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January 9, 2008 · Gulfnews.com
Cybercrimes - Crack force

RSA, the internet security specialist, for example, works for most of the world's largest banks to identify and stop phishing attempts, in which emails…

January 9, 2008 · Lawfuel.com
McCollum, John Walsh: Cybercrimes Affect Real Child Victims

LAWFUEL - The Legal Newswire - TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh hosted a discussion today with…

January 8, 2008 · Reuters.com
Leading Security Consulting Firm Opens State-of-the-Art Computer Forensics Lab

STERLING, Va. & BOSTON--(Business Wire)--NetSecurity Corporation, a leading computer forensics, security consulting and training company, announced today the…

January 8, 2008 · PC WORLD
Cybercrime is going upscale

Cybercrime is going upscale. Criminals are not just putting together bigger botnets--more than a million computers in some cases--they are also adopting the…

January 7, 2008 · Timesofindia.Indiatimes.com
Credit card fraud: Banker duped

AHMEDABAD: A cyber crime complaint has been registered with Navrangpura police station when a zonal officer's credit card was used by online fraudsters to buy…

January 6, 2008 · Iberianet.com
Computer has child porn

A Coteau man suspected in the death of his 7-year-old son now faces additional charges after investigators allege they found found child pornography on his…

January 6, 2008 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime - DA's thankful for funds

The Alabama District Attorneys' Association praised Alabama's congressional delegation and especially U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) and U.S. Rep.…

January 6, 2008 · Hindu.com
Rumours seem to be spreading like wildfire through SMS

Chennai: As if the regular law and order challenges faced by city police were not enough, rumours spread through text messages (SMS) and hoax telephone calls…

January 5, 2008 · Eastvalleytribune.com
Surging Internet fraud fuels Scottsdale firm's tracking work

The growing threat of Internet fraud is fueling the rapid expansion of a Scottsdale-based company that uses cutting-edge technology to find and stop the…

January 5, 2008 · Thestar.com
Richmond Hill man charged with possessing child porn, drugs

Police continue to search a Richmond Hill home for child pornography and drugs after a man was arrested and charged with possession today. York Region…

January 4, 2008 · Bigmouthmedia.com
Net criminals to target social networking sites in 2008

Cyber criminals are set to target social networking sites over the coming year, security firms have warned. Professionals in the field suggest that the…

January 4, 2008 · Сhannelregister.co.uk
'Ragtag' Russian army shows the new face of DDoS attacks

**In late April, a Russian-speaking blogger upset with recent events in Estonia posted a series of dispatches calling on like-minded people to attack…

January 4, 2008 · Washingtonpost
UK prepares prosecutors for amended computer crime law

U.K. prosecutors have received guidance on interpreting amendments to a computer crime law that introduce stronger penalties for computer hacking. Asix-page…

January 3, 2008 · News.mywebpal.com
Focus on cyber crime

Crawford said he signed up for classes primarily focusing on cyber crime and counterterrorism -- two of the biggest and fastest-growing challenges to police…

January 3, 2008 · Theregister.co.uk
UK gov sets rules for hacker tool ban

The UK government has published guidelines for the application of a law that makes it illegal to create or distribute so-called "hacking tools". The…

January 3, 2008 · Guardian.co.uk
Kremlin eyes internet control ...

**The Russian government is looking to create a Cyrillic internet, but is it just another case of Big Brother controlling its citizens?** Kremlin The growing…

January 2, 2008 · Boston.com
Man charged with using sister's computer to trade child porn

COLCHESTER, Conn.—Authorities say a former New London man faces child pornography charges after his sister found explicit images on her home computer. more…

January 2, 2008 · Hindu.com
Police, eBay unite to fight cyber crimes

KOCHI: The Cyber Cell of the city police will soon score another point over their colleagues by working out an arrangement with eBay, the online shopping site.…

January 2, 2008 · News-Press.com
Cybercops' next predator snare just a click away

JACKSONVILLE — For a guy who just turned 40, Chuck McMullen can turn himself into a fairly convincing teenager. So can Chad Hoffman, 35, who effortlessly sheds…

January 1, 2008 · Strategypage.com
War or Crime in Cyberspace

n the computer age -- and 2008 is definitely in the computer age -- the difference between an act of war and crime is often a matter of interpretation as well…

January 1, 2008 · Computer Crime Research Center
Is a Virtual Bank Robbery a Real-World Crime?

In answering the question whether virtual bank robbery is a real-world crime, the first important point is that it should be. Linden dollars can be converted…

December 31, 2007 · Connpost.com
State's attorney hires veteran investigator

BRIDGEPORT — If Edward Zack, the newest inspector for the state's attorney, has a fault, it's that he always has to keep busy. It was that personal drive that…

December 30, 2007 · Timesofindia.Indiatimes.com
Cyber crime: Two youths arrested in Rajasthan

AIPUR: Two youths allegedly involved in withdrawing and transferring money over the Internet were today arrested by police in Ajmer. The Special Task Force of…

December 29, 2007 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber Crime Conference Thwarts Cyber Threats

Law enforcement, counterintelligence, and information assurance specialists globally will come together for training and discussion at the 7th Annual…

December 28, 2007 · rsf.org
Hackers attack Chinese website shutting down some 2,000 blogs

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by a Distributed Denial of Service attack on the US-based, Chinese news website Boxun that was probably organised by…

December 28, 2007 · Tracypress.com
Phishing for pedophiles

Nate Cogburn spends hours at work in online chat rooms. He talks about sex, pornography and “hooking up” with strangers. And he’s doing it right under his…

December 27, 2007 · Ohio.com
Experts fail government on cybersecurity

** Efforts criticized for deficient funds, lack of understanding of threat's size** SAN JOSE, CALIF.: Since the outbreak of a cybercrime epidemic that has cost…

December 27, 2007 · Latimes.com
EBay goes far to fight fraud - all the way to Romania

RAMNICU VALCEA, ROMANIA -- This small industrial center in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains is not Albena Spasova's favorite destination. Driving the…

December 26, 2007 · Upi.com
German child porn ring implicates 12,000

BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- As many as 12,000 people worldwide have been identified as suspects by German police who cracked an Internet child pornography…

December 25, 2007 · Orlandosentinel.com
Cyber-crime unit arrests Seminole man in sex case

SANFORD - A 26-year-old Seminole County man was arrested Monday, accused of using the Internet to lure what he thought was a 13-year-old girl to a Casselberry…