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Obama takes diplomatic tack on Chinese cyberespionage charges 10.06.13
President Barack Obama sidestepped questions about cyberespionage linked to China, telling reporters Friday after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that accusations against Beijing need further investigation. On a day when he had to defend his own government’s collection of cyberdata, Obama said he and Xi had had a “very constructive conversation” on the first […]
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Cybercrime: a 2013 chronology
In its latest report, experts at Kaspersky Lab analysed the development of IT threats in the first quarter of 2013. In its latest report, experts at Kaspersky Lab analysed the development of IT threats in the first quarter of 2013, highlighting new incidents, and the return of a few old suspects. The first three months […]
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NSA data mining can help stop cybercrime, analysts say
WASHINGTON — The huge volume of telephone records turned over to the U.S. government could help investigators identify and deter a range of terrorist acts, including cyberattacks, analysts say. “Once you have this big chunk of data and you have it forever… you can do all sorts of analytics with it using other data sources,” […]
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Bayan urges SC to decide on Cybercrime Act, backs Snowden
MANILA, Philippines — Militant group”The Philippine Supreme Court should resolve the pending petitions regarding the cybercrime law. This measure, aside from penalizing online libel, allows for the real-time collection of traffic data which can lead to violations of the right to privacy. “There is great danger in the way government is trying to control the […]
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Expert Seeks Regulatory Framework To Combat Cyber Crime 09.06.13
TO combat the growing threat to technological development in Nigeria, an expert has canvassed an urgent development of national regulatory framework to secure the country’s cyber space. This is to protect the economy against cyber crime. At a workshop organised by Digital Jewels in partnership with SANS Institute Africa in Lagos last week, Director of […]
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Microsoft joins FBI in cybercrime crackdown 08.06.13
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US, with the help of Microsoft and authorities spread across numerous countries, has cracked down on a vast crime ring that used an array of malicious computer networks to commit more than half a billion dollars’ worth of bank fraud. The technology giant, working with law enforcement and […]