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August 19, 2008 Spammers go down to Georgia

The UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Spam Data Mine is showing that the war in Georgia is being used to evade spam filters. The university...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.08.2008/3521/

August 19, 2008 Should you EVER reply to a spam message?

Reader Jeffrey writes: All of a sudden, I am receiving an inordinate amount of "bulk" email in my Yahoo account. Many of the identical emails are sent day...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.08.2008/3520/

August 19, 2008 CICT endorses latest anti-cybercrime bill in Congress

MANILA, Philippines -- The government's highest IT-governing body is hopeful that increased awareness and support will push lawmakers this time to finally...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.08.2008/3519/

August 19, 2008 A Lot of People Just Don't Take the Basic Precautions

At the end of the Black Hat hacker convention in Las Vegas this month, James Finch, head of the FBI's Cyber Division, sat down for an interview about crime...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.08.2008/3518/


August 18, 2008 Pasco teacher arrested in cybercrime sex sting

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL -- A 29-year-old teacher at Trinity Oaks Elementary School in Pasco County is the latest school employee to be arrested by the State...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.08.2008/3517/

August 18, 2008 Gallery: Tools for CSI cybercrime

The digital forensics unit (DFU) of the Australia Serious Fraud Office sniffs out incriminating evidence from crime scenes with ZDNet Australia on hand...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.08.2008/3516/

August 17, 2008 States seen as weak on cybercrime

State authorities are not doing enough to protect consumers from online fraud and other cybercrimes, despite skyrocketing numbers of complaints from the...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.08.2008/3515/

August 17, 2008 States urged to do more to tackle cybercrime

A report has been released by two technology policy groups noting that most top state prosecutors have failed to address cybercrimes outside of high-profile...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.08.2008/3514/

August 15, 2008 UK sees sharp rise in spam

The amount of spam crammed into UK inboxes has quadrupled over the past three months, according to figures from an anti-spam company. Show related...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.08.2008/3513/

August 15, 2008 Cybercrime bust highlights PIN terminal insecurity

Analysis UK police arrests of a gang reckoned to have tampered with Chip and PIN entry devices to harvest PIN numbers and cardholder details have sparked...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.08.2008/3512/

August 14, 2008 What Olympic Spam?

While The Test Center heard alot about Olympic spam --messages with Olympic-related topics appearing in the subject line, the body, or the attachments --...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.08.2008/3511/

August 14, 2008 Study Gives States Poor Marks on Cyber Crime

As cyber crime and e-commerce continue to boom, most states are failing to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated threats, according to a new study....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.08.2008/3510/

August 14, 2008 How cyber crime went professional

As Russian and Georgian soldiers were flinging explosive artillery shells at each other, both sides in the South Ossetia conflict were also exploiting the...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.08.2008/3509/

August 13, 2008 How cyber crime went professional

A huge increase in internet crime is only part of the picture. The bigger worry for many organisations is that they are now being individually targeted by...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/13.08.2008/3508/

August 13, 2008 Cybercrime, cybersecurity - How big is the threat to a Nation?

Cyber Space operation and life style? What will it cost the Nation to recover from this and similar future damages?As we can recollect, the “the median...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/13.08.2008/3507/