Fans of Cameron Diaz may want to rethink any plans they have for online banking or investment activity. That’s because a web search for the popular movie star is very likely to infect a PC with nasty malware and viruses that can be used to steal passwords and access IDs for sites where money is exchanged.

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Tags: Cameron Diaz, downloads, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, malware, McAfee, theft, Trojan, virus

There’s a lot to be said for protecting your company against external threats, but many times it’s those inside the company who can do the most damage.

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Tags: California Water Services Co., electronic key card, insider, theft, wire transfer

Desperate times call for desperate measures. When employees are faced with layoffs, they sometimes do things they ordinarily wouldn’t. Such as steal company data.

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Tags: Cyber-Ark, data, layoffs, steal, theft

Big operations generally have big budgets for dealing with big problems. But what’s a SMB to do in the face of rising cybercrime and Internet theft?

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Tags: cybersecurity, Federal Trade Commission, hacking, online, protection, theft

Desperate times call for desperate measures. When employees are faced with layoffs, they sometimes do things they ordinarily wouldn’t. Such as steal company data.

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Tags: Cyber-Ark, data, layoffs, security, steal. company, Symark, theft

There’s nobody out there more ready for economic stimulus than cyber criminals and con artists.

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Tags: checking account, credit card, cybercriminals, economic stimulus, scam, theft

An employee is fired after stealing from the company. To warn employees about the consequences of that behavior, his manager e-mails the rest of the staff explaining the termination. Is the company guilty of libel?

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Tags: defamation, e-mail, libel, termination, theft