Criminals 'may overwhelm web'
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Criminals controlling millions of PCs could threaten the internet, experts at the World Economic Forum warn.
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Online criminals are getting better at targeting people's sensibility to hack into their computers.
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WASHINGTON Oct 25, 2004 - Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers.
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As Internet becomes a crime-choked neighborhood, companies could close their e-commerce shutters and customers could flee.
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People who use internet networking sites are being warned that they could be at risk of identity theft.
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Researchers in the U.S. say they've shown how a network designed to make it harder to trace Internet surfers could be compromised.
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Â· Internet industry asked to help curb illegal materialÂ· Terror bill proposes new powers against suspects
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Copyright or copy-ridiculous? Last week's arrest of a 26-year-old Cheltenham man, and the related closure of the TV-links website, has prompted a flurry of speculation that the very foundations of the internet (linking to stuff) might be under threat.â¦
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Federal law enforcement may be heralding Operation Web Snare as the largest cyber-crime crackdown of its kind, but it is receiving mixed reviews on whether it will stymie the rise in Internet fraud.
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Honeypot project shows more than adult sites contain malicious threats.
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Criminals deploy zombies herded into netwoks of a few hundred to more than half a million compromised PCs. Uses vary from the simply annoying (spam attacks) to the unsavory and criminal.
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The Department of Justice says dozens of people have been arrested or convicted for online crimes this summer, as part of its effort to show that the internet is not 'off-base for law enforcement,' according to Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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New survey says growing Web dependence puts Internet in terrorists' bull's-eye.
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Hackers are finding financial rewards in their actions, and criminals are increasing their dependence on IT. The combination, and the increased technical sophistication of the bad guys, worries a top federal prosecutor.
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The government calls it &quot;Operation Web Snare&quot;, catching criminals who do business online. They&#39;ve been working since June and today announced dozens of arrests for crimes that cost victims millions of dollars.
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Some US computer users vastly under-estimate the dangers of going online, a survey shows.
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Financial fraud rife, say criminologists More than three million online crimes were carried out last year, according to estimates published today. These included more than 200,000 cases of financial fraud, twice the official number of real-world robberies carried out during the same period.â¦