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March 7, 2005 · eChannelLine Canada
Pharming -- a new technique for Internet fraud

Hackers appear to have an increasing interest in reaping financial reward from their actions and creations. If, until now, phishing -- using e-mails to lure…

March 6, 2005 · Internetnews.com
Phishing: a snatch or 5 years of jail?

Phishing is a kind of id theft launched by con artists in the Web. It usually begins with spoofed e-mail appearing to be from a trusted financial institution…

March 5, 2005 · http://www.desotoexplorer.com/
School administrator pleads guilty in child porn

Charles Anthony Collins, 34, admitted to a federal judge Monday that he downloaded more than 600 images of child pornography on his personal computer,…

March 5, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Bagle strikes again

Kaspersky Labs, a leading Russian developer of anti-virus, hacker and spam protection systems announces that they found a series of modifications of a famous…

March 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Security Gets Under Your Skin

Joseph Krull, former intelligence officer and present security expert for Virtual Corporation, recently let VeriChip implant a small RFID chip under the skin…

March 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
E-mail scam targets relatives of soldiers died in Iraq

US Senator Larry Craig, Chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, together with the Department of Homeland Security warned about e-mail scams that…

March 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Singapore to fight cyberterrorism

Singapore law enforcement start a wide-scale action to counteract cyberterrorism. It will be a 3-year program with a $ 23 million budget, Reuters informs. In…

March 4, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Microsoft products fail spyware tests

After two months of promising to update its media player and block the threat of malware infection in it, Microsoft officials on Tuesday admitted that WMP 9…

March 4, 2005 · DenverPost.com
Panel targets cybercrime

The ChoicePoint scandal that released 4,500 Colorado residents' sensitive financial information to a fraud ring is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to…

March 3, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Kid Released Worm That Attacked Microsoft Web Site

A second person, a juvenile, has been sentenced in connection with the release of a computer worm in August 2003 that attacked the same vulnerability in…

March 3, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internal Threats To Security Are Increasing

Enterprises are watching employees and employees are watching employers with increasing unease on both sides. In our global economy with its fluid workforce,…

March 2, 2005 · NBC Newschannel 6
A Computer Crime Or Parking Violation?

An Idaho State University student is facing several charges, both on and off campus, for an alleged computer crime provoked by a parking violation. Ticket…

March 1, 2005 · Miami Herald
Online click fraud a growing problem

Like thousands of other merchants, Tammy Harrison thought she had struck gold when hordes visited her website by clicking on the small Internet ads she…

February 28, 2005 · SearchSecurity.com
Customer vs. Bank of America: Is the little guy to blame?

**Who will win a landmark case on customer data protection?** Who decides whether a business is responsible for your data, or if you yourself are? Now it may…

February 28, 2005 · Detnews
Two Romanians arrested on Internet fraud charges

TIMISOARA, Romania -- Two Romanians have been arrested on charges they were part of a crime group that defrauded dozens of people in Europe and the United…

February 28, 2005 · BBC News
Internet child porn reports drop

**An organisation that polices child abuse on the internet says the number of reported abusive images has fallen.** According to the Internet Watch…

February 27, 2005 · BBC News
Child porn amnesty

An amnesty on the prosecution of viewers of internet child pornography has been proposed by a child protection group. The Churches' Child Protection Advisory…

February 27, 2005 · Local News8
Computer Crime Victim Talks

An Idaho State University student is accused of altering another student’s personal records. After the victim watched our story on Thursday, he decided to…

February 26, 2005 · Silicon.com
Government to issue public virus alert warnings

A virus alert and IT security advice website for home PC users and small businesses has been launched by the government. The free site, called…

February 25, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to take place in Bangkok

The Host Country Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Thailand for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal…

February 25, 2005 · Vnunet.com
The government initiative that aims to keep PCs safe

In the week the UK topped the G7 league of broadband availability, the government has announced vital steps to curb the growth in security threats associated…

February 24, 2005 · CBC.ca
Police flooded with calls about child porn

VANCOUVER – Vancouver police say they are getting lots of tips, after raising the alarm about a potential pedophile who has been dropping off hundreds of…

February 24, 2005 · TechNewsWorld
FBI Warns of Scam FBI E-Mail with Virus

The FBI yesterday warned the public about an on-going mass e-mail scheme involving unsolicited e-mails purportedly sent by the FBI. The e-mails tell the…

February 23, 2005 · AsiaOne
Singapore unveils 23 million plan to fight cyber terrorism

SINGAPORE - Cyber terrorists could wreak havoc with a successful attack on critical high-tech systems, Singapore said on Tuesday in announcing plans to spend…

February 23, 2005 · New York Jewish Times
CIA, FBI Chiefs Categorize Terror Threat Before Senate

*Note: This is an excerpt. Link to full article is at the bottom.* Cyber Threats The cyber-threat to the U.S. is serious and continues to expand rapidly the…

February 22, 2005 · Techtarget.com
Thwarting Hacker Techniques: Combating social engineers

So, you've got two firewalls, an intrusion prevention system [IPS] and antivirus software deployed, and you're feeling pretty good. Servers are patched,…

February 22, 2005 · TheStatesMan.net
Shoppers’ law guide

Legal rights for a sale in an e-commerce transaction are still a grey area. While consumers are not adequately protected in India, 13 countries have taken a…

February 22, 2005 · allAfrica.com
Legalweek: Law On Cyber Crime Overdue

The penal sanction against trespass or breaking and entry cannot hold against an act of hacking into a computer network and unlawfully acquiring proprietary…

February 22, 2005 · Chinanews.com
Largest hacker group in China dissolves

BEIJING, Feb. 21 - Honkers Union of China (HUC), the earliest and largest hacker group in China and ranking number five in the world, has announced its…

February 21, 2005 · Scmagazine.com
Private-public sector rallies against organized cybercrime

Organized crime on the internet is a growing threat but the sky is not falling. That was the general message at a "town hall" event at the RSA Conference…