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May 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
The most secured way to fight cyber crime

April 22, a research held by GfK-USM company by request of Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (world public authority devoted to strengthen copyrights)…

May 1, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Do-it-yourself counterfeit production exposed

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - Employees of State Tax Police in Zaporozhye region revealed illegal production of accessories for marking audio and video production. A…

April 30, 2004 · Daily Times
OP-ED: Terrorism and the Internet

***According to Daily Times, while the danger cyber-terrorism poses to the Internet is frequently debated, surprisingly little is known about the threat posed…

April 30, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet and security

New opportunities of the Internet transformed many legal forms of activity, having cut down terms, simplified procedures of arranging deals and reduced…

April 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Interview with a carder

**H:** What is carding and what is happening now on the stage? Who are these people? **S:** "A carder is a man who produces illegal operations with credit…

April 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet Fraud - The E-Bay Community Model

The Internet revolution and advances in information and communication technology have triggered a massive influx of e-commerce transactions, which represent…

April 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Holograms to help security

A new direction in gathering evidence for ascertaining guilt of a person that committed computer crime is development of methods to apply holographic systems…

April 28, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hack + Activism = Hacktivism

A term "hacktivism" originated from the combination of two words "hack" and "activism" and is used to mean a new phenomenon of social protest that is a…

April 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty

The Register writes [***"US defends cybercrime treaty"](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/24/us_defends_cybercrime_treaty/)***. The U.S. has already signed…

April 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: hackers school

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - Law enforcement officers often complain that former USSR region is an incubator of talented and usually unemployed geniuses that may threat…

April 25, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Moscow: hacker's soft is sold in the street

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) – Moscow: Officers of the Department on Fighting Economic Crimes of the Moscow Regional Police Department managed to expose a 22-year-old…

April 24, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Microsoft joins the fight against Internet paedophilia

***Microsoft and The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children have joined forces to battle the Internet's child pornography problem, and have…

April 24, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Beware: traps on the Net

No one thought about security issues till the appearance of the first online store. Unprotected protocols and potentially vulnerable mechanisms of…

April 23, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn remains on the Internet

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - Up to 75% of all child porn production are spread over the Internet. According to law enforcement data, about 90% of international…

April 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukrainian law enforcement to fight high tech crimes

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - According to the Order #429 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from May 31, 2001, units to fight crimes in the sphere of…

April 21, 2004 · vnunet.com
Phishers using smarter hooks

Fraud attempts grow with Trojans, keystroke loggers and stolen screenshots Groups attempting to trick internet users into revealing bank account details and…

April 21, 2004 · BBC newsround
Passwords revealed by sweet deal

**BBC informs that more than 70% of people would reveal their computer password in exchange for a bar of chocolate, a survey has found. ** It also showed that…

April 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet terrorism: a new menace of the 21 century

As countries develop they become dependent on high technologies, including computers that are more and more involved in control of critical national…

April 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: an ordered through the Internet murder was prevented

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - Officers of the SSU (Security Service of Ukraine) prevented an ordered through Internet murder in Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine. This…

April 19, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet crimes and security

The cyberspace boom has done much to foster the alarming increase in organised crime. This is one of the conclusions of the report on economic crime and…

April 18, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
What is cyber-terrorism?

***What is "cyber-terrorism"? Cyber-terrorism is the same terrorism, which uses computers and electronic networks for terrorist attacks.*** As a criminal legal…

April 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Victims of cyber crime

Companies are the main victims of cyber crimes. But neither state authorities, nor individuals are insured against cyber criminals. A survey, what was carried…

April 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spammer business on the rise

Spam-business grows, its technical capabilities change, spammers have more and more servers, more money to hire programmers and to pay for hosting. The number…

April 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime classification

Experts consider that computer crimes today represent more serious danger for our country than 5 years ago. According to Economic Crime Unit of the Ministry of…

April 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Phishing Scams: Statistics from mi2gIntelligence Unit

Recently many banks all over the world encountered variety of frauds and scams committed by hackers, swinlders and inside bank officials. But the most spread…

April 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: all to fight cyber terrorism!

ZAPOROZHYE (CCRC) - Nowadays, cyberterrorism may cause significantly more damage than any usual explosive device, Dmitri Frolov, representative of the…

April 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Terrorism and high technologies

Last week French police managed to arrest a certain Mustafa Baachi, high tech expert of Al-Qaeda who allegedly committed numerous e-frauds and organized of…

April 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: Legal Control of Use of Internet Technologies

In order to define an optimum direction of legal control in the Internet, a number of countries carry out specific studies, create centers and public…

April 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Card frauds: geography of crimes

More than 40% of crimes related to bank cards frauds are committed by citizens of former Yugoslavia, Nigeria, Romania, Pakistan and Indonesia. Online deals…

April 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber Terrorism : The new kind of Terrorism

***Cyber Terrorism:*** Computers and the internet are becoming an essential part of our daily life. They are being used by individuals and societies to make…