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November 19, 2004 · Kanzas City infoZine
Security Incidents and Cyber-Crime

The number of security incidents recorded in the third quarter of the year has risen sharply according to a study by VeriSign which also claims that the…

November 18, 2004 · FBI
ID Theft/Credit Card Protections

The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants everyone shopping this holiday season to enjoy purchasing gifts for loved ones and friends without the fear of…

November 18, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Trojan steals banking information

Computer Security Experts warns about new Trojan Banker-AJ. With the help of this program fraudsters steal money from the accounts. The most alarmed clients of…

November 17, 2004 · Onlypunjab.com
SBC Unresponsive to, Identity Theft, Internet Fraud, Complaints

After receiving multiple email containing what was clearly internet fraud with links leading to web pages cleverly disguised as eBay with the sole purpose of…

November 17, 2004 · Port Macquarie News
Internet fraud scares off seniors

Elderly people have so much to gain from the internet, but they are being scared off by internet fraud and fake emails, according to a man who has introduced…

November 16, 2004 · The Age
Crusty security no protection at all

Internal fraud is the most underestimated security threat to Australian organisations, warns a former federal computer crime investigator. The duties of those…

November 16, 2004 · The Cornell Daily Sun
Panel Discusses Threat of Cyberterrorism at Workshop

he first reaction of the United States government to the Sept. 11 attacks was to order the immediate grounding of all airplanes. In the hours that followed,…

November 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia - the second child porn manufacturer

Experts of National Children's Homes (UK) issued report on the origin of child porn in the Internet. Russia took the second place after U.S. in producing child…

November 15, 2004 · Business Standart
Prove your identity for surfing in cyber cafes

Internet surfers in over 50,000 cyber cafes across Karnataka now need to show an identity proof before they browse the web. The state government with an aim to…

November 14, 2004 · deepikaglobal.com
Identity check made compulsory in Karnataka cyber cafes

Bangalore, November 14 :Internet surfers in over 50,000 cyber cafes across Karnataka now need to show an identity proof before they browse the Web. The State…

November 14, 2004 · ISRAEL21c
Israel spearheads drive to open the information society to all

What divides the world's 'haves' from the 'have-nots'? It used to be access to food, health care and education, but nowadays it's just as likely to be access…

November 13, 2004 · Kerala Next
Terrorism ; Cyber crime tools could serve terrorists: FBI

Terrorism News, MIAMI: The hacking and identity theft tools now earning big money for mainly eastern European organized crime could be used by terrorists to…

November 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
''Break In'': the hackers' weapon

Hackers become more dangerous when joining into groups. They can shut down not only separate web-sites, but the whole Internet zones. The organized criminal…

November 12, 2004 · ZDNet UK
FBI: Hidden threat inside cybercrime

**The hacking and identity theft tools now earning big money for mainly Eastern European organized crime could be used by terrorists to attack the United…

November 11, 2004 · CANOE
War on cybercrime against kids widens

OTTAWA -- Ontario's fight against Internet crimes that target children got a boost of up to $5 million yesterday. Monte Kwinter, Ontario minister of community…

November 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Digital Media – the most vulnerable for illegal information access

70-80% of the information about a certain object can be received legally by use open sources: magazines, newspapers and the Internet. However, other methods of…

November 10, 2004 · This Is London
New online fraud scare

Fresh fears about the security of online banks were raised today after a major new loophole was exposed. About one million Morgan Stanley credit card holders…

November 10, 2004 · KnoxNews
Child-porn images found on priest's computer

More than 5,000 pornographic images and about 150 child pornography movies were found on a church-owned laptop computer used by the Rev. Stephen Fernandes,…

November 10, 2004 · Sun-Sentinel.Com
Online companies facing huge losses in battling Web extortion

To an old-time bookie like Mickey Richardson, $500 in protection money was chump change. So when he got an e-mail from gangsters threatening to bring his…

November 9, 2004 · Internetnews.com
Report: A Misplaced Sense of Security?

Despite feeling safer now than a year ago, 20 percent of businesses in a network security survey of 300 IT staffers in companies with more than $30 million in…

November 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Stolen source codes for selling

Anonymous hacker group launched on-line shop selling stolen source codes of the famous software products. Among items for selling are codes of Cisco PIX…

November 8, 2004 · News Today
Cyber laboratory on the anvil

There is a plan to set up a cyber laboratory to aid Cyber Crime Cell attached to the Central Crime Branch of the city police to further enhance investigative…

November 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Web's prowling predators

The information age has brought about unparalleled instant connectivity. It has also introduced a scary scenario for the pop cultural narrative: the wide-open…

November 6, 2004 · This Is London
Security breach at Cahoot bank

The website for online bank Cahoot was shut down for around ten hours yesterday after the discovery of a major security breach that meant customers could log…

November 6, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
New kind of the Internet fraud represented by Russians

Russian “spammers” represented new kind of Internet fraud. Thousands Australians received messages proposing participate in two-week trainings on the Internet…

November 5, 2004 · Foreign Policy
Haven for Hackers

South Korea has the highest percentage of broadband Internet users in the world. Yet, the country’s cybersecurity record is one of the world’s worst. Last…

November 5, 2004 · BizReport
FBI Pursuing More Cyber-Crime Cases

**A former technology company executive charged with hiring hackers to attack a competitor's Web site has joined the FBI's most-wanted list, the latest sign of…

November 4, 2004 · NEW SCIENTIST
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…

November 4, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Two Traffic Police officers became heroes of porno-story through the student's fault

Recently, a student of the local University in Mordovia (Russian Federation), distributing porno stories through the Internet, pleaded guilty for calumny. He…

November 4, 2004 · ITNews Australia
Phishers recruiting money mules

Phishers are recruiting money laundering "mules" in the UK with "make-money-at-home" offers tendered via email, said a security firm this week. According to…