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April 19, 2010 · The Register
UN split on cybercrime conventions

A United Nations committee on international crime prevention is split on how to deal with cybercrime. Some countries want the existing European convention to…

April 13, 2010 · Gadget
A security revolution is needed

The number of new malware samples detected year-on-year has grown from under 500 000 in 2005 to 16 000 000 in 2009. As such, the presence of cybercriminals has…

April 12, 2010 · Bianet
Turkey's to sign the European Convention on Cyber Crimes

Yaman Akdeniz from the Bilgi University School of Law said that Turkey's future signature of the Council of Europe's 'Convention on Cybercrime' is not a…

April 6, 2010 · Computer Crime Research Center
The Government of Vietnam Rejects Google Claims Of Cybercrime

The government of Vietnam has refused to acknowledge the 'groundless' accusations made by Google's Neel Mehta and McAfee Chief Technical Officer George Kurtz.…

March 31, 2010 · gulf-times.com
Criminals are devising new threat paths

Sophisticated cyber criminals are successfully finding new threat paths that are going undetected, a cyber criminologist said yesterday. Dr K Rama Subramaniam,…

March 21, 2010 · STV Group plc
Abertay Uni launches 'cyber crime' course

An academic attack on the perpetrators of global cyber crime is being launched in Dundee. Abertay University is introducing the UK's first degree to tackle…

March 20, 2010 · ITWeb Limited
Police bring to stop cyber crime

Police minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on the police to “lead a crusade” against online criminals targeting women and children. “Recent reports of children,…

March 19, 2010 · Central Florida News 13
Agencies Using Social Networking Sites To Fight Crime

Top cybercrime officials across the country are calling social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and MySpace their new best friends. According to an internal…

March 18, 2010 · economictimes.indiatimes.com
Cyber crime impend to India's security

GUWAHATI: Cyber crime is the latest threat to India's security with those inimical to its interests hiring experts to spy on companies and vital networks, says…

March 7, 2010 · USA Today
Homeland Security chief Napolitano seeks citizen cybercrime fighters

Napalitano issued her formal challenge at a keynote address Wednesday at the RSA Conference on tech security here at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center.…

March 6, 2010 · Computer Crime Research Center
FBI: Cyber crime is growing

Robert Mueller, chief of Federal Bureau of Investigation addressed to RSA Conference of computer security professionals on Thursday in San Francisco, “The…

March 1, 2010 · Computer Crime Research Center
Verizon Helps Industry Fight Cybercrime by Publicly Releasing Framework Used for Data Breach Investigations Reports

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an initiative to make it easier for companies to analyze and exchange data about security breaches and unite in…

February 25, 2010 · SPAMfighter
Most Companies Lack Infrastructure to Fight Against the Biggest Cyber Threats

According to Rich Baich, author of the survey's report, cybercrime menaces to organizations are increasing much faster than companies can tackle them, as per…

February 25, 2010 · Independent Online
Malta hosts US Department of Justice cybercrime conference

The best practices in developing legislation designed to address crimes involving computers and the Internet were discussed at a three-day regional conference…

February 23, 2010 · SmartCompany.com.au
Revisiting reveals 90% of Australasian companies have been hit by cyber attacks

Every businesses must ensure they have comprehensive security and backup plans for corporate and customer data due to the rising number of cyber security…

February 23, 2010 · Contractor UK
Freelance security worker 'coded Google cyber attack'

The author of the China-based programming code used in an alleged state-sponsored cyber attack on Google, and other US firms, has been identified as an IT…

February 23, 2010 · Ecommerce Journal
What is the most dangerous cyber attack in 2010?

According to recent data provided in the research by the security vendor Webroot 73% of the polled said Web-based threats are more difficult to manage than…

February 22, 2010 · Homeland Security Today
Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors brought into use by Cyber-criminals

A small number of common software programming errors are responsible nearly every major type of cyber attack, from the recent intrusions at Google, to…

February 22, 2010 · 234next
New campaign against cyber crimes and terrorism to Nigerian universities

A coalition of anti-corruption organizations has partnered with the National Assembly to take the organising a cyber crimes and terrorism congress in Abuja in…

February 21, 2010 · COMPUTERWORLD
Criminal hacker 'Iceman' gets 13 years

A former security researcher turned criminal hacker has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for hacking into financial institutions and stealing…

February 20, 2010 · Informationweek.com
Chinese students are involved in Google Cyberattack

Computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School in China reportedly played a role in the attacks, according to unnamed sources…

January 26, 2010 · sys-con media
2010 CyberSecurity Watch Survey

Cybercrime threats posed to targeted organizations are increasing faster than many organizations can combat them, according to the 2010 CyberSecurity Watch…

January 19, 2010 · ABS-cbnnews.com
Young lawmaker says cybercrime bill 'too vague'

MANILA, Philippines - Lack of definition of what constitutes computer crime may further delay the passage of House Bill 6974 or the CyberCrime Prevention Act…

January 12, 2010 · Herald-review.com
Decatur police arrest man on child pornography charges

DECATUR - Acting on a tip-off, Decatur police arrested a 40-year-old man after allegedly discovering his computer held movie files of child pornography. Police…

January 12, 2010 · Chicagotribune.com
Child porn sentence for ex-Bartlett parks official

A former Bartlett Park District board vice president was sentenced Monday to 30 months of probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of public service -- none…

January 12, 2010 · Wten.com/
Computer crime: Protecting your privacy

The FBI says it could be a while before we learn more information about the Duanesburg Central School District bank accounts being hacked and who did it.…

January 12, 2010 · Northforkvue.com
Suffolk County Computer Crimes Initiative Awarded Funds In Omnibus Appropriation Bill

Washington, DC - Congressman Tim Bishop recently announced that efforts to secured $250,000 for the Suffolk County Police Department's Computer Crimes…

January 12, 2010 · Govtech.com
CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey Shows Poor Security Awareness Training in Public and Private Sectors

The Computer Security Institute (CSI), which holds conferences and educational events for IT workers, released the 14th edition of its annual CSI Computer…

January 2, 2010 · Computer Crime Research Center
5,400 people were nabbed in China for online porn in 2009

Purification of the Internet" and fighting of online crime are closely tied to any country's stability. Pornographic content seriously pollutes the online…

December 18, 2009 · Computer Crime Research Center
iNetSec 2010 Open Research Problems in Network Security

**Time of the Conference: 05 and 06 March 2010** Place of the Conference: Sofia, Bulgaria, University of National and World Economy, 8 December, Student Town,…