Archive for March 21st, 2008

Mafia groups steal thousands of identities

Mafia groups are stealing thousands of identities — not for their cash or credit cards — but for their insurance benefits information.
“They place an operative in an organization who steals hundreds of thousands of people’s information at one clip,” said Gary Auer, a fraud investigator for Blue Cross and Blue Shield who covers California, Nevada […]

Why Small is Better

It seems the $499 ultra-portable Asus Eee PC can do no wrong. The size of a paperback, weighing less than a kilogram, with built-in wi-fi and using flash memory instead of a hard drive for storage, the Eee PC has been winning positive comments not just from breathless reviewers but from ordinary people who have […]

Hackers Paying top dollar for hijacked and infected Australian computers

Hackers are paying top dollar on international blackmarkets for computers from Australia that have been unknowingly hijacked and infected with spyware.
A Russian malware distribution site offers $US100 for a haul of 1000 spyware-infected Australian machines, double the price offered for US machines and 30 times more than those from Asia.
Philip Routley, product marketing manager at […]