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How to catch cybercriminals 20.03.14
Cybercrime is the topic of a conference at Michigan State University today. By one estimate, cybercrime costs the U.S. economy about $100 billion a year in money lost and money spent on beefing up online security. Tom Holt is the organizer of the MSU cybercrime conference. He says one particular challenge for law enforcement and […]
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Most Global Businesses Unprepared For Cyber Attacks 19.03.14
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Most businesses around the world are not ready to fight back against cyberattacks, according to a new report. Researchers at Economist Intelligence Unit and Arbor Networks surveyed 360 senior business leaders in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. They found that even through 77 percent of the firms were victims of security […]
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Microsoft steps up fight against cybercrime
REDMOND — In his quest to take down cyber criminals, seasoned Microsoft digital forensics sleuth Donal Keating has gone from tackling brutally violent Mexican drug lords to identifying covert one-person operations in China and cracking large-scale international piracy syndicates. The Irishman, based in the recently-opened Microsoft Cybercrime Center at the company’s Redmond headquarters in the […]
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Philippines steps up cybercrime fight 18.03.14
MANILA – Philippine police on Tuesday vowed to boost efforts to fight increasing cybercrime by training more personnel to go after fraud, child pornography and other offences on the Internet. MANILA – Philippine police on Tuesday vowed to boost efforts to fight increasing cybercrime by training more personnel to go after fraud, child pornography and […]
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Inclusion of cyber security in poll manifesto demanded 17.03.14
NAGPUR: We are living as much in the physical world as in the virtual one today. So much so that social networking sites and digital advertisements are being used as means to campaign for elections. Against this backdrop, city-based NGO Cyber Awareness Organisation (CAO) has appealed to parties to include cyber security in their political […]
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Conference to discuss business and cyber crime 15.03.14
SPRINGFIELD — A professional hacker and other experts will highlight the damage cyber crimes and data breaches can cause to businesses in the Miami Valley during a conference Tuesday at the Avetec facility in Springfield. The cost to business of cyber crimes in the U.S. is difficult to measure accurately, but a 2013 report from […]