IDG News Service - U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. The ...
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DENVER, CO, July 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Computer hackers are unauthorized users who break into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information, often by installing dangerous malware without your knowledge or ...
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NEW security measures have been put in place at a historic abbey to prevent further theft of ancient artefacts which were stolen last year. Thieves equipped with an angle grinder removed a priceless relic – said to be part of the ...
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If having to pay $7+ per gigabyte for secure flash drives makes you blanch, take a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive. At only $200 for 750GBwhich translates to about 4GB per $1and PIN-pad security, it's a lot more ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. The privacy watchdog offers free day-long advisory visits that give small and medium sized ...
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The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) has launched an initiative to pool cyber crime intelligence from business, government, law enforcement, security agencies and IT security professionals. Called Project 2020, the ...
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Recent figures, compiled by the UK's largest specialist gadget insurance provider protectyourbubble, reveal that 30 something gadget owners are worryingly neglecting to forearm themselves with insurance safety nets against damages, losses ...
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Facebook Gifts, the new social gifting service launched by Facebook on Thursday, might encourage users to expose information like their home addresses, birth date, clothing or shoe size that could pose security and privacy risks, according ...
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The dead can't speak for themselves. But they can apparently file U.S. tax returns. A new audit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has found the agency paid refunds to criminals who filed false tax returns, in some cases on behalf of ...
Tags: IRS, U.S.tax returns, TIGTA, ID theft
Thieves broke into a number of mobile phone shops across central Japan and stole hundreds of iPhone 5 handsets hours before the device went on sale Friday morning, police said. The robbers broke doors and forced open the front shutters on ...
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Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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Ireland top least-malware-infected nations for the first time PandaLabs, Panda Security's antimalware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q3, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from July through September ...
Authorities in several countries have arrested a total of 10 people suspected of setting up a botnet of hijacked computers to steal personal information from millions of victims. The arrests were made in the UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
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These are days of opportunity for metal thieves—and California is the Wild West of illegal metal trading.An aspiring young degenerate with a little nerve and a fast truck can turn a quick dollar at pop-up scrap yards that feed Asia's ...
Antigua reported that copper dealers will not get the month end green light they were hoping for to resume trading. This as government announced a further extension of the ban on the trading of copper, which had been slated to cease on ...
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