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May 18, 2005 · Associated Press
Insider hackers' motives, study

Corporate insiders who sabotage computers so sensitive they risk endangering national security or the economy commonly are motivated by revenge against their…

May 17, 2005 · ComputerWeekly.com
Cybercrime fight lack funds

**National Hi-Tech Crime Unit should give piracy a lower priority** Earlier this month sentences were handed down to UK members of DrinkorDie, the…

May 17, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers stole $332,000

A Yemeni court on Saturday convicted four Yemenis of stealing $332,000 from Canadian oil company Nexen Inc. through Internet fraud, judicial source said. The…

May 16, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Host Forum on Global Cyber Crime: "Battling International Organized Cyber Crime"

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) announced a forum and panel session entitled, "Battling…

May 16, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Microsoft fighting viruses

REDMOND, Wash. -- May 13, 2005 -- The dynamic nature of the Internet and technology can make the protection, maintenance and optimal performance of PCs a…

May 15, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Metcalfe's law against hackers

Providers of identity technologies need to work together more efficiently to beat the onslaught of phishing attacks and identity theft, according to security…

May 14, 2005 · ComputerWeekly.com
Trojan horse hacker jailed in US

A US hacker has been jailed for 12 months for using a Trojan horse virus to break into US Department of Defense computers. The Indiana man, 21, was part of an…

May 14, 2005 · Government Technology
Cybercrime and Effective Security Policies

Larry Johnson, special agent with the Secret Service, Joanne McNabb, chief, Office of Privacy Protection, California Department of Consumer Affairs, and…

May 13, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cars unaffected by viruses

The possibility of a mobile virus infecting a car's communications system conjures up images of zombie vehicles travelling driverless around the streets, but…

May 13, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spammer website shut down by judge

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to shut down "one of the world's largest spam operations," which sent millions of…

May 13, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
UN recommendations on fighting cybercrime

As we recently [informed](http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.04.2005/1188/), the CCRC director Dr. Vladimir Golubev took part in the 6th workshop on…

May 12, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
MasterCard and Cyota: Anti-phishing trends

MasterCard International Inc. said Tuesday that it has shut down nearly 1,400 phishing sites and more than 750 sites suspected of selling illegal credit-card…

May 12, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cisco's RFID privacy tracker

Cisco, Intel and BT have announced a joint initiative focused on wireless security. In particular, they aim to ensure that equipment supports the new WPA2…

May 11, 2005 · MSNBC News
Cyber warfare: China vs Japan

TOKYO - In the fortified control room of a major Internet security firm, a beleaguered team of experts slouched behind glowing computer screens, tracking…

May 11, 2005 · ABC News Online
Father arrested in murder of two girls

ZION, Ill. May 11, 2005 — When the father of a missing 8-year-old found her bloodied body in a ravine, next to her lifeless best friend, it seemed every…

May 11, 2005 · CanadaNewsWire group
Webseminar: phishing and pharming

**Entrust and the Anti-Phishing Working Group Discuss Why New On-line Threats Require New Security Approaches** Entrust, Inc., a world-leader in securing…

May 11, 2005 · IT observer
InfoSec Europe 2005 coverage

With the InfoSec Europe exhibition in London, where more than 300 exhibitors crowded and some 100 products - aimed at end-users, businesses and governments -…

May 11, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cisco hacker arrested

A global investigation into the theft of a key piece of software that forms the "backbone" of the worldwide web has led to an arrest of a suspected hacker in…

May 11, 2005 · ydr.com
eBay con man sentenced

A Manchester man was sentenced Monday to four months in a federal community corrections facility as part of one year of probation for an Internet scam in which…

May 10, 2005 · ployer
Google's 15 min DNS headache

Saturday, access to the world's leading Internet search engine, google.com was unavailable for 15 mins. The search page reportedly was down from 6:45 p.m. to 7…

May 10, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
More critical flaws in Firefox

Two vulnerabilities were found in Mozilla Firefox that combined allow an attacker to run arbitrary code. The Mozilla Suite is only partially vulnerable. By…

May 9, 2005 · Watch Right
Crackdown on Molesters

In sharpening their statutes, many jurisdictions are deciding that federal mandates, approved after highly publicized sex crimes against children in the…

May 8, 2005 · Associated Press
Child porn: pastor's case

LOS ANGELES An Orange County youth pastor has pleaded guilty to sending child pornography over the Internet to an undercover F-B-I agent he met at a North…

May 7, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Microsoft grants licenses left and right

As part of its growing antipiracy campaign, Microsoft is testing a program that offers free licensed versions of Windows XP Professional to some customers…

May 6, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Accelerated privacy leak, Google

Google Labs has released a beta version of its Web Accelerator software designed to make surfing the Internet faster and more efficient. The search giant said…

May 6, 2005 · Cxotoday.com
Phishing: Is Instant Messaging Secure?

A recent report from Websense, a security firm and the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows how recent phishing trends have been changing and are in turn getting…

May 6, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spyware attacks surfers

**Companies-developers of spyware created a 2 billion dollars a year industry. ** The number of computers infected with spyware remains high, despite the…

May 5, 2005 · Sophos
April Top 10 Viruses

"During the month of April, several older viruses maintained their spot on the chart," said Gregg Mastoras, senior security analyst at Sophos. " The Zafi…

May 5, 2005 · PC WORLD
Phishing gets more accurate

The latest figures from the Anti-Phishing Working Group offer cold comfort for anyone concerned about phishing. Although the number of attacks seems to have…

May 5, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Credit cards: $5mn stolen from ATMs

Ukrainian Inter-Bank Payment Systems Member Association (EMA) states that $5 million have been stolen from ATMs owing to credit card fraud in Ukraine during…