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June 1, 2005 · ABC Online
Former nurse faces child porn charges

A former Perth nurse has been released on bail after appearing in court on child pornography charges. It is alleged a computer at Eamon Albin Starrett's…

June 1, 2005 · smh.com.au
Computer crime: methods and techniques

The romantic, almost noble notion of the lone-gunman hacker popularised in films such as War Games and Hackers has been replaced by a crude reality - they are…

May 31, 2005 · THE STAR
Phishing and MasterCard

MasterCard International said it has successfully shut down nearly 1,400 global phishing websites � 300 operating from Asia Pacific � last year through its…

May 31, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Moscow carder arrested

Russian law enforcement have finished the preliminary investigation of a case involving a man of Moscow, Russia, who suspectedly committed fraud using payment…

May 30, 2005 · news.telegraph
eBay frauds

A growing number of criminals are using internet sites such as eBay to sell counterfeit and stolen goods, police said yesterday. The warning comes just days…

May 30, 2005 · washingtontimes.com
CIA playingly hacks websites

The CIA is conducting a secretive war game, dubbed "Silent Horizon," this week to practice defending against an electronic assault on the same scale as the…

May 29, 2005 · freep
Computer crime: Hacker may have stolen Social Security numbers from Jackson Community College

A hacker who broke into the computer system at Jackson Community College may have accessed as many as 8,000 Social Security numbers, the college said Monday.…

May 28, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: Group of hackers arrested in Russia

The investigation of computer crime involving a group of 39 people was finished in Volgograd, Russia. They committed illegal access to computer information…

May 27, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Phishing targets Instant Messangers: AIM, Yahoo IM

Users of instant messaging applications from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. are being warned this week of two new threats spreading via instant messaging.…

May 27, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian police hires hackers

Russian police decided to employ hackers. Hackers have created their own enhanced three-level security system. Policemen admitted that it is impossible to…

May 27, 2005 · Cybercrime.gov
First Criminal Enforcement Against BitTorrent Network Users

WASHINGTON, D.C. Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs…

May 26, 2005 · InformationWeek
Another Microsoft security tool hacked

**The developer's anti-piracy program reportedly can be easily sidestepped, potentially frustrating its plans to check the use of unlicensed copies of…

May 26, 2005 · The Inquirer
Teen hacker prosecuted

A 15 YEAR old Kiwi hacker has been sentenced to three months in a juvenile detention centre and his mum ordered to pay $1496.50 in reparations. The youth was…

May 26, 2005 · REUTERS
Website of sex offenders

The Justice Department will launch a national sex offender registry Web site that will allow people to check state databases with a single search, U.S.…

May 26, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Microsoft patches flaws

Microsoft has patched a potentially dangerous flaw on its www.xbox360.com website after security experts warned the software giant of a cross-site scripting…

May 25, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian cybercrime statistics

According to the Infiormation center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13723 computer crimes were committed in Russia last year.…

May 25, 2005 · The Register
UK banks against phishers

UK banks plan to delay transfers between account holders of the same group by up to a day in order to introduce new security checks. The move is designed to…

May 24, 2005 · Times On Line
Computer crime: Hackers seize hostages

Computer users anxious about viruses and identity theft have a new reason to worry: hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your…

May 24, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers: companies encounter rise of cyber extortion

HAckers are increasingly using corporate Internet resourses to launch DDoS attacks against businesses not on purpose to take down networks, but to be used as…

May 24, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Data leak at Russian Central Bank, hackers

CCRC informed [earlier](http://www.crime-research.org/news/04.04.2005/1109/) of a theft of the Russian Central Bank's database that had been allegedly stolen…

May 23, 2005 · THE STAR
Fighting online child porn

Toronto police had been seeking "the girl in the pictures" for months. She appeared in nearly 200 images traded over the Internet by those who took sick…

May 23, 2005 · Business Week
Hacker Break-In

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., is investigating a recent security breach on its computer network. This comes…

May 22, 2005 · gm today
Phishing sends money to Russia

A recent rash of Waukesha area residents scammed by Internet "phishing" artists funneling money to Russia has police concerned what the money is being stolen…

May 21, 2005 · BBC News
FBI on hacker raids

**FBI agents have searched the property of at least 10 people suspected of involvement in electronic break-ins at the US data broker LexisNexis.** Agents…

May 21, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Netscape fails at start

**A day after launching Netscape 8 and touting the browser's security features, Netscape has released an update to fix several serious security flaws.** The…

May 20, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Stop spam

Comodo, the online security specialists, today announced the release of Comodo AntiSpam Desktop 2005. Free to install and use, AntiSpam 2005 employs a unique…

May 20, 2005 · wftv.com
$2,000 Internet Scam

An Internet scam cost a man $2,000 after someone convinced him to cash fake money orders to help an overseas student study in Orlando. The victim said he just…

May 19, 2005 · CNET News.com
Netscape vs phishing

Netscape on Thursday plans to release the final version of Netscape 8, a browser that includes features to protect Web surfers against online scams. Early test…

May 19, 2005 · IDC
91% of piracy rate in Ukraine, study

hirty-five percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated in 2004, a one percentage point decrease from 36 percent in 2003. Yet,…

May 18, 2005 · Web Host Industry Review, The
Child porn suit against Yahoo!

A 10 million dollar lawsuit has been filed by the parents of a minor against Internet giant Yahoo! (yahoo.com) and a man who founded a Yahoo! Group for the…