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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]
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]
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 28, 2007, 11:16]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Exclusive: Mitnick To Plead Guilty
News Hacker Kevin Mitnick will plead guilty to computer-related crimes after more than four years in prison awaiting trial, according to CyberCrime sources. Mitnick pleaded guilty twice before to similar computer crimes, in 1989 and 1996.
[March 18, 1999, 9:13]
Government Considering Online Crime Reports
News The Home Office is examining the possibility of letting members of the public report crimes over the Internet. Speaking to the House of Commons this week, Home Office minister Charles Clarke said he had commissioned research into the idea of...
[January 12, 2001, 7:41]
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]
FBI: Computer Crime Costs US Firms $67bn
News Dealing with viruses, spyware, PC theft and other computer-related crimes costs US businesses a staggering $67.2bn (£38.2bn) a year, according to the FBI. Protecting the US against high technology crimes is third on the agency's list of priorities.
[January 20, 2006, 9:30]
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]
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]
Police Launch Online Crime-fighting Service
News The UK police service is to allow members of the public to report crimes via email and the Internet as part of a pilot scheme to make its emergency service more efficient. Local residents can already report crimes such as minor thefts through the...
[February 7, 2001, 15:10]
A Citizens' Guide To Hate Crime In Pennsylvania
White Papers When certain crimes against people (like harassment, terrorist threats or assault) or certain crimes against property (like criminal trespass, criminal mischief or arson) are committed and when these crimes are motivated by hatred toward the...
[February 21, 2005, 23:00]
Bulger Injunction Ridicules British Internet Law
Talkback I think it is extreamly sad and harmful that criminals get off without serving their full time for the crimes committed. If everyone knew they would face capital punishment or serve the full extent of their sentence, I think many crimes would not...
[January 16, 2004, 17:30]
Police To Become Masters Of Cybercrime
News UK police forces are developing new training to help officers tackle crimes that either directly or indirectly involve a computer, including a Masters degree in cybercrime. The police force is often criticised for not being savvy enough to handle...
[June 3, 2004, 17:50]
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]
Government Must Update Cybercrime Laws, Say Experts
Talkback Relying on a 15 year old law for crimes now is as pointless as trying to treat HIV with leeches. As new crimes appear, new or modified laws must be introduced to do likewise. With technology, there's always going to be new forms of crime and abuse.
[November 9, 2005, 18:07]
