Cyber Crime Getting Organized
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If you read the news, you'd think that most cyber criminals are lonely, maladjusted teenage hackers stealing credit card numbers from their windowless rooms. But the real damage is being done by organized syndicates, and they're playing for much higher stakes.
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The numbers of malicious programs circulating online is reaching 'epidemic' levels, say experts.
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Investigations, arrests highlight how technology aids and weakens terror network.
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INSPECTOR Hacker of the Yard has fingered the collar of a UK man suspected of stealing source code from Cisco Systems in May. Cyber plods from the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit swooped on houses
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The Justice Department is set to announce a major crackdown on cyber-crime that will include arrests, subpoenas and property seizures of alleged e-mail spammers and online scam artists, according to law enforcement and industry sources.
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Computer security experts and law enforcement officials need standards for the network forensics that are becoming common in trial cases.
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Security researchers studying the latest Internet crime trends have discovered a new Eastern European website that uses a large botnet to infect vulnerable PCs. The operators of the botnet and website charge clients for each successful PC infection.
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Forensic Technology's system lets investigators analyze evidence over a network.
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Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorneyâs office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, âThis is my computer and my network; youâre just a computer janitor.â
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Cybercrime reporting confusion The HMRC child benefit data loss debacle has reinvigorated calls to establish a central police unit to tackle cybercrime. Business leaders are expressing concern that not enough is being done to help victims of computer crime, who are unsure of who to turn to in the event of being subjected to computer-related fraud or attack.â¦
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Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week.
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CAN-SPAM and other new laws help combat cybercrime, an FBI agent reports.
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Online criminals are exploiting human hopes and fears to spread spam and viruses.
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In what it called an "Information Age undercover investigation," the U.S. Secret Service has arrested 28 people from eight U.S. states and six countries allegedly involved in a global cybercrime ring.
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The US Justice Department&#39;s crackdown on cyber crime has brought to light illegal activities, including credit-card fraud, to the tune of over $215 million and resulted in dozens of arrests, a senior official said.
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The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular.
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By Chandra Devi  AS far as hackers are concerned, this is the season to infect as many computers and networks as possible. With the Valentine and Lunar New Year celebrations in the air, cyber criminals are having a jolly good time spreading their "love", "hugs" and "auspicious" wishes.