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September 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet has become the most vulnerable ever

A threat of terrorism on the Internet appeared to be more serious than it was expected to be; displays of terrorism unbelievably extended because of the global…

September 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Pro-Chechen websites targeted

September 14, 2004 leading websites of Chechen separatists “Chechen Press” and “Caucasus Center” became unavailable to visitors. It happened after Lithuanian…

September 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Lee man arrested on porn charges

Lee County-- A Smithville man is arrested on a computer pornography charge and more charges are expected. 24-year-old Matthew Eubanks was arrested after a…

September 20, 2004 · Australian IT
A click away from a mugging

The computer has replaced the gun as the ideal weapon as criminals turn increasingly to the internet as a tool for separating Joe Public from his money,…

September 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer Crimes Prevention

Planning of the prevention of crimes is the activity of the corresponding governmental bodies to elaborate and implement a system of measures aimed at creation…

September 19, 2004 · Forbes.com
Cyber-nightmare

**Four years ago al Qaeda operatives were taking flying lessons. Today they are honing a new skill: hacking. How much damage could a cyberterrorist do to an…

September 18, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hackers' warfare

Hackers of Pakistan and India are involved in a real jihad for Kashmir. According to Hindustan Times news, Pakistani hackers hacked of defaced 477 Indian…

September 18, 2004 · eWEEK.com
DHS Follows Industry Lead on Cyber-Terror

WASHINGTON–Lawrence Hale, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security's cyber security division, said Friday that the DHS depends on the private…

September 18, 2004 · Network World Fusion
Conference focuses on challenges of fighting cybercrime

Preserving the digital crime scene poses one of the biggest challenges in the global fight against cybercrime, said participants this week at a major…

September 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Two men accused of using the Internet to lure two Texas teenagers

Atlanta (AP)--Two men accused of using the Internet to lure two Texas teenagers to their Georgia home are facing statutory rape and molestation charges.…

September 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Copyright violation

Both significance and complexity of establishing facts of copyright violation are explained by a sufficiently large number of copyright violations and also by…

September 16, 2004 · Newsday.com
Europe Council Looks to Fight Cybercrime

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An international conference opened Wednesday amid warnings that companies, governments and individuals are increasingly vulnerable to…

September 16, 2004 · THE AGE
E-crime: call for a united front

Cyber criminals could be slipping through the fingers of investigators due to a lack of co-operation between police and corporate cyber sleuths, warns an…

September 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Fighting terrorism propaganda on the Internet

Russia -- In dramatical September days where all the country were stuck to TV, radio and news portals, people time and again asked heartily where were these…

September 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn on new computer?

A man says he bought a computer for his son only to find kiddie porn on the hard drove. The computer came from the Sam's Club on Aurora Avenue in North…

September 15, 2004 · Tri-Valley Herald
Lodi fire captain arrested on rape, child porn charges

LOCKEFORD -- A Lodi Fire Department captain was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of forcible rape and possessing child pornography, the San Joaquin…

September 15, 2004 · swissinfo
Conference turns up heat on cyber criminals

***The fight against cyber terrorism, child pornography and racism on the internet is topping the agenda at an international conference in Strasbourg.*** Swiss…

September 15, 2004 · MercoPress
Brazil is Hackers Favourite

Brazil is home to eight out of 10 of the world's hackers, said federal police at the conference. In Brazil, the amount of money lost in internet financial…

September 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Sasser creator hangs on conviction

Sven Jaschan, the supposed author of the Sasser virus and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged last week by German police, but the informant who…

September 14, 2004 · Gainesvilletimes.com
Reports of Internet fraud on rise in area

The Hall County Sheriff's Office has been receiving many complaints about "phishing" and other types of e-mail and Internet fraud. Phishing is a high-tech scam…

September 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: Security Service disclosed an unauthorized access to police data base

Officers of counterintelligence information security unit of the Counterintelligence department and their colleagues of the regional Security Service…

September 14, 2004 · China Daily
Wu vows to ensure criminal justice

Top legislator Wu Bangguo Monday pledged to work more closely with other countries to ensure international criminal justice and better protect human rights.…

September 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Linux developers insist on high level security

Nine of ten companies developing Linux claim that their systems have never been infected by a virus, while four of five companies assert that their systems…

September 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Teacher Charged with Child Pornography

On the cusp of the school year’s start, shock and disbelief were two of the sentiments expressed by one colleague of Monmouth Regional High School math teacher…

September 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: 80% of software is illegal

Russia: the situation with the pirated software in Russia become settled, director of Non-commercial Software Products Suppliers Partnership Dmitri Sokolov…

September 10, 2004 · allAfrica.com
Computer Crime Against Kids Escalates

Less than 4% of rape cases are successfully prosecuted, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has told a discussion on computer crime against children in…

September 10, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Porn prevention on the Net

The Internet has appeared to be a convenient means of communication between paedophiles. Computer technologies open up wide opportunities for perverts to look…

September 10, 2004 · MercuryNews.com
S.J. man arrested in child porn case

A San Jose man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of soliciting thousands of dollars worth of child pornography and secretly video recording a young…

September 9, 2004 · Marco Island Sun Times
Local woman's dreams of wealth dashed by fraud

Sabrina Mount is a 25-year-old single mother of three daughters ages 6, 5 and 4. Before her old computer crashed, one of her jobs as a mystery shopper took her…

September 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A hacker nabbed

The Blagoveschensk regional court (Russia) should start hearings on the creation, utilization and distribution of malicious software criminal case. Police…