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Cyber Crimes and Your Children
White Papers The best way to prevent cyber crime is to educate children about the types of cyber crimes, the cost of cyber crime to the victims, and the consequences for committing such crimes. As recently as September, 2003, a teenager was arrested for...
[February 21, 2005, 23:00]
Fraud crimes will be a thing of past if banks exploit KEY and PIN system
Talkback These details show that banks have option to reduce all fraud crimes to virtually ZERO simply by exploiting KEY and PIN system. Fraud crimes will continue to grow until banks exploit KEY and PIN system described on website www.xwave.co.uk which...
[May 29, 2008, 11:22]
I'm not guilty for other's crimes
Talkback I can't see how I can ever possibly be guilty for any crimes commited by anyone accessing Internet systems via my access point, just as I don't expect my ISP to be guilty should I commit a crimes over their service.
[August 24, 2007, 21:46]
High-Tech Crimes Revealed review
Reviews Overall, High-Tech Crimes Revealed: Cyberwar Stories from the Digital Front is a useful and interesting -- if distinctly US-orientated -- book. Branigan is a former manager for Bell Labs Computing and Network Research, and has a background in both...
[November 17, 2004, 7:35]
Education, not legislation will reduce e-crimes
News Legislating against electronic crimes such as spam and ID fraud will not reduce the problem; instead, education for small businesses and consumers and cooperation between countries is the answer, according to two major industry groups, who...
[December 11, 2003, 16:40]
Police eye tech for reporting live crimes via video
News In the future, witnesses to crimes may simply be able to report wrongdoing by uploading videos taken from their mobile phones. It is just another way of detecting evidence of crimes. According to Ian Readhead, director of information for the...
[April 27, 2009, 16:02]
Reasons why only KEY and PIN system will deter virtually all fraud crimes
Talkback So until banks exploit proposed KEY and PIN system fraud crimes will continue to grow. By now banks should realise that Chip and PIN system will not combat fraud because it does not deter identity fraud, ATM fraud, stolen card and PIN fraud, card...
[June 9, 2008, 10:26]
High-Tech Crimes Revealed
Member Review What do high-tech criminals get up to, and how do the forces of law and order catch them? Steven Branigan investigates in this fascinating -- if US-biased -- book.
[November 17, 2004, 7:25]
Net crimes should be recorded, says MP
News The government should include cybercrime figures in its national crime statistics so that the impact of viruses, hacking and phishing can be measured alongside that of more traditional crimes, such as burglary and vandalism, according to the...
[May 5, 2004, 15:40]
Managers are committing computer crimes - report
News A survey undertaken last year reported that 33 per cent of admin staff and 28 per cent of managers had been involved in computer crime incidents, ranging from fraud to using unlicensed software and pornographic material.
[February 19, 1998, 9:14]
Security firm charged with computer crimes
News The head of security firm Forensic Tec Solutions was arraigned on Tuesday by federal prosecutors on computer crime charges stemming from the company's intrusion into several government and military computers last year.
[October 1, 2003, 8:35]
Students pay for file swapping 'crimes'
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued four students separately last month for running services that searched computers connected to their college networks for MP3 song files. The students also shared copyrighted music from their...
[May 2, 2003, 8:18]
HP investigator makes plea bargain
News The data broker charged with federal crimes for his role in the HP news-leak probe will testify against other defendants, according to sources close to the case. The argument of double jeopardy, or trying someone for the same crime twice, doesn't...
[January 12, 2007, 8:05]
Big Brother in the black box
News Governments world wide are attempting to increase surveillance powers in an effort to crack down on Internet-related crimes. However, the latest tool in the war against online crimes and illicit attacks on networks has international privacy...
[July 13, 2000, 9:56]
Lib Dems criticise 'shambolic' DNA database
News The Liberal Democrats party has said it has evidence that the DNA database is not helping to solve crimes. At the same time, the number of crimes solved using DNA evidence fell by nearly 11.7 percent last year.
[December 4, 2008, 6:30]
DNA database found to breach rights
Blog The UK police practice of holding DNA profiles of people who are innocent of crimes has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights. People arrested on suspicion of crimes in the UK currently have their DNA and finfgerprints retained...
[December 5, 2008, 13:27]
UK police help fight outsourcing cybercrime
Talkback The cyber crimes are different from traditional crimes and fall within the domain of “white collar crime”. The cause of the community deserves better treatment at the hands of the courts, law enforcement agencies and the voluntary organisations...
[July 13, 2005, 7:35]
Lawyers: Hackers sentenced too harshly
News The US' largest group of defence lawyers on Wednesday published a position paper arguing that people convicted of computer-related crimes tend to get stiffer sentences than comparable non-computer-related offenses.
[February 21, 2003, 10:24]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigators
Downloads What do these crimes have in common? Crack the Crimes: Piece together the shocking truth behind 5 baffling crimes, using forensic skills, puzzle-solving prowess and unflinching nerves. Master the Tools.
[December 6, 2004, 7:00]
Criminals send malware levels soaring
Talkback The present trend of using malware for committing organised crimes is a paradigm shift of the tradition crime to cyber crime and is on the penultimate stage of being originating and labeled as cyber terrorism.
[July 5, 2005, 5:41]
