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August 27, 2008 · en.apa.az
Azerbaijan to hold a seminar regarding Convention on Cybercrime

Baku. İlhama İsabalayeva - APA-ECONOMICS. Azerbaijan will host a seminar on its joining the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime. Azerbaijan’s Ministry…

August 27, 2008 · tribune.com.ng
The challenge of cyber crime

The current revolution in ICT across the globe has brought a lot of blessings to humanity and the way people live and do business have taken them far away from…

August 25, 2008 · TheStatesMan.net
Cafes yet to follow guidelines to combat cyber crime in Siliguri

Days after three children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Shantipara in Siliguri, weeks after the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)…

August 25, 2008 · economictimes.indiatimes.com
Indian hacker alleged brain behind biggest cyber-heist

LONDON: An unknown Indian hacker is being charged with the greatest cyber-heist in history for allegedly helping a criminal gang steal identities of an…

August 25, 2008 · Vnunet.com
Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every customer…

August 25, 2008 · Thestatesman.net
Cafes yet to follow guidelines to combat cyber crime in Siliguri

SILIGURI, Aug.24: Days after three children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Shantipara in Siliguri, weeks after the…

August 24, 2008 · timesonline.co.uk
Thousands of cyber attacks each day on key utilities

Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new cyberwar against…

August 24, 2008 · sundayherald.com
Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist

EXCLUSIVE: Sunday Herald uncovers theft of data from every guest in 1300 Best Western Hotels in past 12 months By Iain S Bruce AN INTERNATIONAL criminal gang…

August 23, 2008 · news.cnet.com
Phreaker calls buddies overseas on U.S. government dime

Someone broke into a U.S. Homeland Security Department phone system and made 400 calls to the Middle East and Asia, racking up $12,000 in long-distance…

August 23, 2008 · Forbes.com
Reformed Hacker Looks Back

There was a time when the name Kevin Mitnick represented everything that the world's chief security officers feared most: a reckless geek with the power to…

August 23, 2008 · timesonline.co.uk
Hacker uncovers 'proof' that Chinese gymnast is underage

A determined computer expert has delved into cached pages on the Internet to unearth Chinese official documents showing a gymnast who took gold, edging…

August 22, 2008 · http://www.oxan.com/
US: tackling cyber-crime

The European Court of Human Rights will consider on Thursday whether to prevent hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the United States. McKinnon is accused of…

August 22, 2008 · realtruth.org
Cybercrimes Rising to Epidemic Proportions

With information and commerce reaching out to a global community and economy through the Internet, criminals from Russia, China and the United States are…

August 21, 2008 · SFGate.com
Facebook Is Still Battling Spam

The Chronicle first wrote about Facebook's spam problem in April, after several Facebook members complained about getting offers for ringtones or male…

August 21, 2008 · theglobeandmail.com
The challenge of global cybercrime

We've seen the ads: Earn thousands of dollars a month working from home. Most of them are scams or wishful thinking; easy money is notoriously hard to find. So…

August 21, 2008 · Canberratimes.com.au
Child porn accused 'downloaded 15,000 images'

A former Canberra music teacher, caught in a global police operation, did not realise anyone was being hurt by his obsession with child pornography, a court…

August 21, 2008 · Zdnetasia.co
Judge lifts gag order on Boston travelcard-hack

Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who had been barred by a court order from discussing travel-smartcard vulnerabilities can now discuss the…

August 19, 2008 · Vnunet.com
Spammers go down to Georgia

The UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Spam Data Mine is showing that the war in Georgia is being used to evade spam filters. The university detected a…

August 19, 2008 · tech.yahoo.com
Should you EVER reply to a spam message?

Reader Jeffrey writes: All of a sudden, I am receiving an inordinate amount of "bulk" email in my Yahoo account. Many of the identical emails are sent day…

August 19, 2008 · Newsinfo.inquirer.net
CICT endorses latest anti-cybercrime bill in Congress

MANILA, Philippines -- The government's highest IT-governing body is hopeful that increased awareness and support will push lawmakers this time to finally pass…

August 19, 2008 · washingtonpost.com
A Lot of People Just Don't Take the Basic Precautions

At the end of the Black Hat hacker convention in Las Vegas this month, James Finch, head of the FBI's Cyber Division, sat down for an interview about crime and…

August 18, 2008 · abcactionnews.com
Pasco teacher arrested in cybercrime sex sting

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL -- A 29-year-old teacher at Trinity Oaks Elementary School in Pasco County is the latest school employee to be arrested by the State…

August 18, 2008 · content.zdnet.com
Gallery: Tools for CSI cybercrime

The digital forensics unit (DFU) of the Australia Serious Fraud Office sniffs out incriminating evidence from crime scenes with ZDNet Australia on hand…

August 17, 2008 · washingtontimes.com
States seen as weak on cybercrime

State authorities are not doing enough to protect consumers from online fraud and other cybercrimes, despite skyrocketing numbers of complaints from the…

August 17, 2008 · TechRepublic
States urged to do more to tackle cybercrime

A report has been released by two technology policy groups noting that most top state prosecutors have failed to address cybercrimes outside of high-profile…

August 15, 2008 · ZDNet UK
UK sees sharp rise in spam

The amount of spam crammed into UK inboxes has quadrupled over the past three months, according to figures from an anti-spam company. Show related articles The…

August 15, 2008 · theregister.co.uk
Cybercrime bust highlights PIN terminal insecurity

Analysis UK police arrests of a gang reckoned to have tampered with Chip and PIN entry devices to harvest PIN numbers and cardholder details have sparked calls…

August 14, 2008 · crn.com
What Olympic Spam?

While The Test Center heard alot about Olympic spam --messages with Olympic-related topics appearing in the subject line, the body, or the attachments -- very…

August 14, 2008 · internetnews.com
Study Gives States Poor Marks on Cyber Crime

As cyber crime and e-commerce continue to boom, most states are failing to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated threats, according to a new study.…

August 14, 2008 · Internetnews.com
How cyber crime went professional

As Russian and Georgian soldiers were flinging explosive artillery shells at each other, both sides in the South Ossetia conflict were also exploiting the very…