Stories about: Internal Revenue Service

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    DOJ charges seven in massive clickjacking scheme 10/11/2011 05:10:54

    The U.S. Department of Justice is charging seven individuals with 27 counts of wire fraud and other computer-related crimes, alleging that the group hijacked four million computers across 100 countries in a sophisticated clickjacking scheme.
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    IRS: Top 10 things every taxpayer should know about identity theft 03/06/2011 06:43:00

    As part of a look at the impact of identity theft and the Internal Revenue Service, watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office issued the IRS' top 10 list of identity theft information everyone should be aware of. Some of the information is obvious, perhaps, but overall even the basics of security were followed in many cases the impact of identity theft could be reduced.
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    Microsoft quarter rescued by Microsoft Office 29/04/2011 06:56:00

    Microsoft enjoyed strong income and revenue growth for its third fiscal quarter despite sluggish PC sales, with Xbox and Office doing well, the company reported Thursday.
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    Top 5 online 2011 tax scams 26/03/2011 01:10:00

    You may not want to think about your taxes until Tax Day on April 15, but online scammers are already plotting to separate you from your tax refund and your identity. Scams for the 2011 tax season include promises of tax credits for charitable donations to disaster relief in Japan, malware-laden Websites optimized for search engines, dangerous e-mail, and so-called 'likejacking' techniques found on the social network Facebook.
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    Intuit glitch leads to mistaken mega-tax refunds 16/03/2011 06:26:00

    Most U.S. residents would be happy to get a few thousand dollars back from the Internal Revenue Service at tax time. But a snafu in some Intuit software recently resulted in a number of Ohio residents receiving letters indicating that eye-popping sums were en route -- in one reported case, a cool US$200 million.
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    Man gets 7 years for forcing modems to call premium numbers 02/03/2011 10:29:37

    A New Hampshire man who made US$8 million by installing unwanted dial-up software on computers and then forcing them to call expensive premium telephone numbers was handed down an 82-month sentence on Monday.
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    Ex-Apple manager pleads guilty to $2.3M kickback scheme 02/03/2011 05:10:00

    A former Apple manager accused of accepting kickbacks from Asian iPhone and iPod accessory suppliers pleaded guilty Monday in a San Jose, Calif. federal court, and has been ordered to forfeit $2.3 million in money and property.
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    'Human cloud' of skilled workers growing in importance 13/12/2010 06:37:00

    Online labor by independent "cloud" workers probably represents nearly $US1 billion per year in earnings in the U.S., said Elance President and CEO Fabio Rosati, who expects the federal government to consider gathering statistics about the sector beginning next year.
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    Search deals generate 97% of Mozilla's income 19/11/2010 08:20:00

    Although Firefox's usage share has been stalled for the last year, Mozilla's revenues were up 34% in 2009, largely on the back of money paid the organization by Google and other search engines.
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    McAfee reports malware at all-time high 18/11/2010 02:56:00

    McAfee today revealed its McAfee Threat Report for the third quarter of 2010. Information like that provided by McAfee in these quarterly reports is valuable for IT admins -- enabling them to keep a finger on the pulse of malware, and to stay in touch with emerging attack techniques and trends.
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    Husband, wife team arrested for allegedly stealing US$23M from Cisco 16/10/2009 06:20:00

    Federal authorities arrested a husband and wife team for allegedly stealing US$23 million from Cisco in a scheme that had the network giant shipping replacement parts to fake businesses in eight states. The scheme reportedly defrauded Cisco's SMARTnet program. 
 
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