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August 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Governmental Measures to Protect Information Processes in Ukraine

The whole situation in the national information field of Ukraine and maintenance of its security turns into a threat to the national security of the country.…

August 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: Department K against Udmurt hackers

According to Valeri Korznikov, Deputy Chief of the Department K (unit fighting high tech crimes) in Udmurt Republic, hackers expanded heavy activities so that…

August 6, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyberterrorism: terrorism of the 21st century

Information on new scaled terrorist attacks being prepared caused the necessity of urgent security measures to be undertaken. According to the CIA, Al Qaeda,…

August 5, 2004 · The Register
FBI publishes computer crime and security stats

Every year for the past nine years, the Computer Security Institute and the FBI undertake a computer crime and security survey among companies and institutions…

August 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Vostok Media was attacked by hackers

Russia, Vladivostok, August 5, 2:30 am local time, a hacking into the website of Information Agency Vostok Media was committed. The information on the arrest…

August 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
How Al Qaeda uses the Internet

A programmer detained in Pakistan told how terrorists used the Internet, CNN.com informed. According to a source in the US government, Muhammad Naeem Noor…

August 4, 2004 · Channelnewsasia.com
Al-Qaeda computer whizz was top terror planner

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistani Al-Qaeda computer expert captured last month was one of the terror network's top planners with a five million dollar bounty on his…

August 4, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Google is hackers' favourite

Google.com, the world's most favourite search engine is one of the easiest tools for hackers, a security expert said last Thursday. Google's ability to cache…

August 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: Hackers arrested

Officers of the Dniepropetrovsk Department of the Security Service of Ukraine arrested two malefactors who allegedly attempted to steal big money, committed a…

August 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn

The question of what constitutes child pornography is extraordinarily complex. Standards that are applied in each society or country are highly subjective and…

August 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Al Qaeda prepares a new attack on NY

The United States government on Monday warned of terrorist attacks aimed at specific targets in New York City, Washington and Newark, which could include World…

August 2, 2004 · The Nation
Internet Fraud

*Promises of riches are parting the greedy and naive from their cash* Waiting in the e-mail inboxes of Internet users around the world are devious and…

August 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: losses from viruses surge

According to the Ukrainian Antivirus Center, losses from virus attacks added up to 45m EURO for the first six months of 2004. As compared to the previous year,…

August 2, 2004 · HindustanTimes.com
Al-Qaeda engineer held in Pak was source for US terror threat

An Al-Qaeda computer engineer captured in Pakistan in mid-July was the source for the most recent terror threat in the United States, the New York Times…

August 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hacker Philosopher

Richard Thieme, author of the new book [Islands in the Clickstream: Reflections on Life in a Virtual…

July 31, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
German banks experience a sudden upsurge of computer crime

German banking sphere experiences a sudden upsurge of computer crime. According to the Federal Union of German Banks, customers that use online operations more…

July 30, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian computer crime statistics

Russia -- Department "K" (a department on fighting high tech crimes) revealed 4,295 crimes in the sphere of high technologies for the first 6 months of 2004,…

July 30, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
An Indiana teenager runs away with adult from Nevada she met on the Internet

This story is must reading for parents and includes a description of good detective work and use of the Amber Alert. Extended Entry This story is must reading…

July 29, 2004 · ITNews Australia
Internet Attack Targets DoubleClick

***The DoubleClick outage was caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, in which hackers use the firepower of thousands of hijacked computers to flood…

July 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Ukrainian child porn ring exposed

Ukrainian police has stopped the activity of a criminal group taking porn pictures and movies of more that 500 girls between 8 and 16 years old in the likeness…

July 29, 2004 · Seattlepi.com
Law enforcement tackling computer crime

RICHMOND, Va. -- Federal and state law enforcement agencies are joining forces to combat computer crimes, officials announced. The Cyber-Crime Strike Force…

July 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian hacker blackmailed gambling companies

A criminal case related to the article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was instigated under control of General Prosecutor Office, Russian…

July 28, 2004 · Ireland On-Line
Bank issues warning of internet fraud scam

Internet banking customers were warned tonight about a fraudulent scheme to steal their credit card details. Allied Irish Bank said two of its clients had…

July 28, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn: The troubled past of James Perry

**This story about James Perry is particularly troubling. Perry was sentenced in Madison, Wisconsin to 180 years in prison, a life term. On one videotape,…

July 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Russian response to Osama Bin Laden virus

Friday, a virus purporting to show images of Osama bin Laden's suicide has popped up on the Internet, designed to entice recipients to open a file that…

July 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Al Qaeda in cyber space: threats of cyberterrorism

Terrorism, as a display of utmost extremism, is based on various disagreements (national, transnational) in politics, economy, religious or criminal grounds…

July 27, 2004 · TechNewsWorld
Hacker's Osama bin Laden Hoax Terrorizes Computers

***A hacker apparently sprinkled thousands of newsgroups with rumors of bin Laden's death, saying CNN reporters found the terrorist leader hanged, and included…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
From Robert Morris through Osama Bin Laden

There's yet another way to distribute network viruses developed by hackers. The Internet users receive infected letters with an invitation to watch the photo…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Serial rapist-paedophile placed videos of his rapes on the Net

The investigation is almost finished and the case is now being prepared to be brought to the court involving a 36-year old rapist called "Pulya" (rus. Bullet).…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Your Opinion: Should Your Internet Service Provider Block Child Pornography Websites?

**[Should Your Internet Service Provider Block Child Pornography Websites?](http://blog.watchright.com/?itemid=184)** **By Robert T DeMarco** [British…