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July 9, 2008 · Theregister.co.uk
Peers call for cybercrime shakeup

Peers are calling for a reversal of rules that stop UK victims reporting cybercrimes directly to the police. The House of Lords science committee is also…

July 8, 2008 · News.scotsman.com
Pensioner blames internet for his child porn

A PENSIONER caught with a huge stash of child pornography blamed internet search engines, such as Google, for his downfall. William Dalgleish, 67, had 16,000…

July 8, 2008 · Medaillenews.com
Computer Crimes Investigation Certificate Program to Begin in Fall 2008

Medaille College will offer a certificate program in Computer Crimes Investigation at its Amherst Campus beginning in fall 2008. The Computer Crimes…

July 7, 2008 · Bangkokpost.com
Fighting crime with a click of a mouse

Instead of a pistol, Pol Lt-Col Panya Chaaimtet arms himself with a computer notebook. He is more agile manoeuvring a mouse, hunting for criminals on the…

July 7, 2008 · Security.itproportal.com
Legal expert calls on Qatar to implement cybercrime legislation

Perusing the Gulf Times' weekend edition (as one does) in my local hairdressers this weekend, I was astonished to read that a leading legal expert has called…

July 4, 2008 · Security.itproportal.com
EU cybercrime initiative is going to be expensive for ISPs

I was interested to see a report over on Betanews that European ISPs are more than a bit concerned about the cost if complying with EU cybercrime proposals,…

July 4, 2008 · Newsinfo.inquirer.net
Gov't wants to include more provisions in cybercrime bill

MAKATI City, Philippines -- A technical working group (TWG) composed of various stakeholders in government and the private sector are including additional…

July 1, 2008 · The Register
Three strokes of a bamboo cane for Singapore forum 'scammer'

A British man faces caning and a prison sentence for allegedly conning members of an IT forum in Singapore. Members of the VR-Zone forum used "mass ordering"…

June 30, 2008 · Computer Crime Research Center
Azerbaijan: joining European Convention on Cybercrime

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov has today signed a document on his country’s joining Council of Europe’s…

June 27, 2008 · Upi.com
Woman gets prison for 'Nigerian' scam

TACOMA, Wash., June 26 (UPI) -- An Olympia, Wash., woman who pleaded guilty in a $1 million "Nigerian check scam" has been sentenced to two years in prison.…

June 27, 2008 · News.com.au
Warning: Internet travel scam

The scam involves a website called Tickets2cheap.com, believed to be run out of South Africa, which boasts the lowest airfares in the world, according to…

June 26, 2008 · PC WORLD
Closer Ties on Cybercrime: Japan and France agreement

June 10 : Japanese and French government ministers agreed to work more closely on cybercrime. At a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 Justice and…

June 25, 2008 · The Register
About 50% of malicious sites bound to 10 networks (6 in China)

Almost half the websites pushing malware are hosted by just 10 networks, according to a new report that adds new support to the growing argument that a…

June 24, 2008 · Waldo.villagesoup.com/
Computer Crime Unit rescues girl

AUGUSTA (June 23): The following news was compiled for the Maine Department of Public Safety by the Public Information Office: Exceptional work by the Maine…

June 24, 2008 · Ibls.com/
UNITED STATES: Cybercrime

Cyber Crime Training Collaboration With The National Center For Justice And The Rule Of Law As today''''s technology-driven world provides a new arena for…

June 23, 2008 · Morningjournal.com
Man pleads guilty to Internet sex crime involving police officer posing as young girl

NORWALK -- A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to an Internet sex crime involving whom he believed to be a young girl, according to Wakeman police. Thomas E.…

June 20, 2008 · Kget.com
Local man accused of dealing in child pornography

29 year old Michael Turman was arrested Monday and appeared in court on yesterday. He was the subject of an investigation by the Fresno Internet Crime Against…

June 20, 2008 · PCworld.idg.com.au
Australia tops cyber crime list

Australia has the highest incidence of cyber crime in the world, according to a global survey of nine countries by software security vendor, AVG. The study,…

June 19, 2008 · Securecomputing.net.au
NASA hacker to appeal

Gary McKinnon, the Briton who hacked into multiple US Government computer networks, saying he was looking for evidence of extra-terrestrial life, will next…

June 19, 2008 · Suburbanchicagonews.com
Internet crime on the increase through wireless access points

Over the past year, our Computer Crimes Unit has seen an increase in the number of cases involving the theft of Internet use via wireless access points. It is…

June 18, 2008 · Canada.com
Belgian arraigned on child sex charges in Montreal

MONTREAL - A 32-year-old Belgian man found in a hotel with a 13-year-old girl he met online, was arraigned in Quebec Court in Montreal Monday on several sex…

June 18, 2008 · Тews.zdnet.co.uk
E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay

Plans for a national UK cybercrime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's…

June 17, 2008 · News.bostonherald.com/
Ex-official readies suit over bogus child porn rap

A child porn possession charge lodged against a Department of Industrial Accidents investigator fired for having smut on his state-issued laptop has been…

June 17, 2008 · Computerworld.com.my
Fighting cyber terrorism

Carol Ko Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has approved a US$13 million grant to lay the foundation of IMPACT, a not-for-profit global organisation, to…

June 16, 2008 · Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Big bucks drew kid hacker into cyber crime

AHMEDABAD: His face is cherubic and his mannerisms childish. But, when he talks to police officials, they find it hard to catch up with this whiz-kid. Ajay…

June 16, 2008 · Newsinfo.inquirer.net
Draft of cybercrime bill ready by end-June

MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Information and Communications Technology expects to finish work on a draft cybercrime bill by end-June, its chairman…

June 14, 2008 · Thaindian.com
Forensic computer analysts become real employment in police divisions

A new career within the information technology faculty has emerged. Most crime bursting laboratories are employing Forensic computer analyst (FCA). The role of…

June 13, 2008 · ABC.net.au
Charity urges child porn internet block

The head of a major child protection charity says she hopes Australian internet service providers will follow the lead of their international counterparts by…

June 13, 2008 · Govtech.com
Cyber Crime Feared More Than Burglary

AVG Technologies this week released the results of its own research study that showed U.S. citizens are more concerned about being the victims of cyber crime…

June 12, 2008 · Bangkokpost.com
Police arrest webmaster for porn pics

Police have arrested a webmaster for posting pornographic photos for trade and distribution on his website, one of 200-300 sites containing sexually explicit…