Blogs Posts in Internet category; 377 blog posts

Cybercrime a big threat, says Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee chose the chief ministers’ conference on Monday to defend — albeit, in a roundabout way — her decision to arrest a university professor for circulating a spoof on her on the net [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber crime: Phishing, obscene content spikes in Andhra Prad...

Cyber crime cases, phishing and transmission of obscene content in electronic form has seen a rise in Andhra Pradesh which has also witnessed a two-fold increase in the arrest of cyber offenders in 2011. From 197 cyber crime cases repo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber crime on the rise in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: Cyber crime cases, especially the Nigerian frauds, phishing and transmission of obscene content in electronic form has seen a rise in Andhra Pradesh and also witnessed a two-fold increase in the arrest of cyber offenders in 201 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

BTRC's anti-cyber crime bid perfunctory?

Although the telecom regulator formed a special team almost three months back to crack down on cyber crimes, it is yet to devise a way to pass on cyber crime-related information to the team. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Com [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber crimes task force targets sexual predators

Two Miami-Dade County men came to the Keys last week to meet up with an underage girl they both allegedly chatted with on the Internet. But when Guillermo Lopez, 46 of Miami and 22-year-old Pablo Cabrera of Hialeah arrived at the Key L [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

European Cybercrime Centre to crack down on cyber threats

The European Commission is proposing to set up a European Cybercrime Centre in the Hague to focus on online fraud, e-crime and identity theft. According to the commission, more than 1m people are victims of cybercrime across the globe eac [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime chief: Online child abusers more sophisticated in...

Detective Inspector Paul Gillen said rapid advances in technology were placing "huge challenges" on police all over the world. Det Insp Gillen, the head of the Computer Crimes Investigation Unit, said its workload had " [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Share cyber data to curb IT crimes

Muscat: Following a day focused on international collaboration and knowledge sharing as potential solutions against the ever-increasing threat of cyber warfare, Day Two of the Cyber Defence Summit was opened by Marco Obiso, cyber security [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

An EU Cybercrime Centre to fight online criminals and protec...

It is estimated that, worldwide, more than one million people become victims of cybercrime every day. The cost of cybercrime could reach an overall total of USD 388 billion worldwide. Today, the European Commission proposed to establis [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Women and cyber crime: Computer put to wrong use

KOCHI: Are you aware that there could be a lot of teasing and violence through the non-physical medium of the computer? That the computer which can do stupendous things like helping us to have a paperless society and communicating across [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Chinese cybercrime campaign traced back to one man

A notorious malware campaign that infected hundreds of computers in Japan and India has been linked back to a former graduate student at a Chinese university — a rare instance in which a name and face is able to be attached to the d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

EU Launches Cybercrime Center

The European Union has announced a series of measures this week designed to crack down on the growing problem of cybercrime. A European Parliament committee on Tuesday proposed mandatory jail sentences across the EU for some computer crim [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

EU prepares to launch first cybercrime centre

As a part of a bigger strategy to encourage e-commerce, Brussels announced yesterday (28 March) the establishment of a cybercrime centre to counter the online activities of organised crime. The centre will be set up next in the offices [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Forensic labs to be set up in Kovai and Salem to fight cyber...

COIMBATORE: There is a trouble ahead for social misfits who use the internet and mobile phone to manipulate or cheat people, as the state police plans to set up advanced forensic laboratories in Coimbatore and Salem. Initial funds allocat [...]