fbi cybercrime
Reducing Downtime Costs With Network-Based IPS
White Paper Every year the CSI/FBI computer crime survey contains data about organization losses due to security breaches; respondents to that study report lost assets due to cybercrime, and past surveys have shown... [03 Apr 2008]
FBI nabs phishers in US, Poland
News The FBI plans on Friday to announce the arrest of at least 16 individuals in connection with a global cybercrime investigation. There will be no safe haven for cybercrime. More than 20... [03 Nov 2006]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime "will enhance our ability to co-operate with foreign governments in fighting terrorism, computer hacking, money laundering and child pornography, among other crimes,"... [07 Aug 2006]
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?
Comment Simon Moores reports on the state of cybercrime - and why it's so difficult to fight. This year's e-Crime Congress revealed that while partnerships between law enforcement agencies are improving - witness the attendance... [11 Apr 2005]
FBI criticises 'hands-off' ISPs over cybercrime
News An FBI special agent has hit out at the regulation of the UK-based units of large global ISPs and the role they play in allowing the perpetuation of cybercrime through a lack of co-operation with law... [25 Jan 2005]
US Secret Service rounds up ID thieves
News The worldwide investigation is the third in the last three months to take on organised cybercrime. In August, the US Department of Justice made arrests in five states on charges of criminal copyright infringement in an... [29 Oct 2004]
'Wardriving' spam conviction exposes Wi-Fi security
News The FBI has documented several incidents of alleged cybercrime involving unauthorised use of open Wi-Fi access points. A Southern California man has pleaded guilty to spamming people through unprotected... [01 Oct 2004]
Europe must work together to fight cybercrime
News FBI agents who used hacking techniques to find two hackers in Russia were counter-charged with cybercrime offences, the council noted in its report. European officials met on Friday in a high-level push... [20 Sep 2004]
Microsoft hooks up with anti-phishers
News Increasingly, we are recognising that cybercrime is not a problem that we are going to solve unilaterally, and law enforcement has come to that same conclusion. The recipient of these contributions is the National... [22 Jul 2004]
Leader: Technology key to fighting 21st Century crime
Leader The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit will come under the remit of the new agency and will hopefully provide much needed focus for the unit, which has battled against limited government funding and apathy from the business world in reporting... [09 Feb 2004]
Laptop security: What you need to know
Comment Laptops get stolen largely because they are easily targeted and identified, according to Neil Barrett, CTO of International Risk Management, who investigates cybercrime. According to recent statistics from the... [23 Apr 2002]
Hacking up, reporting down, says FBI
News Cybercrime has risen in the US in the last 12 months but the number of companies reporting security breaches has fallen, according to the FBI. The total amount of money lost to... [08 Apr 2002]
Corporate secrecy hampering fight against cybercrime
News He pointed to a resource set up in the US by the FBI, called the Internet Fraud Complaint Centre, which had led to many more crimes being reported, and suggested other countries need to follow suit. The site acts as an... [13 Nov 2001]
FBI warns of web vigilantes
News The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) is alerting businesses to a new wave of cybercrime attacks following last week's terrorist attacks on the US. But rather than an external... [17 Sep 2001]
FBI exposes massive online racket
News Cybercrime costs US business $378m http://www.silicon.com/a43196 FBI officials have smashed an internet scam that successfully duped around 56,000 Americans out of $117m. FBI accused of... [24 May 2001]