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December 7, 2010 · The Vancouver Sun
Cyberthreats to the retail industry

Retail businesses are an ideal target for cyber criminals plotting everything from credit and debit card fraud to identity theft. In fact, what has been…

December 6, 2010 · Compassnewspaper.com
West Africa cybercrime summit targets Nigerian scam

Microsoft and government agencies are hosting the first-ever cybercrime summit in West Africa this week to tackle what are best known as Nigerian scams. Known…

November 26, 2010 · ITNews Australia
Cybercrime response a win for self-regulation

The Federal Government has broadly accepted all 34 recommendations of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications’ report on Cybercrime.…

November 25, 2010 · The Province
Cybercrime permeates Internet

The Internet is no longer the friendly meeting place it once was -- the dangers that lurk within its precincts are intensifying. "The Internet is becoming…

November 24, 2010 · tech2.com
Nasscom And CBI To Team Up And Fight Cyber Crime

With the Indian Government and IT industry facing the wrath of Cyber Crime on an almost daily basis, The CBI had decided to join hands with Nasscom to contain…

November 23, 2010 · First Coast News
Baker County Child Porn Arrest

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police have arrested a man in Baker County on child pornography-related charges, Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today. Randall…

November 23, 2010 · Infosecurity-us.com
India top law enforcement agency to set up cybercrime center

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is teaming up with the country’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to establish a…

November 19, 2010 · Theengineer.co.uk
Anti-cybercrime software mimics DNA matching process

A Scottish university spin-out has attracted £170,000 of funding to commercialise an anti-cybercrime software based on the same algorithms for DNA sequence…

November 15, 2010 · Dp-news.com
Syria falls prey to banking cyber crime

Syrians have been warned that the banking cybercrime malware Zeus Trojan is a threat to online users in Syria. Since the first version of Zeus Trojan, the…

November 11, 2010 · Companies.mybroadband.co.za
Cybercrime strikes more than two-thirds of Internet users

The next time you surf the Internet, consider this: You might be just one click away from becoming the next cybercrime victim. A study released from security…

November 5, 2010 · Softpedia.com
Cybercrime-Fighting in the eForensics Team

Swinburne University offers the first postgraduate course in eForensics, as a response to the necessity of having professionals with the skills necessary to…

November 4, 2010 · Btob.co.nz
Cyber crime threat for unprotected mobile devices

New Zealanders have taken charge of protecting their identity on social networking sites, but are leaving themselves vulnerable by not securing their mobile…

November 3, 2010 · Catholicsentinel.org
Feds investigate Wisconsin parish cybercrime

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating how criminals stole $121,000 electronically from a parish in the Milwaukee Archdiocese. St. John Vianney…

November 2, 2010 · Examiner.com
Government declares a war on cybercrime

Nothing better than a government issued war. The American government has now declared a "war on cybercrime," in an effort to combat rising economic damage from…

November 1, 2010 · Deccanchronicle.com
Reputation tech can beat e-crime

Over three-quarters of Indian internet users have fallen victim to cybercrime, according to the Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact. Unfortunately, even…

October 29, 2010 · Ft.com
MTS hacks into cybercrime for app skills

Russia’s MTS mobile phone company is seeking to create the country’s first market for mobile phone applications with a little help from an unorthodox supplier:…

October 28, 2010 · Rnw.nl
Netherlands popular with cybercriminals

A computer crime network in the Netherlands was dismantled on Monday, and the main suspect arrested in Armenia less than a day later. A Dutch expert has hailed…

October 27, 2010 · Abcnews.go.com
FBI: Crime Ring Stole $70 Million Using Computer Virus

An Eastern European cybercrime ring stole $70 million from US banks, the FBI announced today. In additions to the dozens of individuals charged in the U.S. and…

October 26, 2010 · Computerworld.com.au
Commonwealth Bank served as training ground for global phishing attacks

When international organised crime groups launched the first wide-scale phishing attacks in 2003, their targets weren’t the United States or the United Kingdom…

October 25, 2010 · Blog.oregonlive.com
Combating Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, and the Internet Underground

When it comes to the Internet, criminals are two steps ahead of the game and are winning the battle and the war. That’s the view of Dr. Rocky Termanini, a…

October 22, 2010 · Independentmail.com
Former Clemson official indicted on larceny, computer crime charges

GREENVILLE — A former Clemson official, fired three years ago amid disputes about the university's financial management, has been indicted in Greenville County…

October 21, 2010 · Which.co.uk
Cameron sets aside £650m to fight cybercrime

**The Prime Minister has pledged to spend £650 million, over the next four years, on managing the risks associated with cyberspace.** In his speech to the…

October 20, 2010 · Myfoxorlando.com
Ocoee man arrested for child porn

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - An Ocoee man has been taken into custody and will be charged with possession of child pornography. Eric Perez, 27, was…

October 18, 2010 · Cio.com.au
Cloud floats through cybercrime legislation: Crime Commission

The chief executive of the Australian Crime Commission has warned current law enforcement isn’t properly equipped to respond to attacks on cloud computing…

October 18, 2010 · Seacoastonline.com
Cybercrime 2010 Symposium coming to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH — Sage Data Security is bringing leading data security experts to the city to help New England's banking community fight cybercrime. The Cybercrime…

October 18, 2010 · Itp.net
Stamping out cybercrime

SYMANTEC is leading the fight against cybercrime this week by unveiling its newly-launched Norton Internet Security 2011 and Norton AntiVirus 2011 suite at…

October 15, 2010 · Blog.seattlepi.com
The Latest on Botnet Cybercrime

Global and U.S. malware infection rates fell from the second half of 2009 to the first half of 2010, but the world needs a more unified way to fight…

October 14, 2010 · Topnews.us
Cybercrime intrusions double up

Australian Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) reports that attempted intrusions against country’s military networks have risen enormously and steps should be…

October 11, 2010 · Wireupdate.com
18 arrested in Greece on child pornography charges after 4-month investigation

ATHENS, GREECE (BNO NEWS) -- The Greek police on Friday announced the arrest of 18 people allegedly involved in a child pornography ring comprising 117 Greek…

October 8, 2010 · Reuters.com
FBI says Ukraine arrests 5 in cybercrime case

Ukraine authorities have arrested five individuals who allegedly directed a global cybercrime scheme that used a version of the Zeus Trojan computer virus to…