Search Results for 'Cyber Crime'

India steps up battle against rising cyber crime wave

His projector throws images of codes and symbols onto a white wall, and then suddenly, the crowd bursts into spontaneous applause. Another website has been successfully hacked and unlocked. But rather than doing something illegal, Mr F [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

State legislature passes cyber crime bills

HONOLULU - State lawmakers passed three bills to curb the growing cyber crime trend in Hawaii, according to announcement released Tuesday by the House Republican Caucus. Under these bills, law enforcement and prosecutors will have increas [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber crime on the rise in Seattle

SEATTLE -- Franky Toro, a 10-year-old who wants to be a star, seeks out celebrities on the computer. "I am trying to connect with them to see what it is like to be on TV," said Toro who used our laptop to show us his Faceb [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber crimes on the rise

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said yesterday that they had seen a marked rise in cyber crimes, as they had received a total of 202 complaints on the matter. Most of them were related to hacking of Facebook accounts. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Rwanda: Cyber Crime Takes Root As ICT Usage Grows

Speaking at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, President Paul Kagame said that science can help developing countries create peace, become prosperous and healthier. Four years later, Rwan [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Shoot cyber crime complaints online now

Dhaka, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com)—People have been allowed to lodge complaints or make suggestions online three months after the telecom regulator formed a special team to fight cyber crime. "The team is receiving complaints or s [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 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

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

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 [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Cyber Crime Boosts Threat to Financial Services, PwC Says

Cyber crime is a “growing threat” globally and the second most commonly reported economic crime affecting financial-services firms, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. It accounted for 38 percent of criminal i [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Cops to launch cyber crime squad

With more and more criminals finding fortune online, Calgary police are looking at creating an investigative team dedicated to electronic crimes. Part of the plan, which uses work undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a tem [...]