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US Government leadership in cyber security lacking: I see that the US assistant secretary of the national cyber-security division of the Homeland Security Department addressed the New York City Metro InfraGard. His remarks are disturbing to me because the reflect a growing (continuing?) cluelessness within the US government on cyber security matters. ...; Tags: Crime, Leadership, Cyber Security, U.S. Government, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2007-12-12
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate (exe): Crime is on the rise. More guns and drugs are appearing on the streets and the city is in crisis. SWAT is called in to take on a series of disturbances that eventually lead them to the root of the problem, an eastern European crime family that has taken up...; Tags: Crime, Gun, Stetchkov Syndicate, Modems, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2006-12-12
How organized crime is profiting from the Internet: Cybercrime is no longer in its infancy. It is now big business. Organized crime is capitalizing on every opportunity to exploit new technology to perform classic crimes such as fraud and extortion to make money illegally. The threat of cybercrime to businesses continues to increase at a staggering rate. This...; Tags: McAfee Inc., Crime, Cybercrime, Internet; White papers 2006-12-01
Trends in International Cyber crime and Public-Private Countermeasures: A survey of recent international cyber crime has highlighted a number of trends, ranging from the widespread availability and sale of tools that automate cyber crime to the rise of organized criminal networks that use phishing, spyware, and other techniques to steal private account information. Several creative approaches to public-private...; Tags: Crime, Phishing, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing; White papers 2005-04-05
Virtua Squad 2 demo (exe): A crime's gone bad. The crooks are fully armed and they've got hostages. Do you sit back and watch these thieves run the show, or do you lift your weapon and pump some lead into these dirtbags? Virtua Squad is back with more enemies than ever, ten times the firepower,...; Tags: Crime, Sega Corp.; Software downloads 1997-11-18

e-crime: the Vladimir Levin Episode: The sentencing of Vladimir Levin on 24 February 1998 brought to a conclusion the most high profile case of cyber crime to date. The saga - which almost resembles a Hollywood blockbuster - began in July 1994 when customers complained of $400,000 mysteriously "disappearing" from two Citibank accounts. This article...; Tags: Crime, Episode; White papers
Money Laundering & Organized crime: An Overview: This white paper provides an insight into the relationship between money laundering and organized crime. The area in which organized crime is most recognizable is money laundering. A United Nations report concluded that money laundering is the tenth largest global economic activity - and reliable estimates attribute 4% of the...; Tags: Crime, Money, Entrepreneurship, Management; White papers
Cyber crimes and Your Children: As recently as September, 2003, a teenager was arrested for creating a devastating computer virus. How did he learn to do this? A simple Internet search will reveal all the tools necessary to create viruses and hack into others' computers. Hacking can take a variety of forms, ranging from stealing...; Tags: Crime, Hacking, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms; White papers
Revolutionizing the Global Fight Against Fraud With Development and Infrastructure Tools: The mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is to promote safe homes and communities by enforcing the laws of Canada, preventing crime, and maintaining peace, order, and security. To meet the growing problem of economic crime of all types, the RCMP has developed Reporting Economic Crime OnLine (RECOL),...; Tags: Crime, Microsoft Corp., Fraud, Tool, Ajilon Consulting, Litigation, Portals, Internet, Business Operations; Case studies
Lima Neighborhood Reduces crime 30 Percent With Cost-Effective Public Safety System: In the late 1990s, Miraflores was experiencing an increasing amount of crime at all levels. The citizens of this affluent metropolitan district of Lima, Peru, had had enough - and looked to their mayor to do something. The mayor opted to create a new crime-reporting system based on Voxiva CitizenNet,...; Tags: Crime, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Service Management, Business Services, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies

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House of Hackers social community opens up: House of Hackers social community opens upVerified IdentitiesIf this site is truly White Hat, then hackers should not be able to hide behind an alias. There should be Paypal-like ID verification of a person's name and address. That information should be ~publically~ available so that it can be continually...; Tags: Hacking, hacker; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
Does open source programming make you a criminal?: <satire> The New York Times is working on a story saying open source programming makes you a criminal. Matt Richtel (right) called for an interview soon after learning that a jury had convicted open source programmer Hans Reiser of first degree murder. (Picture from TwelveBooks Publishing.) It...; Tags: Open Source, Programmer, Programming, Computer, Wally, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-30
News to know: Microhoo; Taming Vista UAC; iPhone; Google; CIO Sessions: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC. Images: Taming Vista's User Account Control (right) Larry Dignan: Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy Mary Jo Foley: XP SP3 delayed by glitch New test releases...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vista UAC, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory: A federal district judge has delivered a pretty resounding blow to a theory the RIAA has been using to win verdicts in its copyright-infringement lawsuit campaign. In Atlantic Records v. Howell, Judge Neil Wake refused the RIAA's motion for summary judgment based on the "making available" theory. ...; Tags: Theory, RIAA, Judge, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Free COFEE opens Microsoft BitLocker: Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company's own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista. PC World has an extensive article about Microsoft's COFEE -- Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor – which some 2,000 law enforcement...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computer, COFEE, Law Enforcement Agent, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door": Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"What do you expect?From the loosers at ValleyWag and the rest of the SV echochamber?They're like Hillary Clinton. Screeching and screeching lies until people believe they are true.I was actually expecting a refutationAll you've really said is that law enforcement doesn't need a...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...; Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10': Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10'Sony et al Stores - The Day after ThanksgivingFrom my perception, it's sort of the mentality of those who mob the doors before they even open causing real chaos in the mall despite the presence of police officers and security guards at...; Tags: Games, game, Grand Theft, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto IV; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia: Online thieves worse than 1960s MafiaCompletely different situationThe current situation is completely different. In the '60's the Mafia was basically a U.S. thing. Also, one reason why it had grown was J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. Hoover was a fanatic about keeping the FBI "pristine",...; Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Federal government, Spam, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mafia, Edgar Hoover; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia: It took Robert F. Kennedy to break the back of Mafia families like the Bonannos (that's Joe Bananas pictured) and we need that kind of dedicated commitment to stop today's equivalent of organized crime: online scammers, many of them from Eastern Europe. That was the message Attorney General Michael Mukasey...; Tags: Banking, Government, Federal Government, Financial Services, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-24