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April 22, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
International Lottery Scams

"Congratulations! You may receive a certified check for up to $400,000 U.S. CASH! One Lump sum! Tax free! Your odds to WIN are 1-6." "Hundreds of U.S. citizens…

April 21, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyberterrorism

A new private-sector cyberterrorism security center that aims to watch over much of the nation's critical business infrastructure with its own real-time…

April 21, 2005 · JS Online
A new mortgage fraud, beware

America's booming mortgage industry has proven ripe for criminal pickings. Cases of mortgage fraud are mounting. The financial toll is reaching "tens of…

April 20, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Sober-M Worm virus running in the wild, Sophos Reports

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis centres, have warned users that the W32/Sober-M worm is spreading in the wild. The…

April 20, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Opera 8 to protect from hackers

Opera Software ASA has released a new version of its browser with upgraded security features to help repel hackers and conmen. Opera, in Oslo, sees the…

April 20, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Banks' security standards too low, study

**A security company has come under attack from UK banks after it claimed they are falling behind the rest of the world on cybercrime protection** The UK's…

April 20, 2005 · azcentral.com
Warning! Pharming!

It's the next Internet scam, and it could be the most menacing. The reason: Even experienced Internet users can become victims and not know it. The ploy is…

April 20, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crimes outlawed

Among top-priority steps of state policy in sphere of counteraction to computer criminality is an appearance of new Criminal Code dated September 1, 2001. Its…

April 20, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Spam: British users unprotected

UK consumers are unwittingly helping hackers target e-business firms by leaving themselves "woefully unprotected" from spam, key-logging and phishing attacks,…

April 19, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ex-cop's child porn shame

A former cop has been unmasked as a bisexual with a sordid fascination for child porn after a US crackdown exposed his name and led to his home in Dumbarton…

April 19, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet vs Fraud

The Internet serves as an excellent tool for investors, allowing them to easily and inexpensively research investment opportunities. But the Internet is also…

April 19, 2005 · Opennet Initiative
China and the Internet

The OpenNet Initiative tested China's Internet filtering of web content, blog postings, and e-mail correspondences. Our testing found efforts to prevent access…

April 19, 2005 · The Register
Save us from spam

The majority of UK consumers and small businesses are yet to deploy anti-spam filters. A poll of UK residential email users and SMEs published Monday found 57…

April 18, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
How to avoid phishing?

**Here are some tips on how to stay out of the phishers' net:** - A legitimate e-mail from the bank or another company where you have an account will generally…

April 18, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian hackers unite in organized criminal groups

This year's e-Crime Congress revealed that while partnerships between law enforcement agencies are improving - witness the presence attendance of senior…

April 17, 2005 · Computer Business review online
ICANN takes measures to prevent phishing

**The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers approved two new top-level internet domains, but chairman Vint Cerf expressed that he is not completely…

April 16, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
International cooperation in fighting cybercrime

The global world network, which united millions of computers located in different countries and opened broad opportunities to obtain and exchange information,…

April 16, 2005 · Websense
Hackers use blogs to distribute malcode and keyloggers

*Websense® Security Labs™ reports blog websites used as tool to deliver and support malicious software.* Websense, Inc., the world’s leading provider of…

April 15, 2005 · azcentral.com
Tempe man warns of Internet scam that led to heartbreak

TEMPE - The Russian brunette he met online appeared to be everything Steven Coffman was looking for. An Internet dating service sparked their whirlwind…

April 15, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
A milky hacker

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - A worker of the Nizhegorodski milk plant, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, put information on his colleagues on the Internet, including…

April 15, 2005 · PC Pro
Microsoft to track down child porn

A new software system aimed at tracking down paedophiles on the internet has been developed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with the help of…

April 14, 2005 · SearchSecurity.com
Id theft: Taking a swipe at two-factor authentication

An essay in an April trade magazine maintains two-factor authentication can't counter emerging threats, and that the industry would be wise to come up with a…

April 14, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spam and phishing

According to recent study conducted by the [Pew Internet and American Life Project](http://www.pewinternet.org/), email users get more spam, but the harmful…

April 13, 2005 · HotSearch
Reduce phishing risks by taking 8 steps

Web hosting providers and web masters may want to take note of TRUSTe, an online privacy non-profit organization, and professional services firm Ernst &…

April 13, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers attacked website of Ukrainian opposition

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - Administrators of the official website of the Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yanukovich informed about the hacker attack on…

April 12, 2005 · Associated Press
Autopsy done on slain girl as accused man goes to court

A Sioux Falls man will be held without bond after making his first court appearance Monday on charges he abducted his girlfriend's 8-year-old granddaughter as…

April 12, 2005 · mysan.de
A new online fraud, beware!

Panda Software is warning users about the appearance of a new kind of online fraud. During the last few hours, several websites have been detected that try to…

April 12, 2005 · Silicon.com
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?

Is cybercrime unstoppable? Gangsters continue to get the best of police... Online crime is growing at breakneck speed while law enforcement, try as they might,…

April 12, 2005 · ComputerWeekly.com
Police forced to turn away e-crime victims

Police are having to turn down requests to investigate computer crime from businesses due to a lack of resources, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said last…

April 12, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
A hacker? No, an offline thief

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - The image of an evil computer genius who penetrates into global computer networks from a home PC and who steals someone else's…