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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…

December 25, 2007 · Ohio.com
Cyber crooks go phishing

SAN JOSE, CALIF.: Somewhere in St. Petersburg, Russia's second biggest city, a tiny startup has struck Internet gold. Its dozen-odd employees are barely old…

December 24, 2007 · seacoastonline.com
Hackers and phone bills

A New Hampshire business says a hacker rang up a $8,700 phone bill for one call to Saudia Arabia. Michael Bednaz, owner of Hexa Interactive Communications,…

December 24, 2007 · star-telegram.com
Id theft to raise

This year has been a doozy for victims of identity theft. But next year the threat is likely to be even worse. Consumers should expect identity thieves to get…

December 23, 2007 · smh.com.au
Cyber cold war

Governments worldwide are preparing for an increase in attacks on crucial services, writes Conrad Walters. First the mobile fails. Intermittent black spots are…

December 23, 2007 · thesuntimes.com
No end for Internet scams

Ah, for the good old days when scams were simpler and easier to recognize - a money drop here, an out-of-town asphalt truck there... Then the Internet comes…

December 22, 2007 · itbusinessedge.com
HP and backdoor hacking

Kelly Jackson Higgins posted an interesting and unsettling story at Dark Reading that focuses on back doors which, as the name implies, are programs that…

December 22, 2007 · news.digitaltrends.com
Possible Google toolbar hacking

Are you like many others, with a Google Toolbar added on to your browser? If so, you’d better be careful about adding buttons to it. According to a story on…

December 21, 2007 · courant.com
Cyberspace: to buy or not to buy

Lorella Praeli will never forget the nasty instant messages that kept popping up on her home computer when she was a middle school student in New Milford. The…

December 21, 2007 · Business Standart
Need in cybercrime training

While cyber crimes are on the rise in India, there is a shortage of trained professionals to combat them. Globally, 6,70,000 complaints have been registered…

December 20, 2007 · westsuburbanjournal.com
Internet scams in Maywood

With the economy in the dumps, online discounts may lead people away from the malls and onto the internet, but buyers beware. In June, two men from Maywood and…

December 20, 2007 · pcpro.co.uk
'Lottery scam' emails

New research shows that 10% of internet users in the UK have replied to 'lottery scam' emails, and that 13% have clicked on links contained in them. The news…