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April 15, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
A milky hacker

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - A worker of the Nizhegorodski milk plant, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, put information on his colleagues on the Internet, including…

April 15, 2005 · PC Pro
Microsoft to track down child porn

A new software system aimed at tracking down paedophiles on the internet has been developed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with the help of…

April 14, 2005 · SearchSecurity.com
Id theft: Taking a swipe at two-factor authentication

An essay in an April trade magazine maintains two-factor authentication can't counter emerging threats, and that the industry would be wise to come up with a…

April 14, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spam and phishing

According to recent study conducted by the [Pew Internet and American Life Project](http://www.pewinternet.org/), email users get more spam, but the harmful…

April 13, 2005 · HotSearch
Reduce phishing risks by taking 8 steps

Web hosting providers and web masters may want to take note of TRUSTe, an online privacy non-profit organization, and professional services firm Ernst &…

April 13, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers attacked website of Ukrainian opposition

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - Administrators of the official website of the Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yanukovich informed about the hacker attack on…

April 12, 2005 · Associated Press
Autopsy done on slain girl as accused man goes to court

A Sioux Falls man will be held without bond after making his first court appearance Monday on charges he abducted his girlfriend's 8-year-old granddaughter as…

April 12, 2005 · mysan.de
A new online fraud, beware!

Panda Software is warning users about the appearance of a new kind of online fraud. During the last few hours, several websites have been detected that try to…

April 12, 2005 · Silicon.com
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?

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

April 12, 2005 · ComputerWeekly.com
Police forced to turn away e-crime victims

Police are having to turn down requests to investigate computer crime from businesses due to a lack of resources, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said last…

April 12, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
A hacker? No, an offline thief

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - The image of an evil computer genius who penetrates into global computer networks from a home PC and who steals someone else's…

April 11, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Brits fail online phishing test

A week after the publication of an online phishing quiz to educate internet users about fraud, the first results show that over 90 per cent of us are at risk.…

April 11, 2005 · softpedia
Microsoft vs Linux

Microsoft continues to apply deadly blows to his number one enemy, Linux. The Get The Facts company through which Microsoft is trying to fight all the pro…

April 11, 2005 · Out-Law.Com
Police hard drive sold on eBay containing secrets

A computer hard drive, containing confidential data from the Brandenburg police in Germany, has been auctioned over eBay for €20, according to a report by…

April 11, 2005 · CNET News.com
'Russian hackers are the best'

**The Russian police's cybercrime division has warned that Russian hackers are the best in the world.** "Everyone knows that Russians are good at maths," said…

April 11, 2005 · Manchesteronline
Top school hacker wins job battle

A TEACHER at a top private school who was disciplined after exposing security flaws in its computer system has won his unfair dismissal claim. A tribunal ruled…

April 11, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Man stole $1,000,000 from the bank using laptop

ZAPOROZHYE, Ukraine (CCRC) - This case was an unusual one. Firstly, hacking appeared relatively not so long ago. Secondly, the criminal meaningly wanted to be…

April 11, 2005 · SFGate.com
Big phishers can be hard to hook

Just how slippery are phishers? While some amateur scammers have been snared, the big phish have been tough to catch. Professional phishing groups have a…

April 10, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Beware: virus spreads from Microsoft update

Anti-virus experts at Sophos are warning users to be wary of an email campaign currently in circulation which poses as a security update from Microsoft. The…

April 9, 2005 · wired news
Microsoft to fight child porn

Microsoft launched a software program designed to help police worldwide hunt down child porn traffickers by enabling authorities for the first time to link…

April 9, 2005 · Washington Post
Spammer Faces 9-Year Prison Term

A Loudoun County judge yesterday sentenced the first person convicted of felony spam charges in the nation to nine years in prison but allowed him to remain…

April 8, 2005 · smh.com.au
Virus attacks up 50% in 2004: study

Computer virus incidents grew 50 per cent in 2004 even in the absence of a major new attack, a US security survey claims. The survey by Cybertrust's ICSA Labs…

April 8, 2005 · Silicon.com
eBay cybercrime chief tells UK to wise-up

**Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime...** Howard Schmidt, the former cybersecurity adviser to the White House, has warned that there aren't enough…

April 7, 2005 · sys-con media
New Anti-Phishing Measures Into Gmail

Google's new Gmail service has been outfitted with a number of security features designed to thwart phishing con artists. Its new anti-phishing security…

April 7, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
New Trojan for mobile phones

A new Trojan horse hitting Symbian 60 Series handsets makes the phones useless until they're reformatted, deleting all the stored data, a Finnish security firm…

April 6, 2005 · The Register
Woman to lead UK fight against cybercrime

Detective chief superintendent Sharon Lemon has been appointed head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. She joins the National Crime Squad hi-tech crime…

April 6, 2005 · NewScientist.com
Computer crime boom costs UK billions

Computer crime is taking an increasing toll on UK companies, and is estimated to have cost more than £2.4 billion over the past year. A major report issued by…

April 6, 2005 · ZDNet UK
About DDoS and bookies

**Giving all Internet users decent firewalls would go a long way towards preventing DDoS attacks, says Internet bookmaker Blue Square** Online gambling…

April 6, 2005 · ComputerWeekly.com
E-crimes cost UK business £2.4bn a year

**Businesses are facing direct losses to computer criminals of at least £2.4bn a year, research to be published today by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit will…

April 5, 2005 · Haaretz
Police rail against computer crime

"We are seeing an increase in computer crime. More and more lawbreakers are operating in the field to get what they want faster and better," national fraud…