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FBI warns of new Storm worm variant
News On Wednesday, the FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), warned against a new email campaign being used by the creators of the Storm worm botnet. The email uses the the phrase 'FBI vs Facebook' in its subject line and...
[July 31, 2008, 8:15]
FBI tracks worm writers
News The FBI is "confident" that it will capture those who are responsible for creating and spreading the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F virus, the bureau said on Tuesday. We are working with the Department of Homeland Security and with state and local...
[August 27, 2003, 8:35]
US Report: FBI won't post Sinatra files
News FBI Freedom of Information public information officer Linda Kloss declined to explain the reasons behind the decision not to post the Sinatra files, which date back to a 1938 mug shot and allegedly link the legendary singer with the Mafia, on the...
[December 9, 1998, 9:55]
FBI builds cybercrime division
News The FBI announced on Monday that, as part of its latest reorganisation, the agency is forming a Cybercrime Division to handle intellectual-property, high-tech and computer crimes. The reorganisation is only the first of two phases, the FBI said in...
[December 4, 2001, 11:17]
FBI leads cyber-vandal hunt
News The FBI has launched a full-scale criminal investigation to apprehend the vandals who crippled at least eight Web sites in a series of cyber attacks over the last three days. Reno, who declared that "preventing cybercrime is one of our top...
[February 10, 2000, 8:57]
FBI unplugs candidate copycat site
News The FBI Friday shut down a Web site collecting political contributions for US presidential candidate Senator John McCain hours after ZDNet partner MSNBC began making inquires into its legal status. The campaign then contacted the FBI.
[February 21, 2000, 9:34]
FBI accidentally turns off Web sites
News The FBI accidentally pulled the plug on its own Web sites on Tuesday morning. A misconfiguration in the bureau's domain name setup meant that many visitors to FBI.gov could not get through. PT, the FBI's configuration problem had not been fixed.
[August 14, 2002, 6:27]
FBI agent: I am Big Brother
News There are reasons law enforcement should and does have the power to arrest and to search," said Paul George, supervisory special agent for the Michigan bureau of the FBI. Likewise, wiretaps are expected to rise, more than 300 percent in the next 10...
[April 6, 2000, 9:37]
FBI dumps Carnivore - but in name only
News The FBI has dressed its online wolf in sheep's clothing, changing the name of its controversial email surveillance system -- known up until now as Carnivore. The investigative agency built the tool to monitor the Internet communications of suspects...
[February 12, 2001, 9:01]
FBI to prioritise cybercrime fight
News The director of the FBI announced on Wednesday that a major reorganisation of the agency would include a new focus on cybercrime and technology. Protecting the United States against "cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes" is one of the FBI...
[May 30, 2002, 14:18]
FBI cut off for unpaid wiretap bills
Blog For those clandestine surveillance operations, remember to pay your telephone and email providers promptly, or you may have your wiretaps cut off like the FBI. The BBC reports that a US government audit conducted by the justice department's...
[January 11, 2008, 16:12]
FBI missing the real hacking threat?
News With the FBI executing 16 search warrants in 12 cities, U.S.attorney Paul Coggins said Wednesday the Federal Government's "massive" hunt for the hackers responsible for a string of high-profile hacks of government sites was "the most far reaching...
[June 3, 1999, 11:00]
FBI: Auction fraud tops Net scam list
News Online auctions account for the majority of complaints about Internet fraud, according to a new report from the FBI. Fraud committed via the Internet makes investigation and prosecution difficult because the offender and victim may be located...
[April 10, 2002, 14:52]
Judge: FBI must cough up Carnivore info
News Privacy advocates have won another round in their fight to gain access to more information about the FBI's Carnivore email surveillance system. A federal judge this week ordered the FBI to expand its search for records about Carnivore, also known...
[March 28, 2002, 9:24]
FBI News Reader
Downloads FBI News Reader grabs the top stories from the FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) and delivers them to your iPhone or iTouch. The news feeds covers top ten fugitives, most wanted terrorists, wanted for cyber crimes, wanted for crimes against...
[September 19, 2009, 7:33]
FBI scrutinises e-voting hack
News Local and federal authorities including the FBI are investigating an intrusion into a computer network at an e-voting software company, which suspects the hack was politically motivated. The company identified a suspect and said it turned the case...
[December 31, 2003, 8:05]
FBI Most Wanted: A computer worm?
News A largely unsuccessful computer worm has garnered national attention in the States after an FBI agency posted a warning of the malicious code on its pages over the weekend. On Saturday, the National Infrastructure Protection Center -- a joint...
[April 4, 2000, 9:20]
FBI nabs Russian expert at DefCon
News The FBI took a Russian encryption expert into custody Monday at his hotel in Las Vegas for allegedly publishing software that cracks a variety of methods used to secure e-books. Borst, a spokesman for the FBI's Las Vegas office.
[July 18, 2001, 9:41]
FBI shuts down fake boarding pass site
News FBI agents raided Christopher Soghoian's home over the weekend, seizing computers and other equipment, Soghoian wrote on his blog. Wendy Osborne, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Indianapolis office, confirmed that agents had searched Soghoian's home as...
[October 31, 2006, 10:47]
FBI network security slammed
Blog The FBI has been given a dressing down by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) over its network security. In a report entitled "FBI Needs to Address Weaknesses in Critical Network", the GAO said that the FBI was not doing enough to guard...
[May 25, 2007, 15:58]
