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February 5, 2005 · Associated Press
Child porn suspect charged

A county magistrate in Indiana on Wednesday ordered Stephen D. Puckett, 58, of Crawfordsville, Ind., to be held in jail on $100,000 bond. Puckett, who was…

February 5, 2005 · ArticleCentral
FTC Releases Internet Fraud Stats

Statistics released Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission show that identity theft continues to be the top fraud-related complaint, accounting for 39 percent…

February 4, 2005 · Rian Novosti
Russia & US searching for root causes of terrorism

Both Russia and the United States deem it important to expose the root causes of terrorism and its ties with different forms of worldwide religious extremism,…

February 3, 2005 · INQ7.net
Filipino nabbed for using child porn to solicit money on Net

CYBERCRIME investigators have arrested a Filipino for allegedly using nude photos of young boys to solicit money from unsuspecting gay victims on the Internet,…

February 3, 2005 · InfoWorld
Gates promotes government cooperation with security focus

PRAGUE -- Under a new, no-fee cooperation program, Microsoft is offering to work more closely with governments to help them detect and mitigate IT security…

February 2, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Netscape: Anti-phishing bundled

Netscape, a unit of Time Warner subsidiary AOL, plans to release a test version of a web browser designed to resist [phishing…

February 1, 2005 · InformationWeek
MSBlast.b Hacker Gets 18 Months In Jail

A federal judge has sentenced Jeffrey Lee Parson, a teen hacker who created 2003's MSBlast.b worm. Citing neglectful parents and an Internet that she said was…

January 31, 2005 · Wisinfo.com
Program for area parents to focus on Internet crime

MENASHA — Parents are invited to attend a community outreach program Thursday aimed at protecting school children from sexual predators who use the Internet to…

January 30, 2005 · UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Most ID theft begins at home

WASHINGTON -- It's a frightening prospect: Cyber hackers roaming the World Wide Web collecting credit card numbers and personal financial information of total…

January 30, 2005 · TimesDispatch.com
CONSUMER WATCH: Internet auctions top fraud list

How's this for gall? A West Virginia man auctioned an airplane on eBay's site and found a buyer willing to pay $16,200 for it. The prospective buyer sent a…

January 30, 2005 · W3Reports
Internet Fraud by Freelance Websites

This is the latest form of internet frauds. Many offshore projects are being executed via freelance websites where buyers and coders get together for conducing…

January 30, 2005 · IOL
Gates vows 'all-out war' against Net crime

Hamburg - Microsoft founder Bill Gates says he has launched an "all-out war" against crime on the Internet, according to an interview published on Saturday in…

January 28, 2005 · itv.com
Dozens arrested in US over child porn

**US police have arrested 39 people in New Jersey charged with the possession of internet video clips showing the rape of a five-year-old girl.** The arrests,…

January 28, 2005 · smh.com.au
Big net attack tipped in next 10 years

Don't say we didn't warn you: At some point in the next decade, there will be a "devastating attack" on the internet or power grid. That scenario was deemed…

January 28, 2005 · Channel 3 News
Woman Accused In Unusual Computer Crime

A Burlington woman has became the first in Vermont to be charged with a bizarre computer crime. The alleged high-tech caper involved identity theft,…

January 28, 2005 · Legalbrief Today
Intent is at heart of Canadian case of cybercrime

The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing one of the first test cases of Internet crime. At issue is a 26-year-old Edmonton man’s recipes for napalm, Molotov…

January 27, 2005 · GrandForksHerald.com
Fargo skin care clinic owner charged with computer crime

FARGO, N.D. - A skin care clinic owner accused of e-mailing her former employer's patient database to herself has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor computer…

January 27, 2005 · Silicon.com
Leader: Is ignorance bliss?

**If a tree felling website is hacked and nobody is there to report it does it still make a sound...** Has your bank been a victim of a website hack or similar…

January 27, 2005 · yorkregion.com
Online fight against child porn launched

The fight against Internet child pornography is now online and it should help York Regional Police officers. Cybertip.ca, an Internet child porn tipline, was…

January 26, 2005 · NEWS.com.au
Federal agent raps ISPs over cybercrime

**An FBI special agent has hit out at U.K.-based units of large global ISPs and the role they play in allowing the perpetuation of cybercrime through a lack of…

January 26, 2005 · KV Post News
Police warn of Internet fraud techniques

JASPER COUNTY - The vague threat of Internet fraud was made real this week as police revealed a Jasper County resident was recently "scammed" out of $3,500…

January 26, 2005 · CTV.ca
T.O. police arrest man on child porn charges

Toronto police have arrested a man they allege fled Israel to escape child pornography charges, only to continue his crimes in Canada. Police say that when…

January 25, 2005 · This Is Local London
Tsunami hoax e-mailer jailed

A hoax e-mailer who told people their missing loved ones died in the tsunami disaster has been jailed for six months. Christopher Pierson, 40, was seized in…

January 25, 2005 · Home.Businesswire.com
Vinoble, Inc. Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Acquire Secure Enterprise Software, Inc.

MALIBU, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2005--Vinoble, Inc. (OTCBB:VNBL) today announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding…

January 25, 2005 · post-gazette.com
7,000 Pa. sex crime offenders listed on state Web site

HARRISBURG -- Mount Washington is home to nine convicted sex crime offenders. Squirrel Hill has four. Butler County's Cranberry has seven. Greensburg has…

January 25, 2005 · Scmagazine.com
FBI: CEO fears hinder police efforts

**Fear of bad publicity and brand depreciation is allowing criminals to get away with cyber crime, it has been revealed.** Speaking at the Computer and…

January 24, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Resellers urged to speak up on cybercrime policy

Parliamentary lobby organisation the European Information Society Group (Eurim) has called on resellers to have their say in the formulation of cybercrime…

January 24, 2005 · Chinadaily.com.cn
Yushchenko promises to lead democratic Ukraine

Viktor Yushchenko has been sworn in as Ukraine's third president since independence. In his inaugural address, Mr. Yushchenko pledged to usher in…

January 22, 2005 · adn.com
Web scam victimizes Alaskans

Investigators say that a new version of an old scam has appeared in Alaska and are warning people not to fall for the latest incarnation of the venerable…

January 21, 2005 · COMPUTERWORLD
Deloitte: Tech future includes cybercrime, nanotechnology

JANUARY 20, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu predicted yesterday that digital crime and online security threats will skyrocket in 2005 as a…