Blogs Posts in Cyber Crimes category; 173 blog posts

Teenage hacker takes on cyber-crime for NZ telco

A teenage computer hacker who caused millions of dollars of damage as part of a global cyber-crime ring has been hired by a New Zealand telecommunications company to provide security advice. Owen Thor Walker was discharged without convictio [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Neil Entwistle 'killed his family and scoured internet for s...

A British man accused of killing his wife and baby girl spent the month before their deaths trying to meet American women on the internet to check whether they were better in bed, a court was told yesterday. A computer expert told the t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Soaring oil prices could boost Internet: Google executive

Soaring oil prices are hitting the world economy but could prove a boon for the Internet, the vice president of Google said Wednesday. "Although I'm not happy with increased oil prices, the Internet (industry) may actually benefit fro [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

US consumers lose record dollars to Internet criminals: FBI

Fewer Americans fell for Internet fraudsters last year but those who did parted with a record 239.09 million dollars (152.5 million euros), an annual report by the FBI said Thursday. Just under 207,000 complaints of online fraud were repor [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Dehli Police To Train Officers On Combating Cyber Crime

 With cyber crime emerging as a new area of challenge, Delhi Police on Tuesday launched an exercise to train its officers on ways to detect frauds and crack cases involving internet. A hundred officers of the force will be trained in t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

The Internet In Space - What Is Happening?

Current Status The JPL has performed a conceptual study of a the proposed Mars Network, focusing on detailed design of a prototype small satellite known as a Microsat. The Mars Network would consist of many Microsats for communication aro [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Tories get tough on cyber-crime

The Conservative Party has announced a range of measures aimed at tackling cyber-crime and tightening data protection in the UK. Proposals include the creation of a new post of cyber-security minister to combat what the party calls the &qu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

New Pak Law To Act Sternly Against Cyber Crimes

  Acts of cyber terrorism in Pakistan can be punished with a death sentence or life imprisonment and cyber stalkers can be given a seven-year prison term under a new law. Under the Cyber Crimes Ordinance, issued on December 31, 2007, t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Italian man jailed for emailing nude photos of ex-lover

An Italian man was jailed for more than two years for putting pornographic pictures of his ex-girlfriend on the Internet and sending them out in more than 15,000 emails. The 32-year-old man had created a Web site that appeared to show his [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Growth of the Underground Cybercrime Economy

"According to research from Trend Micro's TrendLabs compromised Web sites are gaining in importance on malicious sites created specifically by cyber-criminals. The research debunks the conventional wisdom about not visiting questiona [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2008 | Comments : 0