Computer Crime Research Center

Latest Computer Crime News

July 01, 2009 CICT forms its own cybercrime unit

Filed Under: Laws, Hacking, Technology (general), Government WITH the prospect of the cybercrime bill becoming a law, the Commission on Information and...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.07.2009/3742/

June 29, 2009 DSC could get $1 million for computer crime prevention program

ST. GEORGE — The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $1 million for a crime prevention technology program at Dixie State College. The grant...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.06.2009/3741/

June 25, 2009 Hackers To Join Britain's Cyberspace Army

Fomer computer hackers are being recruited for a British cyberspace army, as the UK seeks to defend itself from the growing risk of web terrorism and...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.06.2009/3740/

June 23, 2009 Hefty cyber-crime costs hit Aussies

SMALL businesses are leaving themselves vulnerable to computer crime by scrimping on the cost of security. A survey by the Australian Institute of...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/23.06.2009/3739/


June 22, 2009 Computer crime specialist welcomes internet controls

The Guelph Police officer whose job it is to track down criminals on the internet welcomes the call for increased police powers. Det. Const. Bruce Hunter...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/22.06.2009/3738/

April 24, 2009 Researchers Find Massive Botnet

More than 70 government-owned domains hit, and nearly half of the overall infections are in the U.S. Researchers have discovered a major botnet...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.04.2009/3736/

April 21, 2009 Students at highest risk from cyber-crime

Know-it-all students are putting themselves at increased risk online. Young people in full-time education are more susceptible to cyber-crime than others,...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/21.04.2009/3735/

April 17, 2009 Economic crisis 'to boost cyber crime'

The global financial crisis threatens to spark a rise in cyber crime as computer experts lose their jobs and resort to illegal ways to earn a living, a...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.04.2009/3734/

April 06, 2009 The wicked worm that wasn't

Millions of Windows users braced themselves for the much-feared Conficker worm, worried that the exploit would wreak havoc on their systems on April 1....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/06.04.2009/3733/

April 02, 2009 Spam is getting back to the level of Nov 2008

Postini, Google's e-mail security provider reporting that spam levels have finally bounced back to levels seen prior to the shutdown of notorious Web hosting...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.04.2009/3732/

April 01, 2009 2008: $264M was lost due to cybercrime according to ICCC report

Back in 2001 this number was only 18 million dollars. And last year(2008) it grew up to $264.6 million, according to a annual report by the Internet...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.04.2009/3731/

March 30, 2009 China dismisses cyber-espionage claims

Analysts in China are dismissing claims that nearly 1,300 computers in more than 100 countries have been attacked, and have become part of a cyber-espionage...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/30.03.2009/3730/

March 27, 2009 Smartphones were targeted at hacking competition. No winners for this year.

The organisers of the CanSecWest hacking contest have confirmed that all five smartphones slated for attack stood up to attacks, though it warns this might...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/27.03.2009/smartphones-hacking/

March 20, 2009 Survey suggests economy could lead to cybercrime increase

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Results of a study showing that companies around the world are facing increased risks of cybertheft points to a need for...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/20.03.2009/3727/

March 19, 2009 Two Texas men settle charges in spam scam case

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday said two men settled charges that they conducted a massive e-mail spam campaign to drive up the demand for...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.03.2009/3726/