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February 21, 2005 · The Daily News / Jacksonville NC
Meeting a new challenge

In a nearby county, a married man with two children logged onto the Internet and engaged in a conversation with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Over…

February 20, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Treat digital evidence with care

A recent report on trends in computer crime described a 'cyber mafia' of hackers operating protection rackets and the like. It made lurid reading, detailing…

February 19, 2005 · NJ.com
Former administrator admits having child porn

ALLENTOWN -- Former Lehigh County Housing Authority Executive Director John Seitz pleaded guilty Friday to one count of possession of child pornography, a…

February 19, 2005 · The China Post
Net fraud worries U.S. Secret Service

Internet fraudsters, motivated by money and armed with sophisticated technology, pose an increased economic threat as they steal private data from companies…

February 19, 2005 · Seacoastonline.com
Small advances made to fight computer crime

UGUSTA, Maine - The head of the state police announced "modest" steps Thursday to bolster the task force that investigates one of Maine�s fastest-growing…

February 19, 2005 · LawFuel
US Attorney reports former IT manager of software firm indicted on computer crime charges

17 February 2005 - LAWFUEL - The Law News Network - The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that the former…

February 18, 2005 · Cybercrime.gov
Computer Hacker Who Victimized T-Mobile Pleads Guilty in Los Angeles Federal Court

Nicholas Lee Jacobsen, 22, pleaded guilty at 15 February in United States District Court in Los Angeles to gaining unauthorized access to a protected computer…

February 18, 2005 · FCW.COM
Clarke: Who leads cybersecurity?

SAN FRANCISCO -- Richard Clarke, former special adviser to the president on cybersecurity, has this advice for Michael Chertoff, the new secretary of the…

February 17, 2005 · PC World Australia
New phishing attack outsmarts typical defenses

You might think that you know how to protect yourself from phishing: Don't click the links in e-mail that purports to be from banks or other institutions. But…

February 17, 2005 · Vnunet.com
Hacking victims face legal threat

Home computer users could be sued if they allow their computers to be taken over and used by hackers, legal representatives speaking at the RSA Conference in…

February 17, 2005 · Mirror.co.uk
The child porn docs

FIVE doctors convicted of downloading child porn are free to work in the NHS. Astonishingly four who were suspended by the General Medical Council have had the…

February 16, 2005 · Times On Line
Mob nets $650 million from phone and internet fraud

For almost a century, members of the Gambino crime family maintained a violent grip over New York as ruthless practitioners of murder, drug pushing,…

February 15, 2005 · CNET News.com
Hacker invades 'War of the Worlds' Web site

A Brazilian hacker has defaced the Web site of Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," which is set to be released in cinemas this summer, according to a…

February 15, 2005 · Techworld
Microsoft, eBay and Visa form phishing fighting fund

Microsoft, eBay and Visa have created a new organisation to deal with the increasing threat from phishing scams. The [Phish Report…

February 15, 2005 · The Moscow News
Former U.S. Hacker Mitnick Meets Journalists in Moscow

Kevin Mitnick, formerly one of the most famous U.S. hackers and now the head of a computer consulting company, held a press conference in Moscow on Sunday.…

February 14, 2005 · Seattlepi.com
14-year-old hacker sentenced to probation

14-year-old who used a computer worm to launch an attack against Microsoft's main Web site in August 2003 was sentenced in federal court on Friday 11 to three…

February 14, 2005 · Sophos
Valentine's SpamDay

Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Monday 14…

February 12, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate

**Proposals for a World Security Organisation to tackle cyberterrorism continue to alarm experts, including former White House cybersecurity chief Richard…

February 12, 2005 · ZDNet UK
Cyberterror threats dismissed

**Experts have been queuing up to dismiss the latest calls for a crackdown on cyberterror, dismissing the term as marketing speak, hyperbole, or in one case…

February 12, 2005 · Techworld
CTOs press US government for cybercrime commission

A group of chief technology officers (CTOs) from major software vendors have called on the US government to build a national cybercrime commission. The 15…

February 11, 2005 · Scmagazine.com
Tsunami hacker charged

A man has been charge over an alleged attempt to hack into website co-ordinating relief for victims of the recent tsunami disaster. Daniel James Cuthbert, 28,…

February 11, 2005 · STUFF
Teenage boys biggest viewers of child porn - internal affairs

The largest group of people caught viewing child pornography are teenage boys who are seldom prosecuted, the Department of Internal Affairs says. There have…

February 10, 2005 · The Asahi Shimbun
Phishing season opens in Japan; 8 lose total of 1.5 million

Japan may be the next happy hunting ground for online swindlers employing sophisticated cyber-tricks to steal personal information for forging credit and cash…

February 10, 2005 · Silicon.com
Cyber-terror plan panned as "barmy"

World Security Organisation is a non-starter... A controversial UK security vendor is calling for the creation of a World Security Organisation (WSO) to crack…

February 9, 2005 · Internetnews.com
Firefox, Others at Phishing Risk

A non-profit security think tank called the Shmoo Group has announced the discovery of a flaw in Firefox and other recent browsers, including Mozilla, Safari,…

February 9, 2005 · Daily Mail
Paedophile with 1m images walks free

A paedophile who amassed the biggest collection of internet child pornography ever found in Britain walked free from court yesterday. To the despair of the…

February 8, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
Ten security laws you can rely on

Microsoft's Security Response Center gets many calls for help with security problems, and the security experts there say all of the calls fall into one of…

February 8, 2005 · ZDNet Australia
UK man arrested in phishing probe

An investigation into an attempt to con customers of the online bank Smile has led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man in Blackpool UK Police have arrested a…

February 8, 2005 · BBC News
Summit to tackle internet crime

**Police and computer experts in Wales will join force for an event aimed at finding ways of tackling the growing problem of internet crime.** They first…

February 7, 2005 · INQ7.net
Senator to push for stiffer penalties on child porn on Net

A SENATOR is drafting a law that would make possession of child pornography a criminal act in the Philippines. Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal said…