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SA ranks high in cyber crime

Over the past three years more than R1bn is estimated to have been lost in South Africa owing to cyber crime. Information Security Group (ISG) of Africa founder and chairperson Craig Rosewarne said the R1bn was a conservative estimate, b [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Cyber crime and you

Cyber crime is big business and with the growth of social networking, smartphones, spam and scams, most people are easy pickings for ruthless cyber criminals. In 1965, a Canadian sociologist/futurist called Alvin Toffler wrote an article [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime: New Tax Return Online Scam Unleashed

Cyber crooks are on the prowl this financial year closing and are using phishing attacks and hoax-alerts to gain access to account details of individuals who have filed their Income Tax returns online, warn experts. "It is the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime treaty may violate Privacy Act: EFA

Australia’s privacy legislation may be at odds with Government plans to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has warned. Responding to the Attorney-General’s call for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

‘Service providers must help tackle cyber crime’

DG IGP S T Ramesh said service providers need to fully extend their support to the police in tackling issues related to cyber crime. He also said regulation on cyber cafes was the need of the hour to curb the menace. He was speaking [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

'Cyber Tribunal bench needed in South'

Cyber Regulation Appellate Tribunal's Chairperson Justice Rajesh Tandon has emphasised the need to establish the tribunal's bench in south India. He spoke after inaugurating the second edition of the two-day Bangalore Cyber Secur [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Cyber Crime May Lead to Huge Financial Loss

An ICT expert has warned that Nigerian businesses stand to lose several billions of Naira in 2011, if cyber crime was not tackled. Head of Middle East and Africa Sales of Check Point, Mr. Shmuel Agi who issued this warning, said that Nig [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Queen's University Belfast hosts cyber-crime summit

The first cyber-security summit on how to fight internet terrorism is in Belfast today. Queen's University Belfast hosts the gathering of world experts who will discuss threats likely to emerge over the next decade. The meeting comes [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Cyber crimes: IT secretaries get more teeth

In a bid to arrest the increasing number of cyber crimes and cyber offences, the Union Government on Monday has decided that IT Secretaries of respective state governments will function as Adjudicating Officer in the Cyber Appellate Trib [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Schumer Helps Crack Down On Cyber Crime

With the rise of new technologies, cyber crime has become a major headache for law enforcement and the general public alike. Area law enforcement has had to deal with many new crimes which are perpetrated through the use of technology; c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Blue Eye MO Man Accused of Cyber Crimes

A Blue Eye, Missouri man is accused of trying to solicit a minor over the Internet. The Stone County Sheriff says Michael Allen Rogers, 41, was the subject of a multi-jurisdiction investigation that began on March 9, 2011. That's whe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Companies turn blind eye to cyber espionage threat

Too many companies have overlooked the cyber espionage threat in their preoccupation with preventing the theft of financial data, according to a new report from analyst firm Ovum. And this is despite the fact that almost every organisati [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Business counts the cost of cyber crime

France's finance ministry revealed this week it had become the latest state department to be hit by a cyber attack, forcing it to shut down its systems as hackers targeted documents related to the G20 summit in Paris. This comes [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Wyckoff Cybercrime Expert Talks Cyberbullying

Flashing their knowledge on topics ranging from the use of cell phones for bullying to lessons learned from the suicide of a teenage girl, Fair Lawn middle school students made a lasting impression on a renowned cybercime expert and migh [...]