Articles & Analysis

December 31, 2007 · Conrad Walters
Cyber cold war threatens us all

First the mobile fails. Intermittent black spots are nothing new but you haven't had so much as an SMS from motormouth Michael in hours or anything from Jen…

December 25, 2007 · Vladimir Golubev
Cybercrimes and Cyberterrorism threat is increasing

**Introduction** As with many other new technologies in the past, the World Wide Web presents us with great opportunities for progress as well as potential for…

December 3, 2007 · JANE SHARP
Future of crime is computer oriented

According to the Government National Crime Survey, the average American has an 83 percent change of becoming a victim of crime within their lifetime and one in…

November 25, 2007 · democratandchronicle.com
Spam e-mails

Question: I use Outlook on my home PC. When I hit the send/receive button, my mail dumps into my Inbox and clears itself from the Road Runner server (my…

November 15, 2007 · Tamara Chuang
Spam mail and antivirus software

Q: I have a Dell Dimension 8400 computer running Microsoft XP. I seem to get a lot of returned mail that I have not sent out. I have all McAfee Virus programs…

November 7, 2007 · Charles Arthur and Andrew Brown
Virtual machines vs cybercrime tools

Virtualisation software, used to make hardware more efficient, is catching the eye of big business Server room Last year, about 1% of the web servers bought…

October 17, 2007 · Vladimir Golubev
Boundless world of crime

Internet quietly entered our everyday life. Using it we have done thousands of operations: search for information, pay bills, purchase goods... But information…

October 16, 2007 · D. Murali and Goutam Ghosh
Security is an ongoing process

Chennai: Like many organisations, American Century Casualty Co. (ACCC), an insurance company based in Houston, US, used to insist that its network access be…

September 17, 2007 · Fahim Ahmedi
Cybercrime threatens national security in India

The issue of escalating cyber crime has once again caught our attention with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil expressing concern over its disastrous effects…

August 21, 2007 · Ken Burton
Internet Crime: Where Anonymity Cuts Both Ways

It’s true, said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Ed Newcomer, that the internet has made wildlife crime easier, and easier to hide. But it’s also…

July 11, 2007 · Federico Biancuzzi
Interview: Germany and new cybercrime law

Germany is passing some new laws regarding cybercrime that might affect security professionals. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed Marco Gercke, one of the experts…

June 6, 2007 · Aaron Mannes
Threats to Internet

The age of cyberwar has arrived. The attacks on Estonian government and commercial Web sites following the relocation of a Soviet World War II memorial in…

June 4, 2007 · dqchannels.com
Cybercrime gangs

With sustained eight percent growth per year, India is destined to become the world’s second largest economy by 2050. Goldman Sachs’ well-known BRICs report…

May 24, 2007 · Paul Meller
Cyberwar: Russia vs Estonia

Russia's coordinated attacks against Estonia's computer systems earlier this month were cited as one of the many reasons why the European Union countries…

May 21, 2007 · Ali Hussain
Internet banking: security

MILLIONS of customers will from this summer be required to use hand-held chip-and-pin readers to make online transactions at home as banks gear up to tackle…

May 17, 2007 · usnews.com
Top Computer Crime in 2007

This year is already shaping up as an impressive one for computer crime in America, with cases ranging from massive fraud to sophisticated "hack, pump, and…

March 31, 2007 · James Altucher
PC Security List

In November 1988, I was sitting in Cornell University's computer science lab working on a research project. Next to me, a grad student with bushy, brownish-red…

March 9, 2007 · bloggernews.net
Cyber crime in marriage

If you think your spouse is cheating on you then this might be the self help book you need. Mr. Lucich is a data forensics expert with over 20 years of hard…

February 22, 2007 · Guillaume Lovet
How cybercrime operations work - and why they make money

Cybercrime has become a profession and the demographic of your typical cybercriminal is changing rapidly, from bedroom-bound geek to the type of organised…

February 7, 2007 · Praveen Dalal
Cybersecurity in India: An Ignored World

India is on the verge of a technology revolution and the driving force behind the same is the acceptance and adoption of Information and Communication…

February 7, 2007 · telegram.com
Stay updated on computer security

Q Why does Windows say my anti-virus program is out of date when I just recently installed it? A The Security Center feature in Windows XP (Service Pack 2)…

January 20, 2007 · creditorweb.com
Protect yourself against identity theft

Identity theft is when someone uses, without permission, your personal information in order to commit any frauds or crimes. Identity theft is a felony that is…

January 10, 2007 · creditorweb.com
Credit Card Security

This is the age of plastic money. It's not uncommon for the typical consumer in the western world to go weeks at a time without ever handling a coin or bill.…

January 3, 2007 · Nestor E. Arellano
Computer crime: Top threats in 2007

What kinds of security attacks should you worry about in 2007? Will companies that adopt environmentally friendly processes find greener pastures? Will…