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Sophisticated cell phones that have built-in digital cameras make children more vulnerable to exploitation than ever before, as it was announced by law enforcement authorities. 

As Webroot Software has found, about 20% of all online threats come from web sites, not email. Moreover, these web threats are increasingly sophisticated - and increasingly used not only for fun, but for financial gain.

Therefore, the company claims that over the last 18 months the volume of malware attacks has increased dramatically.

Monday, the Federal Trade Commission held a conference to discuss guidelines on how companies collect and store vast amounts of data about consumers for very little money to use it for advertising.

 As FTC reported, there are little in the way of legal requirements to protect consumer information.

Fed announced Wednesday, it intends to sponsor 45-second ads before movie previews targeted counsel consumers about how to use their credit cards wisely during the holiday shopping season.

The Fed decided to launch the campaign when it faces criticism for doing too little to protect its consumers from risky lending practices that helped spark the financial crisis and U.S. economic recession.

The advert will be presented at 12 theaters in major metropolitan areas from November 27 through December 3. 

China needs its computer systems security to be supported in order to be protected from cyber attacks. As the state-run China Daily newspaper reported today, the security system is not enough defended against intrusion from hackers.

It’s also said in the report that while China has been slow in recognizing the importance of the issue, the USA has placed cyber security high on its national security agenda. 

Thinking Money, a free financial advice and news site, counted up that credit card fraud losses total GBP609.9m, online banking fraud losses total GBP52.5m and cheque fraud total GBP41.9m. Credit card fraud is rising and, as the Association for Payment Clearing Services – APACS states, around 50% of this is now coming from card-not-present (CNP) fraud.

Heartland Payment Systems plans to protect its credit- and debit-card processing network with an end-to-end encryption system that it will begin rolling out with its merchants in the third quarter. This will be the first effort of its kind in the United States. Heartland has not yet publicly released the technical specifications of the hardware and software it is spending millions of dollars to develop.