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June 23, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Al Qaida websites blocked

Several Internet websites of the terrorist network "Al Qaida" are blocked after liquidation of their commander Al Mugrin and his three accomplices, Saudi…

June 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet crimes in Armenia

Most of computer crimes in the banking sphere of Armenia are committed through the Internet, Olga Safaryan, legal expert of "Internews" told during seminar…

June 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Phishing spreading

Phishing is a dangerous kind of internet-fraud, theft of personal data, credit card numbers, passwords, etc. Even illegal operations using PIN codes, as a…

June 19, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Police nabs a scammer

Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (the SSU) detained a scammer for allegedly squeezing money out of employees of Ukrainian banks. It was a resident…

June 18, 2004 · baltimoresun.com
Another Technical Glitch Slows Yahoo!

Some Yahoo! Inc. Web sites and services stumbled for the second time in less than a week Thursday as the Internet giant worked to resolve a hardware problem.…

June 18, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Piracy increases

A World Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has finished its work in Morocco. The participants certified: a world market of counterfeit and…

June 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian hackers attacked Akamai servers

Websites of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others were taken out by a DDoS attack for 2 hours till these companies relocated their DNS records to their own…

June 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers hacked...a printing-house

Moscow competitors are suspected of allegedly hacking a computer system of "Ural worker" printing house. The damage is estimated to be tens of thousands of…

June 16, 2004 · Watch Right
The War on Child Pornography? Who are the Victims?

***The sexual victimization of children is overwhelming in magnitude, yet largely unrecognized and underreported. Peter Banks, National Center for Missing and…

June 16, 2004 · NBC4.tv
Teen Sentenced In Bank, Internet Fraud Schemes

According to NBC4.tv, a 19-year-old Orange County teenager was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Monday and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution in…

June 16, 2004 · FrontPage magazine.com
A Web of Terror

According to FrontPage magazine.com - Web sites featuring videos of the beheading of Americans or captives pleading for their lives have become part of an…

June 15, 2004 · cantonrep.com
Saudi Acquitted of Internet Terror; Defense Calls Verdict Victory for Free Speech

According to cantonrep.com, an Idaho jury on Thursday rejected the federal government’s case against a Saudi doctoral student accused of illegally aiding…

June 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A hacker or a musician?

Annual Young Musicians International Competition took place in Sanguinetto, Italy. More than one hundred of musicians from Europe, the US and Canada competed…

June 15, 2004 · INQ7.net
US expert says no such thing as cyber terrorism yet

According to INQ7, CYBER TERRORISM is more hype than reality, at least for now, an American expert said Thursday during a videoconference with Philippine…

June 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Europe to fight child porn

European Ministers spoke for fighting child porn. Communication Ministers assigned a 45 million euro budget to fight child porn. This budget is timed for a…

June 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Scammers earn on leaving examinations

School leavers pass examinations, Internet scammers count up profits. Con men raised tens of thousands of dollars on leaving examinations. In 2003, "right…

June 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Maxim Kovalchuk's success encourages

ZAPORIZHZHYA (CCRC) -- Ternopol, Ukraine, law enforcement detained a thief who hacked into computer network of a local bank and transferred money to his…

June 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Arrests made in 'Half-Life' game hacking case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Arrests have been made in the theft last year of source code for Valve Software's highly anticipated PC game Half-Life 2, an FBI…

June 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crimes: DDoS ordered

A curious offer has recently appeared on the Russian Internet. Cyber criminals offer to block access to an 'ordered' website only for $150 per day. Such…

June 11, 2004 · Source: Computer Security Institute
2004 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

**Press Release** SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Computer Security Institute (CSI) announced today the results of its ninth annual…

June 10, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Korgo is written by Russian hackers

A new worm uses the same vulnerabilities as the Sasser worm that caused havoc last month. Although this Korgo virus is not wide spread yet, it forced security…

June 10, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Woman hacks North Bay Health Care Group

According to Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice (CCIPS,…

June 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Europe to finally outlaw computer crime

After a year of discrepancy in the EC about the issue of computer crime, European countries are finally close to agreeing a uniform approach to fighting…

June 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
"Bride scam"

Russia, a young man Z. registered on acquaintance website using name of his girlfirend, the girl didn't know of it. In order to speed up the process of…

June 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian providers fight Hamas

June 7, 2004 Russian hosting provider "Arbatek" stopped to provide web hosting for a number of websites that have a direct relation to Palestinian terrorist…

June 8, 2004 · TechWeb News
Security expected to take a larger bite of IT budgets

Spending on security-related technology is expected to increase over the next couple of years, leveling off at 5 percent to 8 percent of the IT budget of…

June 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet threats

Internet technologies' evolution, distribution of devices providing access to the global network and insufficient elimination of defects in various web…

June 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
New virus cracks credit cards

A new computer virus "Korgo" raging now in Europe, Asia and North America decodes credit card numbers used in online systems, an Austrian Internet service…

June 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Confidentiality, integrity and accessibility: security key elements

Increased popularity of the Internet, in particular, for commercial and communication purposes extended companies' capabilities to develop new systems of…

June 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Terrorists relocate to the Internet

While American troops report of a seizure of a regular "Al Qaeda" camp in Afghanistan, experts raise an alarm: terrorists start relocation to the Internet. The…