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June 5, 2004 · The Register
OEM software scams on the rise

Among the ever-increasing payload of spam landing each day in users' inboxes, there is certainly a burgeoning market for missives promoting OEM software -…

June 4, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: carders

As CCRC informed, in Odessa, Ukraine, officers of Organized Crime Department arrested three young men attempting to illegally withdraw big sum of money from…

June 4, 2004 · Washingtonpost
Mr. Tenet's Exit

GEORGE J. TENET, who will be remembered in part for his skill in the tradecraft of Washington, made a relatively artful departure yesterday from the position…

June 3, 2004 · Sydney Morning Herald
Fury at terror suspect's bail

Australian police have objected to bail for suspected terrorist Bilal Khazal, 34, a former baggage handler for Qantas, on the grounds that he helped another…

June 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian police nabbed a hacker

Unit fighting high tech crimes of the Liven Police Department, Russia initiated proceedings against a cashier of a local superstore of trading network "Magnit"…

June 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Three Spanish arrested for selling child porn

In Deya, Mayorka, Spanish police detained three men allegedly selling child porn, reports "El Pais" newspaper Monday. Two of the detainees are Russians 30 and…

June 3, 2004 · Team Amber Alert
Internet Crimes Against Children Exploding

** [Internet Crimes Against Children Exploding](http://blog.watchright.com/?catid=1) ** Crime against children on the internet is growing fast; and yet, the…

June 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child tutor charged with creating porn

It began Saturday, when a man picking up his 12-year-old daughter from a Beverly tutoring center noticed a peculiar flashing red light inside the center's only…

June 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Electronic documents and computer crime

Nowadays it is hard to find a person who haven't heard about e-mail, wire money transfer, webpages on the Internet, SMS-messages, SIM-cards, electronic…

June 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime targets banks

***Banks and insurance companies are exposed to numerous cyber attacks.*** Last year information systems of 80% world financial institutions, a report says.…

June 1, 2004 · ctnow.com
Computer Crime Targeted

**NEW BRITAIN** -- Joining a handful of departments across the state, the city police department has created a special detective unit to handle computer crimes…

June 1, 2004 · The Age
Fresh warning on IT crime

According to The Age, sniffing, snorting, phishing, phreaking, spamming. Get used to it. These are part of the new language of IT and the weapons of war used…

June 1, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

According to the 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, the risk of cyber attacks continues to be high. The report found 75 percent of the 530 firms…

June 1, 2004 · Bloomberg.com
Leader of Saudi Terrorist Attack Was Al-Qaeda Trained, BBC Says

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The leader of a terrorist gang captured after a weekend attack in Saudi Arabia that killed 22 people was trained by al-Qaeda, the British…

May 31, 2004 · STUFF
Police closing in on net phishers

**Police believe they may be on to the gang responsible for online banking scams which ripped off New Zealand banks to the tune of $100,000 earlier this…

May 31, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber blackmail or a terrorist act

Only when some years passed we can review without bias events that happened in Ukraine in January 2002. In order to get one million of UAH (about $185-190…

May 31, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
The FBI is increasing its effort to investigate spammers

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasing its effort to investigate spammers, largely in response to the new law. In an unusual arrangement, the Direct…

May 31, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber-terrorism: North Koreans breaking into South's networks

South Korea's top military intelligence official claims that North Korea is operating an elite military unit specialising in breaking into South Korean…

May 30, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber Crime Conference Summary

ZAPORIZHZHYA (CCRC) - May 26-28, an International Scientific Practical Conference "Problems of Counteracting to Computer Crime" took place in a conference hall…

May 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spam is up two-thirds of all emails

One of the most spread computer crimes, offences committed using high technologies, is spam. It continues to flood the Internet with the increase in junk mail.…

May 28, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Insane hacker blackmailed Yandex

Regional court of Volgodonsk, Russia considers a hacker case -- an employee of Volgodonsk nuclear power plant blackmailed Yandex, the biggest Internet portal…

May 28, 2004 · Associated Press
Terror Alert: Officials defend choice to announce threat

**WASHINGTON** - The FBI and Justice Department insist that warning the public about a possibly devastating terror attack in this country was justified by…

May 27, 2004 · ABC Newc
FBI Releases Photos, Seeks Public Tips

Attorney General John Ashcroft today called the effort part of a "national neighborhood watch," hoping that someone, somewhere will recognize [one of the…

May 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer Crime Investigation Howto

One of the most important conditions to improve activity of operational structures is to strengthen informational relations between police divisions. In this…

May 26, 2004 · InfoWorld
Viruses nip Russia after the Cold War

*For all its disadvantages, the former Soviet Union had one hugely overlooked advantage: it kept hackers, crackers and virus writers confined inside the…

May 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Phishing - phish for some fish

Millions of Internet banks consumers are exposed to danger from constantly increasing scams related to fraudulently obtaining confidential information on a…

May 25, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Hacked

Several computers of an army unit under the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command were hacked by an individual in a third country via a Korean firms'…

May 25, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer Crime Costs

Net criminals are attacking corporate and government networks more frequently, costing businesses an estimated $666 million in 2003, according to a survey of…

May 25, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computers with state secret information won't be on the Web

May 19, 2004, late in the evening news agencies announced that Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, signed a decree "On measures to assure…

May 24, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: credit card frauds

Computer crimes are very latent owing to mechanism and ways of committing. According to the FBI 85-97% of all computer violations are not even opened. Experts…