Cyber-bullying gathers pace in US
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Survey finds that one third of online teenagers in the US have been victims of cyber-bullying.
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More teachers are becoming victims of cyber-bullying from pupils and parents, new research claims.
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The US has a new head of cyber security, amid concerns about the Bush administration&#39;s commitment to protecting computer networks from attack.
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For the first time ever, more Americans are seeking faster connections to access the Internet.
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By BILLY PATERSON  CLAIMS that teen bullies are using an internet chat site to terrorise victims and identify targets are being probed by police.
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That&#39;s according to a straw poll of 493 people performed by the US non-profit group the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), which carried out a survey in mid-September at the Digital Edge Expo in Washington, DC.
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By Sharon Jayson  A national education campaign and phone hotline to curb abusive teen dating behavior goes into effect today, prompted by new research that suggests teens and technology sometimes make for troublesome connections.
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By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  May 29--Fearful parents may conjure up images of trench-coated predators trolling the Web, but the virtual world their teens actually inhabit is more like the soda shop of yesteryear or the mall -- a place to hang with friends.
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If anything's been lacking in US government agencies' ongoing fight against malicious Internet use, it's a good, old-fashioned public awareness campaign. Yesterday, in an effort to turn up the volume and give local TV news writers a more tangible vocabulary for malicious users, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced interim results of its ongoing efforts to track down and arrest suspected "bot-herders."
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Lawmakers are on alert as hackers increase attacks on US infrastructure.
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A report released Thursday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project says US workers are increasingly using instant messaging (IM) in the workplace, with approximately 11 million Americans logging into an IM program daily.
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By ROBERT WIELAARD    STRASBOURG, France  -- Governments and private sector officials from around the world sought ways Thursday to jointly combat cybercrime, whose growth mirrors the phenomenal rise of the Internet's popularity.    At a conference organized by the Council of Europe, delegates from Europe, the United States, Australia and China digested new data pointing to an increasing problem of global proportions: How can national law stop those who commit fraud, spread racism, steal credit card numbers or sell child pornography worldwide, nonstop and just about anonymously?    On top of that, while fraud and copyright infringements remain the lion's share of cybercrime, there is rising concern about terrorists going online to spread more than just propaganda...
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Pressure is growing on more nations to implement the Council of Europe's anti-cybercrime treaty.
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Researchers discover in a recent study on cyber-bullying that there may be negative consequences for users in both Second Life and the real world.
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Governments and private sector officials from around the world sought ways Thursday to jointly combat cybercrime, whose growth mirrors the phenomenal rise of the Internet's popularity.
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Ministers are calling on schools to involve police in the most serious cases of online bullying.
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By Chris Bailey  Couldn't help but commiserate with Sarah Hipp, the Aurora woman who attended a meeting of Web security experts brought together in St. Charles last week by U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert to arm parents with information about Internet dangers to their children.