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October 7, 2010 · Bloomberg.com
Russian Cybercrime Thrives as Soviet-Era Schools Spawn Hackers

The U.S. Department of Justice said it may have been the most sophisticated computer fraud ever. For Viktor Pleshchuk, it was the chance to buy a brand new BMW…

October 6, 2010 · Bcs.org
Top cop's cybercrime warning

The highest ranking police officer in the country has roused fears that domestic organised crime could soon be turning to cyber warfare, as a means of making…

October 5, 2010 · V3.co.uk
Europe growing as cybercrime threat

Europe is becoming increasingly popular as a source for cyber crime operations, according to security experts. Trend Micro said that over the first half of…

October 4, 2010 · Thenewnewinternet.com
Cyber Crime on the Rise in Spain

Authorities in Malaga, Spain, have reported that child pornography and fraud account for more than half of cyber crime, Euro Weekly reports. Since its creation…

October 2, 2010 · Topnews.co.uk
Ukraine detains five people for their involvement in international cyber crime ring

Law enforcement agencies in Ukraine took five people under arrest for involving in an international computer-crime ring that drained off an estimated amount of…

September 22, 2010 · The New New Internet
Cyber Crime in North Africa a "New and Very Recent Trend"

Cyber experts with United Nations have cautioned about a recent trend in online attacks originating from African countries. “It is important to note that the…

September 20, 2010 · Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Cyber criminals hit Esc key for 10 yrs

MUMBAI: The plethora of online Nigerian frauds, instances of hacking and obscene text messages might be spiralling endlessly, but the city is yet to see a…

August 13, 2010 · Computeractive
Support site for victims of cybercrime set to close

An independent organisation set up three years ago to help the victims of online crime will close next month due to lack of funds. Over the years E-Victims has…

August 6, 2010 · Guardian.co.uk
Apple devices are vulnerable to attack, say German security officials

Several Apple devices including the iPhone and iPad have two critical security weaknesses for which no patch exists, the German government warned last night.…

August 3, 2010 · SFGate.com
Cybercrime costs firms $3.8 million yearly

Cybercrime costs American companies a median loss of $3.8 million a year, according to a study released Monday by security firm ArcSight and the Ponemon…

August 2, 2010 · Computeractive
Bulgarian police shut down websites

The entertainment industry is continuing its mission to clamp down on suspected illegal filesharing websites around the world. Four sites have been closed in…

July 28, 2010 · Infosecurity (USA)
Cyber crimes cost organizations $3.8 million per year

The study, sponsored by IT security vendor ArcSight, surveyed 45 US companies for a window of four weeks, over the course of nine months. While the first ever…

July 26, 2010 · Telegraph.co.uk
Cybercrime: one in 10 computers vulnerable to attack

Cybercriminals are increasingly focussing on money, a new report suggests, and improved organisation means that “toolkits” have been developed to methodically…

July 14, 2010 · ZDNet Asia
Anti-fraud coalition lauded as 'useful' in cybercrime fight

According to Tan Wei Ming, senior manager of government relations for Symantec Asia-Pacific and Japan, the underground economy for stolen data "remain…

July 12, 2010 · 234next.com
America to help Nigeria tackle cyber crime

Cyber crime and scam mails have done a lot of damage to Nigeria’s image. Therefore, the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, is partnering with the…

July 8, 2010 · Mid Day
Space crunch puts GRP cyber crime cell on hold

The Government Railway Police (GRP) want to build a cyber crime cell of their own, but are unable to commence the functioning of the cell in the GRP…

June 25, 2010 · MyBroadband.co.za News
Cybercrime getting more sophisticated

That’s according to Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR) which gleans data collected from approximately 500 million computers worldwide to…

June 23, 2010 · WLOX
Law enforcement equipped to battle cyber crime

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Cyber criminals beware. A growing number of law enforcement agencies in South Mississippi are actively pursing crimes committed through the…

June 22, 2010 · Upi.com
Microsoft launches cybercrime center

Microsoft Corp. has announced a business coalition, the Internet Fraud Alert group, aimed at combating computer crime. In addition to the software giant,…

June 3, 2010 · http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/
Lewis: U.S. not in a cyber war

The United States is not in a cyber war and cyber war likely will never occur independently of a physical armed conflict, said James Andrew Lewis, director of…

June 2, 2010 · Hindustantimes.com
Get ready for cyber crime on the phone

With the coming of 3G, the next wave of cyber attacks will be on the mobile phone, said cyber security expert Vijay Mukhi, at a seminar on the penultimate day…

May 20, 2010 · PCworld.com
Expert: Skype Worm No Cause for Panic

Security research firm Bkis earlier this month warned of a vicious virus targeting both Skype and Yahoo! Messenger. BKIS said in a blog post the attack…

May 18, 2010 · The Sun Newspapers
Cyber crime: UNIOSUN partners Microsoft

The war against cyber crimes has been given a boost in Osun State . At the just concluded annual conference of Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria…

May 17, 2010 · The New New Internet
Lawyers in India Involved in Cyber Training

Public prosecutors in Mumbai recently received training from the cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of the Mumbai police on cyber crime issues. Each of the…

May 13, 2010 · The Indian Express Group
Police line up tips on saving kids from pornography

Mumbai Advising parents how to protect their children from pornography will be one of the police’s major objectives during the Cyber Safe Mumbai drive from May…

May 12, 2010 · The New New Internet
Telecom DoS Conceals Cyber Crime

The recent spike in unsolicited and mysterious telephone calls may be part of a new scheme to use telecommunications distributed denial of service (DDoS)…

May 4, 2010 · The Gov Monitor
Australia To Join Council Of Europe Convention On Cybercrime

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, today announced Australia’s intention to accede to the Council of Europe…

April 29, 2010 · ComputerWeekly.com
Cost of cybercrime to businesses duplicates

The cost of cybercrime to businesses has doubled to more than £10bn over the past two years, research to be released today will reveal. The survey by…

April 22, 2010 · India Today Group Online
India ranked fifth in webbased attacks worldwide

India has risen to the fifth spot in the world's cybercrime ranking for 2009 from the 11th spot in 2008 and now only lags behind the US, China, Brazil and…

April 21, 2010 · Bcs.org
Symantec reports about increase of cyber attacks

Cybercrime is becoming an increasing security threat for a number of firms as methods are becoming 'more sophisticated', it has been claimed. Symantec, a…