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February 16, 2005 · Times On Line
Mob nets $650 million from phone and internet fraud

For almost a century, members of the Gambino crime family maintained a violent grip over New York as ruthless practitioners of murder, drug pushing,…

February 15, 2005 · CNET News.com
Hacker invades 'War of the Worlds' Web site

A Brazilian hacker has defaced the Web site of Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," which is set to be released in cinemas this summer, according to a…

February 15, 2005 · Techworld
Microsoft, eBay and Visa form phishing fighting fund

Microsoft, eBay and Visa have created a new organisation to deal with the increasing threat from phishing scams. The [Phish Report…

February 15, 2005 · The Moscow News
Former U.S. Hacker Mitnick Meets Journalists in Moscow

Kevin Mitnick, formerly one of the most famous U.S. hackers and now the head of a computer consulting company, held a press conference in Moscow on Sunday.…

February 14, 2005 · Seattlepi.com
14-year-old hacker sentenced to probation

14-year-old who used a computer worm to launch an attack against Microsoft's main Web site in August 2003 was sentenced in federal court on Friday 11 to three…

February 14, 2005 · Sophos
Valentine's SpamDay

Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Monday 14…

February 12, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate

**Proposals for a World Security Organisation to tackle cyberterrorism continue to alarm experts, including former White House cybersecurity chief Richard…

February 12, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Cyberterror threats dismissed

**Experts have been queuing up to dismiss the latest calls for a crackdown on cyberterror, dismissing the term as marketing speak, hyperbole, or in one case…

February 12, 2005 · Techworld
CTOs press US government for cybercrime commission

A group of chief technology officers (CTOs) from major software vendors have called on the US government to build a national cybercrime commission. The 15…

February 11, 2005 · Scmagazine.com
Tsunami hacker charged

A man has been charge over an alleged attempt to hack into website co-ordinating relief for victims of the recent tsunami disaster. Daniel James Cuthbert, 28,…

February 11, 2005 · STUFF
Teenage boys biggest viewers of child porn - internal affairs

The largest group of people caught viewing child pornography are teenage boys who are seldom prosecuted, the Department of Internal Affairs says. There have…

February 10, 2005 · The Asahi Shimbun
Phishing season opens in Japan; 8 lose total of 1.5 million

Japan may be the next happy hunting ground for online swindlers employing sophisticated cyber-tricks to steal personal information for forging credit and cash…

February 10, 2005 · Silicon.com
Cyber-terror plan panned as "barmy"

World Security Organisation is a non-starter... A controversial UK security vendor is calling for the creation of a World Security Organisation (WSO) to crack…

February 9, 2005 · Internetnews.com
Firefox, Others at Phishing Risk

A non-profit security think tank called the Shmoo Group has announced the discovery of a flaw in Firefox and other recent browsers, including Mozilla, Safari,…

February 9, 2005 · Daily Mail
Paedophile with 1m images walks free

A paedophile who amassed the biggest collection of internet child pornography ever found in Britain walked free from court yesterday. To the despair of the…

February 8, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
Ten security laws you can rely on

Microsoft's Security Response Center gets many calls for help with security problems, and the security experts there say all of the calls fall into one of…

February 8, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
UK man arrested in phishing probe

An investigation into an attempt to con customers of the online bank Smile has led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man in Blackpool UK Police have arrested a…

February 8, 2005 · BBC News
Summit to tackle internet crime

**Police and computer experts in Wales will join force for an event aimed at finding ways of tackling the growing problem of internet crime.** They first…

February 7, 2005 · INQ7.net
Senator to push for stiffer penalties on child porn on Net

A SENATOR is drafting a law that would make possession of child pornography a criminal act in the Philippines. Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal said…

February 5, 2005 · Associated Press
Child porn suspect charged

A county magistrate in Indiana on Wednesday ordered Stephen D. Puckett, 58, of Crawfordsville, Ind., to be held in jail on $100,000 bond. Puckett, who was…

February 5, 2005 · ArticleCentral
FTC Releases Internet Fraud Stats

Statistics released Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission show that identity theft continues to be the top fraud-related complaint, accounting for 39 percent…

February 4, 2005 · Rian Novosti
Russia & US searching for root causes of terrorism

Both Russia and the United States deem it important to expose the root causes of terrorism and its ties with different forms of worldwide religious extremism,…

February 3, 2005 · INQ7.net
Filipino nabbed for using child porn to solicit money on Net

CYBERCRIME investigators have arrested a Filipino for allegedly using nude photos of young boys to solicit money from unsuspecting gay victims on the Internet,…

February 3, 2005 · InfoWorld
Gates promotes government cooperation with security focus

PRAGUE -- Under a new, no-fee cooperation program, Microsoft is offering to work more closely with governments to help them detect and mitigate IT security…

February 2, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Netscape: Anti-phishing bundled

Netscape, a unit of Time Warner subsidiary AOL, plans to release a test version of a web browser designed to resist [phishing…

February 1, 2005 · InformationWeek
MSBlast.b Hacker Gets 18 Months In Jail

A federal judge has sentenced Jeffrey Lee Parson, a teen hacker who created 2003's MSBlast.b worm. Citing neglectful parents and an Internet that she said was…

January 31, 2005 · Wisinfo.com
Program for area parents to focus on Internet crime

MENASHA — Parents are invited to attend a community outreach program Thursday aimed at protecting school children from sexual predators who use the Internet to…

January 30, 2005 · UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Most ID theft begins at home

WASHINGTON -- It's a frightening prospect: Cyber hackers roaming the World Wide Web collecting credit card numbers and personal financial information of total…

January 30, 2005 · TimesDispatch.com
CONSUMER WATCH: Internet auctions top fraud list

How's this for gall? A West Virginia man auctioned an airplane on eBay's site and found a buyer willing to pay $16,200 for it. The prospective buyer sent a…

January 30, 2005 · W3Reports
Internet Fraud by Freelance Websites

This is the latest form of internet frauds. Many offshore projects are being executed via freelance websites where buyers and coders get together for conducing…