News 2004-06
June 30, 2004 Last week's most famous Russian hacker
http://www.crime-research.org/news/30.06.2004/463/
June 29, 2004 A Russian Hacker Stole $15 Thousand
A hacker of Leninogorsk, Russia managed to illegally withdraw 15,000 of American dollars from accounts of foreigners and co-citizens...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.06.2004/460/June 29, 2004 Authors of the last viruses are Russians
http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.06.2004/454/
June 28, 2004 Middle East not immune to cyber-crime, security experts warn
Investment in fighting cyber-crime remains critically low, and a general ignorance of its consequences is leaving businesses across the Middle East vulnerable to attack, network security experts Stonesoft have warned...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.06.2004/453/June 28, 2004 E-mail comes under attack
Spam, fraud, viruses assault Internet's 'killer' application...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.06.2004/452/June 28, 2004 "Reporters Without Borders": Free Internet in Ukraine
http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.06.2004/451/
June 26, 2004 US Congress against spyware
http://www.crime-research.org/news/26.06.2004/449/
June 25, 2004 Spam again
http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.06.2004/447/
June 24, 2004 Child Pornography on the Internet--What to do?
http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.06.2004/446/
June 23, 2004 Al Qaida websites blocked
http://www.crime-research.org/news/23.06.2004/443/
June 22, 2004 Internet crimes in Armenia
http://www.crime-research.org/news/22.06.2004/441/
June 21, 2004 Phishing spreading
Phishing is a dangerous kind of internet-fraud, theft of personal data, credit card numbers, passwords, etc...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/21.06.2004/440/June 19, 2004 Police nabs a scammer
http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.06.2004/437/
June 18, 2004 Another Technical Glitch Slows Yahoo!
http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.06.2004/438/
June 18, 2004 Piracy increases
http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.06.2004/436/
June 17, 2004 Russian hackers attacked Akamai servers
http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.06.2004/435/
June 16, 2004 Hackers hacked...a printing-house
http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.06.2004/429/
June 16, 2004 The War on Child Pornography? Who are the Victims?
http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.06.2004/433/
June 16, 2004 Teen Sentenced In Bank, Internet Fraud Schemes
A 19-year-old Orange County teenager was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Monday and ordered to pay $20,000...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.06.2004/432/June 16, 2004 A Web of Terror
Web sites featuring videos of the beheading of Americans or captives pleading for their lives have become part of an electronic war of incitement...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.06.2004/434/June 15, 2004 Saudi Acquitted of Internet Terror; Defense Calls Verdict Victory for Free Speech
An Idaho jury on Thursday rejected the federal government’s case against a Saudi doctoral student accused of illegally aiding terrorists by running an Internet network...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.06.2004/430/June 15, 2004 A hacker or a musician?
The first premium and a special prize of the competition -- EUR 10,000 and the right to record a solo disk for free - was won by Ilya Gofman, Yuri Bashmet's advanced student, viola-player...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.06.2004/427/June 15, 2004 US expert says no such thing as cyber terrorism yet
CYBER TERRORISM is more hype than reality, at least for now, an American expert said Thursday during a videoconference with Philippine government officials at the US embassy in Manila...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.06.2004/428/June 14, 2004 Europe to fight child porn
European Ministers spoke for fighting child porn...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.06.2004/424/June 14, 2004 Scammers earn on leaving examinations
School leavers pass examinations, Internet scammers count up profits. Con men raised tens of thousands of dollars on leaving examinations...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.06.2004/425/June 12, 2004 Maxim Kovalchuk's success encourages
Ternopol, Ukraine, law enforcement detained a thief who hacked into computer network of a local bank and transferred money to his accounts...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/12.06.2004/420/June 11, 2004 Arrests made in 'Half-Life' game hacking case
Arrests have been made in the theft last year of source code for Valve Software's highly anticipated PC game Half-Life 2, an FBI spokesman in Seattle said Thursday...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.06.2004/426/June 11, 2004 Computer crimes: DDoS ordered
A curious offer has recently appeared on the Russian Internet. Cyber criminals offer to block access to an 'ordered' website only for $150 per day...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.06.2004/422/June 11, 2004 2004 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey
Security Specialists Report Cybercrime Losses Down for Third Straight Year...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.06.2004/423/June 10, 2004 Korgo is written by Russian hackers
