Crooks slither into Net's shady nooks and crannies
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Organized crime rings and petty thieves are flocking to the Internet like start-ups in the go-go '90s, establishing a multibillion-dollar underground economy in just a few years. The Internet's growth as an economic engine, particularly for financial transactions, is feeding the felonious frenzy.
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Shadowy corporate figures who cut backroom deals. Stealthy terrorists who drive cabs by day. Immigrants who steal across the border by night.
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Revelations of corporate fraud are dependent on a wide range of sometimes unlikely players.
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Pay up or you'll never see your data again Pond-dwelling scammers have developed a new cyber-extortion ruse.â¦
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Troubled homeowners can get online advice to spot fraudulent rescuers.
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An intruder could manipulate a flaw in how the browsers handle image files to see where the user has been surfing.
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Security experts look back on a year in which hi-tech criminals consolidated their hold on the net's underground economy.
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As the Storm worm raged, tapping countless PCs for nefarious ends, the rush to online applications left many Web sites vulnerable.
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Swindlers combine spam with hoax sites to try to rip off your personal data.
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Troublesome Trojan horses, virulent worms, nasty viruses--sometimes it may seem like the Internet exists just to let the bad guys attack your PC.
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Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
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Criminals are auctioning stolen goods for a profit on the Internet.
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People sniffing wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs.
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Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week.
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Lenders hunting for delinquent homeowners are resorting to creative methods to track them down.
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The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to their deceptive sites.
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Scammers and thieves are out there, but you can protect yourself.