cyber security fbi
Homeland Security hires ex-hacker
News Security consultant Kevin Mitnick, who spent five years in prison on computer-related charges and was once the FBI's most-wanted cybercriminal, praised Moss' diplomacy, but said: "I'm surprised to see... [08 Jun 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News J Keith Mularski, a special agent who works in the FBI's Cyber Division, says that when it comes to fighting cybercrime, the bad guys may still hold a technological upper hand but that the good guys are... [23 Apr 2009]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News In the last two weeks, almost 60 people have been arrested for trading banking and credit-card details on a criminal website, in an FBI-led sting. Sharon Lemon, deputy director of e-crime for Soca, which aided the... [17 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News The World Bank Group was first notified of the intrusions by the FBI in September 2007, when the bureau was investigating another cyber crime case involving transactions out of Johannesburg, South Africa. [13 Oct 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cyber security agent for the FBI in the UK Ed Gibson raised similar concerns about the scale of the proposals.... [04 Sep 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Police forces worldwide are mobilising to tackle the estimated $104bn global cyber crime menace but money, manpower and expertise varies wildly from country to country, with the UK's response being attacked by... [05 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Recently, I was passed a copy of an FBI report to the US Congress from 2004, the last declassified year. Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. A short cyber... [29 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment And check out our interview with the FBI cyber crime chief. Security was tortuously slow which meant less time in duty-free or splashing out in the fancy restaurants. It's a small claim... [16 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments within the FBI. The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the... [15 Apr 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News But Matthew Fine, supervisory special agent with the FBI, said the fact criminals are now going to jail for botnet attacks is a step in the right direction. Ronald Teixeira, executive director of the National... [10 Apr 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment After all, if the FBI only has a team of 100 officers to deal with all cyber crime offences and Interpol has perhaps only three for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the level of priority and the scale... [27 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News He said: "Certainly within the US there are specialised units within the FBI. Bret Hartman, CTO at security company RSA and former IT specialist with the National Security Agency,... [14 Feb 2008]
Police close in on NZ botnet ringleader
News FBI Cyber Division assistant director James Finch has warned users to protect their systems. The sweep is part of the FBI's second phase of 'Operation Bot Roast' - the same operation... [03 Dec 2007]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News Dave Thomas, section chief of the FBI's cyber division, said if people read in the media about other people making a lot of money from cyber crime - and if they have the criminal intent... [08 Dec 2006]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News What's controversial about those requirements is that they don't require "dual criminality" - in other words, Russian security services investigating democracy activists could ask for the FBI's help in... [07 Aug 2006]
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