain entry into a West Side home.
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