A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
03-Jul-02 07:08:29 ET
Story Highlights:
"In the few years since the Internet has become an important venue for commerce, communications and entertainment, so-called cybercops have tried to impose a variety of rules, regulations and guidelines to protect the interests of consumers and businesses..."
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"Unfortunately, however, no mechanism yet exists to enforce such initiatives..."
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03-Jul-02 10:18:51 ET
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"Since 1908, the FBI has been instrumental in bagging bad guys from John Dillinger to John Gotti. But how well are the Feds adapting from tommy guns to cyberterror?..."
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"In the wake of Kevin Mitnick's 1998 hackathon, the agency created the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). But many IT pros say the FBI still isn't doing enough to prevent cyberattacks..."
02-Jul-02 10:18:05 ET
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"Microsoft has been told it must ensure its new computer security plan doesn't shut out competitors..."
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"New EU anti-trust enforcer Philip Lowe says Palladium must be compatible with other operating systems..."
02-JuL-02 16:51:27 ET
Story Highlights:
"Police in seven European countries struck Tuesday at a sophisticated child abuse and pornography ring dubbed 'Shadowz Brotherhood,' arresting 50 people and seizing computer equipment, CD-ROMs and videos..."
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"Police described the images created and distributed by the group as some of the most shocking they had ever seen..."
02-Jul-02 12:15:25 ET
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"Security watchers are warning that a security flaw affecting Domain Name System servers running Unix could prove difficult to fix..."
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"A buffer overflow vulnerability in DNS Resolver Library represents a serious risk to many Unix system using the BIND or BSD resolver libraries..."
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