http://www.crime-research.org/news/10.06.2004/417/
June 10, 2004 Woman hacks North Bay Health Care Group
According to Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/10.06.2004/419/June 09, 2004 Europe to finally outlaw computer crime
http://www.crime-research.org/news/09.06.2004/421/
June 09, 2004 "Bride scam"
http://www.crime-research.org/news/09.06.2004/412/
June 09, 2004 Russian providers fight Hamas
http://www.crime-research.org/news/09.06.2004/415/
June 08, 2004 Security expected to take a larger bite of IT budgets
Spending on security-related technology is expected to increase over the next couple of years, leveling off at 5 percent to 8 percent of the IT budget of global 2000 companies...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/08.06.2004/414/June 08, 2004 Internet threats
Internet technologies' evolution, distribution of devices providing access to the global network and insufficient elimination of defects in various web applications incurred an unprecedented threat on the Internet...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/08.06.2004/331/June 07, 2004 New virus cracks credit cards
http://www.crime-research.org/news/07.06.2004/409/
June 07, 2004 Confidentiality, integrity and accessibility: security key elements
Systems' security assurance is a continuous process where new methods, means and technologies should be used...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/07.06.2004/320/June 05, 2004 Terrorists relocate to the Internet
http://www.crime-research.org/news/05.06.2004/318/
June 05, 2004 OEM software scams on the rise
Among the ever-increasing payload of spam landing each day in users' inboxes, there is certainly a burgeoning market for missives promoting OEM software...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/05.06.2004/321/June 04, 2004 Ukraine: carders
As CCRC informed, in Odessa, Ukraine, officers of Organized Crime Department arrested three young men...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/04.06.2004/316/June 04, 2004 Mr. Tenet's Exit
GEORGE J. TENET, who will be remembered in part for his skill in the tradecraft of Washington, made a relatively artful departure yesterday from the position of CIA director...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/04.06.2004/323/June 03, 2004 Fury at terror suspect's bail
A former Qantas baggage handler at Sydney Airport charged with a terrorist offence has been granted bail even though police allege that he helped another suspected terrorist...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.06.2004/322/June 03, 2004 Russian police nabbed a hacker
Unit fighting high tech crimes of the Liven Police Department, Russia initiated proceedings against a cashier of a local superstore of trading network "Magnit"...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.06.2004/315/June 03, 2004 Three Spanish arrested for selling child porn
In Deya, Mayorka, Spanish police detained three men allegedly selling child porn, reports "El Pais" newspaper Monday...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.06.2004/314/June 03, 2004 Internet Crimes Against Children Exploding
Crime against children on the internet is growing fast; and yet, the problem is going largely unnoticed and underreported...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.06.2004/319/June 02, 2004 Child tutor charged with creating porn
It began Saturday, when a man picking up his 12-year-old daughter from a Beverly tutoring center noticed a peculiar flashing red light inside the center's only bathroom.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.06.2004/317/June 02, 2004 Electronic documents and computer crime
Nowadays it is hard to find a person who haven't heard about e-mail, wire transfer of money, webpage on the Internet, SMS-messages, SIM-card, electronic notebook, file, digital signature, computer software, data base, electronic security, digital photo, digital video and audio record. Electronic documents became part of our life.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.06.2004/313/June 02, 2004 Computer crime targets banks
Banks and insurance companies are exposed to numerous cyber attacks...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.06.2004/312/June 01, 2004 Computer Crime Targeted
Joining a handful of departments across the state, the city police department has created a special detective unit to handle computer crimes in addition to the polygraph examinations it has conducted for several years...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.06.2004/310/June 01, 2004 Fresh warning on IT crime
Sniffing, snorting, phishing, phreaking, spamming. Get used to it. These are part of the new language of IT and the weapons of war used in the computer crime arms race...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.06.2004/309/June 01, 2004 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey
According to the 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, the risk of cyber attacks continues to be high...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.06.2004/283/June 01, 2004 Leader of Saudi Terrorist Attack Was Al-Qaeda Trained, BBC Says
The leader of a terrorist gang captured after a weekend attack in Saudi Arabia that killed 22 people was trained by al-Qaeda...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.06.2004/308/