Search Results for 'Cybercrime'

Cybercrime Unit called in after teacher bullied

One particular case of cyberbullying of a teacher in 2010 called for the involvement of the Police Cybercrime Unit to fish out the students involved, Education Minister Dolores Cristina told Parliament yesterday. Answering a question by O [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime in Canada said to be skyrocketing

The number of Canadian servers being targeted by hackers has increased sharply, according to an IT security company that compares cybercrime rates around the world. San Diego-based Websense Inc. argues that hackers are taking advantage of [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: Raid Damaged Cybercrime Operation

Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation that used malicious software to allegedly steal $100 million from consumers [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft says raid damaged cybercrime operation

BALTIMORE: Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation that used malicious software to allegedly steal $100 million from cons [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Russia cybercrime market doubles in 2011, says report

Russian-speaking criminals grabbed more than a third of the entire global cybercrime market in 2011 as a growth in online fraud activity turned the country into a major digital crime superpower, a new report has suggested. The State an [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime Game Theory: Why Apple's Malware Grace Period End...

It was always just a matter of time until malware writers started targeting Macs. Until suddenly, time was up–much sooner than expected. The Flashback Trojan that infected 700,000 Macs at its peak earlier this month represents a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Cybercrime growth worries state official

An explosion of cybercrime in the past decade should have U.S. citizens worried, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda L. Kelly told an audience in Unity on Tuesday. "Criminals no longer take a gun into a bank to rob it, but sit at [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

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

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

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

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 [...]