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December 8, 2004 · Continuity Central
Forensic software helps fight computer crime

Vogon International has launched the latest version of its computer forensics software. Designed to meet the needs of government and law enforcement agencies,…

December 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
U.S. Rejects Russia Assertion on Ukraine

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) rejected on Tuesday Russian charges of Western political manipulation in Ukraine's…

December 7, 2004 · CANOE
Fight child porn

The family of slain six-year-old Corinne "Punky" Gustavson wonders why the province refuses to commit to putting some of its projected $4.1-billion budget…

December 7, 2004 · NEWS.com.au
Ex-CIA chief warns on cyber terror

CYBER terrorism could be the most devastating weapon of mass destruction yet and could cripple the US economy, former CIA Director Robert Gates told a…

December 6, 2004 · Times Argus
Don't get bitten by the Internet phish

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Online holiday shopping is expected to soar again this year, but will a new form of Internet fraud follow suit? The answer could be very…

December 6, 2004 · 123bharath.com
India to work jointly with Russia to tackle cyber crime

India's Cyber Emergency Response Team plans to jointly work with Russia to combat cyber crime, including virus and hacker attacks in their computer networks, a…

December 5, 2004 · ZDNet UK
Cyberterrorism is a misleading term, says expert

**RSA Conference: Richard Clarke, who has advised three US presidents on security, says talk of 'cyberterrorism' is misleading** The former security advisor to…

December 5, 2004 · KGBT4
Gates says cyberterrorism could cripple U.S. economy

HOUSTON Former C-I-A Director Robert Gates said today at a conference in Houston that cyberterrorism could be the most devastating weapon of mass destruction…

December 5, 2004 · NewScientist.com
How zombie networks fuel cybercrime

In June, the websites of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft disappeared for hours when their servers were swamped with hundreds of thousands of simultaneous webpage…

December 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Chechen separatist Web site resumed the operation.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation requested clarifications from officials of Lithuania concerning the resuming operation of the Chechen…

December 2, 2004 · Embassy of the United States in Japan
United States, Japan Must Cooperate on Cybersecurity

The United States and Japan should intensify cooperative efforts to secure their information networks and work toward the creation of "a global culture of…

December 2, 2004 · Network Computing
Conversations in Security

Security is hard work, exclaimed Bruce Schneier, CTO and founder of Counterpane at the recent CSI-Asia Conference & Exhibition 2004. We’ve gathered in these…

December 1, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber crime: Everyone is self responsible

Russian scientists from the Moscow State University, Russian Sciences and the Institute of the Information Society Development together with experts of the…

November 30, 2004 · mi2g Intelligence Unit
SCO website hacked twice with erroneous mention of Microsoft

After last week's [DDoS attack on the SCO web site](http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.11.2004/813/) reported by the [mi2g Intelligence…

November 30, 2004 · Silicon.com
Cybercrime - together we can defeat it

**DoS attacks can be broken down by cooperations, says Betfair CTO** The chief technology officer of online gaming portal Betfair has called on more government…

November 30, 2004 · KOTV
Tulsa Police Cybercrime Tip – Football Ticket Scams

Last year the Tulsa Police Department Cybercrime Unit received a number of E-Bay and Internet based scam ticket complaints for the Big 12 and Bowls for both…

November 29, 2004 · IDG.com.sg
Online Identity Theft: Many Medicines, No Cure

As the incidence of online identity theft has steadily climbed in recent months, banks and online retailers have struggled to stay on top of the problem and to…

November 29, 2004 · Daily Times
Many becoming victims of Internet fraud

ISLAMABAD: Although the Internet provides many facilities, it also carries many risks. Most common is the risk of Internet fraud. This crime affects the entire…

November 28, 2004 · Financial Times
Warning on rising bank account fraud

Criminals are using dormant bank accounts in a rising tide of computer fraud, the City of London's top fraud police officer has warned. Det Chief Supt Ken…

November 25, 2004 · Scotsman.com
Child Porn: Special Needs Teacher Spared Jail

A special needs teacher was today spared jail despite admitting downloading more than 2,500 indecent images of children. Ralph Bell, 38, of Bankhall Road,…

November 24, 2004 · mi2g Intelligence Unit
Growth of radicalism within Open Source - SCO under attack again

The main SCO Group web site ([sco.com](http://www.sco.com/)) has been intermittently accessible on Tuesday and Wednesday, having been down on Monday,…

November 24, 2004 · Scotsman.com
Former Police Chief Faces Jail over Child Porn

A former British Transport Police chief superintendent today admitted a string of child pornography charges after a police raid uncovered 657 images on his…

November 23, 2004 · PC Authority
Better hackers behind attack boom: Verisign

Security events in the third quarter jumped 150 percent over the same period last year, fuelled by more sophisticated hackers writing better code who are more…

November 22, 2004 · KlasTV.com
Identity Theft Scams Persist: Shred Your Data

Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of some type of identity theft last year. It costs businesses and consumers just more than $47…

November 22, 2004 · Philly.Com
Priest gets 30-month term in kiddie porn

The Rev. Matthew J. Kornacki had multiple apologies to make before he was sentenced to federal prison for possessing kiddie porn images. Kornacki, 57, a…

November 21, 2004 · sundaymail
Child porn scandal: net bursts

Only one in seven of the 700 Scots accused of buying internet child porn in a massive police investigation have been convicted. The vast majority of the…

November 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Richard Clarke on Cyberterrorism and Iraq

Richard Clarke, former counter terrorism advisor to the US National Security Council, has revealed that before invading Iraq, the U.S. government used the…

November 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Plastic Card Fraud: Increase in Russia

Companies, banks, other businesses try to hide the facts of data theft, cyber fraud, because they fear to lose investors’ and partners’ confidence. That’s why…

November 20, 2004 · ZDNet UK
Microsoft's answer to phishing: Two IDs

Banks are looking to bring down the number of phishing attacks by adopting two-factor authentication, which would require people to produce two forms of…

November 19, 2004 · Kanzas City Star
U.S. attorney charges 15 Kansans in child pornography cases

The U.S. attorney in Kansas on Thursday announced indictments against 15 Kansas residents, including five in the Kansas City area, for receiving or…