Articles & Analysis

July 29, 2005 · CCRC staff
Computer crime: the most significant case

In October 2004 law enforcement held the most significant operation. They tracked down and nabbed The ShadowСrew group. The group reportedly blossomed out like…

July 22, 2005 · newscientist.com
The true cost of computer crime

As society changes, so do the crimes that people commit. And as the internet takes on an ever more important role, computer crime is emerging as the…

July 20, 2005 · CyberArk
Computer crime: Data breaches

**Executive summary** Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars that organisations have invested in information security technology to secure their critical…

July 18, 2005 · David Bank and Riva Richmond
Where the Dangers Are

In the world of cybercrime, the bad guys are getting smarter -- and more ambitious. In recent months, hackers have carried out a flurry of increasingly…

June 29, 2005 · Vladimir Golubev
Fighting cybercrime in CIS: strategy and tactics

The baffling complexity of problems related to computer crime necessitates international cooperation and first of all cooperation of countries-members of…

June 9, 2005 · eBCVG
Protect your Mobile Workers from Wireless Hotspot Phishing

Using public hotspots is convenient; however you may want to think twice before accessing confidential information via hotspots. Recent headlines raise concern…

June 3, 2005 · Jaikumar Vijayan
We have stopped 96% of all the attacks on Microsoft

Despite earlier fears, Microsoft Corp.'s looming shadow in the security market appears to have done little to slow McAfee Inc., one of the few major pure-play…

June 3, 2005 · Vladimir Golubev
Credit card frauds, an interview with Vladimir Golubev

Roman, who is the victim, told us about this outstanding case. He is a manager with one of big companies here in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. He said his company set…

May 23, 2005 · Kapinus O.V., Mihailov I.Y.
Smart-cards research as a part of computer-technical expertise

Swift development of electronics during the last decades caused a wide spread of smart-cards. Smart-card is a plastic card, the size of a standard credit card,…

May 16, 2005 · Tony Krone, PhD
A typology of online child pornography offending

*The Internet has increased the range, volume and accessibility of sexually abusive imagery, including child pornography. Child pornography depicts the sexual…

May 11, 2005 · mosnews.com
U.S. Cyber-Crime Unit Focuses on Russian Hackers

Investigations by the Hi-Tech Crime Unit into Russian groups responsible for denial of service attacks against online betting sites last year have shed new…

May 11, 2005 · Mohamed Chawki
A Critical Look at the Regulation of Cybercrime

**Abstract** Introduction: Cybercrime is a major concern for the global community. The introduction, growth, and utilisation of information and communication…

May 5, 2005 · Bill Machrone
Secure Instant Messaging

Everyone talks about protecting the corporation from intruders—including, perhaps, its own employees. But who's protecting your instant messages from snoops?…

April 29, 2005 · Vladimir Golubev
Criminal legal description of computer-facilitated crimes

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 25, 2005 · Ahmad Nasir Mohd Zin with Zahri Yunos
How to make online banking secure

Internet banking services have been operational in Malaysia since 2001. Presently, only banking institutions licensed under the Banking and Financial…

April 25, 2005 · Art Jahnke
A hacker story

*Hacker Alexey Ivanov was lured to the United States and snared in a high-stakes cyber-sting. The FBI says he got what he deserved. But Ivanov says his gamble…

April 25, 2005 · I-Newswire.com
Criminalization of computer wrongdoing prerequisite for combating computer crime

**Crime had grown so fast in the “bottomless world of cyberspace” that legal and law enforcement bodies should “step up to the plate”, the keynote speaker of a…

April 21, 2005 · Michele Derus
Mortgage fraud takes heavy toll

**Boom in property values makes huge market an attractive target.** America's booming mortgage industry has proven ripe for criminal pickings. Cases of…

April 20, 2005 · Tim Phillips
Kevin Mitnick and the art of intrusion - Part 2

In the final part of our exclusive interview with Kevin Mitnick, the 'notorious' ex-hacker talks of his anger at being locked up in a Federal prison by an…

April 16, 2005 · Vladimir Golubev
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 15, 2005 · Carrie Kirby
ONLINE CRIME: A Booming Business

** New lures could snare more users** Just as people are getting wise to e-mail scams that try to trick them into giving up personal information, the con…

April 11, 2005 · CCRC staff
Fraud in the Internet

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

April 11, 2005 · Simon Moores
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?

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

April 6, 2005 · Douglas Schweitzer
Be Prepared for Cyberterrorism

During a recent Gartner conference, Robert Gates, formerly a director of the CIA and currently the president of Texas A&M University, warned attendees that…