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`Chewbacca` hack attack hits shops in 11 countries

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:06

Cyber criminals reportedly targeted retail shops in 11 countries using a malicious software called `Chewbacca`.

Cyber criminals hack smart fridge to send out spam

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 21:55

A fridge was among more than 100,000 devices hacked by cyber criminals to send out spam emails - in what may be the first proven cyberattack on household "smart" appliances, researchers say.

Cyber criminals use RBI governor's name to lure victims

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 21:02

Cybercriminals are sending out e-mails posing as Rajan and promising recipients a payment.

Ransomware virus is a bad problem getting worse: McAfee

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 13:25

Taking advantage of anonymous payment services, cyber criminals are increasingly using a malicious software 'ransomware' that holds a computer hostage until the victim pays to free it, online security firm McAfee says.

'Sophisticated attacks' yielding 50% more revenue for cyber criminals: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 19:17

The study, called the Norton Report, was commissioned by computer security corporation Symantec, which examines consumer online behaviour, security habits, and the dangers and financial cost of cyber crime.

UK to launch new anti-crime body to pursue organised gangs

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 18:28

Seeking to disrupt organised crime, Britain will launch a new 4,500-strong elite force with sweeping powers to hunt down cyber criminals, drug barons, paedophiles and people-smugglers.

2.9 mn Adobe accounts compromised; investigations still on

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 00:33

US-based Adobe Systems, which sells Photoshop and Acrobat software, today said it has faced two attacks from cyber criminals who have stolen credit card data of 2.9 million customers.

'Cyber criminals try to steal fin data using fake tax ads'

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 16:54

Cyber criminals try to take advantage of the rush during the last days of e-filing as tax payers try to meet the deadline set by the I-T department.

Cyber security market may reach $870 mn by 2017: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 12:57

Cybercriminals use thousands of networked computers (botnets) to `jam' a website by directing excessive traffic to it, causing it to crash.

One in five top Australian businesses targeted by cyber criminals

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 16:21

Cyber criminals stole confidential information and financially defrauded one in five major Australian businesses in 2012, a new has revealed.

Top buzzwords used by scammers to lure victims on social media sites revealed

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 23:29

Internet security experts have said top three buzzwords in Twitter - Barack Obama, the Australian Open and gun control - are currently being used by cyber criminals to lure victims on social media. <br><br>

Banks targeted most by cyber criminals in UAE

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 23:22

Cyber attacks in the UAE mostly target the banking sector, including the ATM and internet banking applications, says the official English magazine of the interior ministry.